Chapter 1: What recent developments are happening in Minnesota's immigration leadership?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump spoke by phone with Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz on Monday. Both struck a conciliatory tone. And speaking to Minnesota Public Radio, Walz said a leadership change is coming.
He pledged that, look, I'm going to send Tom Holman in. We'll do things differently. He explained to me how he thought it was very successful in Louisiana, very successful in Louisville, which I shared with him. But ICE did not shoot anybody there and the presence was much smaller and much more targeted.
Tom Holman is the Trump administration's border czar and a veteran of immigration and customs enforcement. He is to arrive in Minnesota Tuesday to take charge. Wells also confirmed that Greg Bovino, a top Border Patrol official who's been leading the surge of immigration agents, will be leaving the state.
Chapter 2: How is the winter storm impacting safety across the U.S.?
Bovino provoked anger when he referred to Border Patrol agents as the victims in Saturday's fatal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Preddy. From member station KOSU, Lionel Ramsey reports that Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt is among some Republicans raising concerns about Preddy's killing.
Stitt also chairs the National Governors Association, a nonprofit aimed at helping governors find bipartisan solutions to shared issues. In light of the recent violence in Minneapolis, he and Vice Chair and Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued a joint statement calling for a, quote, reset of federal immigration enforcement strategies to something that includes states and their elected officials.
Governors are closest to conditions on the ground and best positioned to respond to their state's matters of public safety, the statement says. Meanwhile, Stitt appeared on CNN over the weekend and said Trump is getting bad advice and that, quote, Americans don't like what they're seeing right now.
Chapter 3: What caused the tragic plane crash in Bangor, Maine?
For NPR News, I'm Lionel Ramos in Oklahoma City.
Bitter cold is gripping much of the country after that massive winter storm swept across the U.S., dumping ice, sleet and snow from New Mexico to the eastern seaboard. At least 30 deaths are now attributed to the storm. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports it's affecting nearly half of the nation's population.
Chapter 4: What are the findings expected from the NTSB hearing on the mid-air collision?
The National Weather Service warns the frigid temperatures will persist over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. this week, with record sub-zero lows expected. Louisiana State Meteorologist Jay Grime says conditions will remain life-threatening.
Even though we're done with the freezing rain, the sleet, and the snow, we're still a long way from being out of the woods in terms of the cold. The dangerous and potentially deadly cold will continue through the week.
At its peak, the storm knocked out power for more than a million customers across the country and made road travel nearly impossible. Debbie Elliott, NPR News.
This is NPR. At least six people were killed in a plane crash in Bangor, Maine, Sunday night. Caitlin Median from Maine Public Radio reports.
The report says the plane crashed when it took off from Bangor International Airport and it came to rest inverted and caught fire. Airport Director Jose Saavedra says snow and de-icing operations were in progress at the time of the crash.
The airport remained open. There were planes landing and departing around that time. And we had crews on site responding to the ongoing storm that we had at that time.
the National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating. For NPR News, I'm Caitlin Bedian.
The National Transportation Safety Board is set to hold a hearing Tuesday on the causes of a mid-air collision nearly a year ago between an airliner and a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. NTSB investigators are expected to detail the factors that contributed to the collision and will recommend changes that should be made to help prevent a similar event from happening again.
The crash killed 67 people.
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Chapter 5: How is the EU responding to concerns about content on Elon Musk's social media platform?
The FAA has already taken steps to ensure helicopters and planes no longer share the same airspace around the nation's capital. European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's ex-social media platform following a backlash over the spread of sexualized images produced using its artificial intelligence chatbot known as Grok.
The EU's executive is examining whether ex-disseminated content that is illegal under the EU's Digital Services Act. I'm Joel Snyder, NPR News.