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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Some anxious moments at a town hall in Minneapolis tonight. Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance but carried on with the event after the agitator was subdued. Minnesota Public Radio's Annie Russell reports a man is now in police custody pending charges.
The lawmaker told reporters after the confrontation that she wouldn't be intimidated. She had been calling for the ouster of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the time. The man was tackled by security and led away. Omar has come under increasing criticism by Republicans, including President Donald Trump. At a rally hours earlier in Iowa, Trump mocked Omar's love for America amid boos from those in attendance. Omar is a U.S. citizen who was born in Somalia. Omar is in her fourth term in the House and is seeking re-election. For NPR News, I'm Annie Russell in St. Paul.
The incident at the town hall came after NPR and other media outlets reviewed a government assessment of Saturday's fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Of 37-year-old Alex Preddy, the preliminary review contradicts initial Trump administration claims about the shooting. U.S. population growth slowed sharply last year thanks to a steep drop in immigration. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the latest figures from the Census Bureau.
The U.S. population grew by 1.8 million people during the 12 months ending last June. That's about half the growth rate of the previous year. The downshift reflects a historic drop in net migration as fewer people enter the country through legal channels and others are forcibly removed. Census forecasters say if current trends continue, immigration could fall by another million people in the current year. Meanwhile, the native-born population is growing slowly with births outnumbering deaths by only about half a million during the year ending last June. That's less than half the natural increase in years before the pandemic. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
A Virginia judge has rejected the redistricting plan set out by Democratic state lawmakers. They're trying to counter the Republican redistricting prompted by President Trump. Jack Galil of member station BPM reports that Democrats say they will appeal.
Virginia's Constitution requires several steps before it can be changed. A judge in southwest Virginia says the state's Democrats didn't follow the right legal or legislative steps for it to be before voters. Democrats are still aiming to put it to a vote in April, in time for new congressional districts to be drawn before the 2026 midterms. Party leaders in the legislature say in a statement the court case was an attempt to sow confusion and they won't be deterred. But Republicans are calling this ruling a decisive victory. Virginia's current congressional delegation has six Democrats and five Republicans. Democrats could seek a 10-1 majority. For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond.
This is NPR News. Crews are still working to get the lights back on across several southern states that are shivering following that weekend winter storm that dumped ice and snow from Arkansas to New England. More than 400,000 customers remain without power, more than half of them in Tennessee and Mississippi. The National Transportation Safety Board says FAA failures led to last year's mid-air collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines jet. Sixty-seven people were killed in the crash near Washington, D.C. The NTSB released the findings of its investigation Tuesday and also cited failings in the Army's safety culture. The NTSB's chair says the crash was 100 percent preventable.
The American Library Association has announced the 2026 Caldecott & Newberry winners the annual awards for children's and young adult literature. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson has won the John Newbery Medal. Watson's middle grade novel, written in verse, tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who is grieving the sudden death of her best friend.
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