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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Who was the victim of the recent shooting in Minneapolis?
Minnesota officials identified the person shot and killed today in Minneapolis as Alex Jeffrey Prette. As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, he was the second person killed by federal immigration agents in less than three weeks.
In a news conference with city officials, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith named Preddy as the shooting victim. They said Preddy was a 37-year-old ICU nurse, a U.S. citizen, and a Minneapolis resident.
What were the implications of the immigration debate in Texas?
Senator Tina Smith. The Trump administration has already called Alex Preddy a domestic terrorist. He was a nurse. She stressed that if this can happen in Minnesota, it can happen in any community in the country.
How is the winter storm affecting the U.S. population?
In the aftermath of the shooting, Mayor Jacob Fry requested that the governor deploy National Guard members to support Minneapolis police officers. Guard members will wear yellow safety vests to distinguish them from other entities on the ground. Meg Anderson, NPR News, Minneapolis.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Representative James Tallarico faced off today in a debate that will factor into who will be the Democratic Party nominee in the U.S. Senate race. The Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey has more.
What impact does the winter storm have on natural gas prices?
Being a border state, one of the constant themes in the question was around immigration laws. This debate took place just hours after a man was killed by immigration law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. When asked what they would do about ICE's funding and whether it should be abolished, this is how Tallarico answered.
ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning.
Why is the Trump administration canceling solar projects in Puerto Rico?
It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety.
Crockett voted against a House bill that provides more funding to ICE this week. She says the agency needs to be cleaned up from top to bottom. For NPR News, I'm Blaise Gainey in Austin.
What challenges does Puerto Rico face in its renewable energy transition?
The enormous winter storm bearing down on more than half the population of the U.S. is well underway. Snow, sleet and rain have been falling across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, working into Tennessee and Louisiana. And here's Frank Morris reports crews could take days to clear the roads.
As it got underway, the storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Texas and Arkansas. Ice could cause widespread outages from Texas to the Carolinas and into Virginia. Leon Craigle in Tulsa, Oklahoma, manages street maintenance for the city and says clearing deep snow may be a losing battle this weekend.
We will start plowing, you know, until the storms go through and we can start seeing pavement again. Then we may start treating again. But that's probably looking more like Sunday afternoon before we can get to that point.
The storm's scrambling air traffic, too, with thousands of flights canceled, primarily in the southeast and east coast. Frank Morris, NPR News, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
You're listening to NPR News. The massive winter storm is also pushing natural gas prices higher, up more than 50 percent this week. The cold cuts into supplies as storms halt production and moisture inside can freeze the pipes and cause failures. Meanwhile, extreme cold can also disrupt operations at refineries, which would mean less gasoline available for drivers. For now, though, supplies are fine and gas prices are up just a few cents over last week. The Trump administration is canceling solar projects in Puerto Rico, despite ongoing power outages and a failing electric grid. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the projects were meant to serve around 30,000 low-income households in rural parts of the U.S.
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In an email obtained by the Associated Press, the Energy Department warned that Puerto Rico's push toward a 100 percent renewable energy system could threaten the reliability of the island's power grid. The message said the rapid expansion of rooftop solar has created instability, arguing the grid cannot currently support widespread distributed solar power. Those solar projects were funded through a $1 billion program approved by Congress in 2022 to strengthen Puerto Rico's energy system, which has struggled since Hurricane Maria.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:05
2
Who was the victim of the recent shooting in Minneapolis?
0:05–0:31
3
What were the implications of the immigration debate in Texas?
0:31–0:45
4
How is the winter storm affecting the U.S. population?
0:45–1:18
5
What impact does the winter storm have on natural gas prices?
1:18–1:40
6
Why is the Trump administration canceling solar projects in Puerto Rico?
1:40–1:59
7
What challenges does Puerto Rico face in its renewable energy transition?
1:59–4:37