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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Justice Department is investigating the killing of Alex Preddy, but not an earlier shooting death by federal agents in Minneapolis. Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bax reports.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that Alex Preddy's death last Saturday is being examined for possible civil rights violations. Preddy was shot multiple times as Border Patrol agents tried to arrest him while he was recording immigration officers on his phone. Blanche says the probe is separate from Homeland Security's shooting investigation.
It means talking to witnesses. It means looking at documentary evidence, sending subpoenas if you have to. And the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has the best experts in the world at this.
He says the fatal shooting of another U.S. citizen, Renee Macklin-Good, is not receiving similar DOJ scrutiny. For NPR News, I'm Brian Baxt in St. Paul.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will not take up the Kremlin's invitation to travel to Moscow for face-to-face talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Here's NPR's Joanna Kicis.
Speaking to reporters during a private briefing in Kyiv, Zelensky said it was impossible for him to travel to Moscow, adding that it would be just as plausible as Putin coming to Kyiv. I'm openly inviting him, Zelensky said, if he dares. Zelensky explained that he's open to meeting Putin on neutral ground. Zelensky also welcomed President Trump's claim that Putin has promised to stop strikes on Ukraine's energy grid, which has left thousands without power in sub-zero temperatures. The Ukrainian president said there is no direct agreement between Russia and Ukraine on this issue. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kiev.
Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning actor Catherine O'Hara has died following a brief illness. She was 71. Her agent, Missy Davis, confirmed O'Hara's death in a statement to NPR. O'Hara was celebrated for a wide array of comedic, some legendary roles in a career that spanned decades. She starred in hits on the large and small screens, including Beetlejuice, Home Alone 1 and 2, and comedy series with the cheeky name Schitt's Creek. Fans also remember her other performances alongside Eugene Levy, including the mockumentary comedy Best in Show, the 2000 film satirizing the eccentricities of dog owners who pamper or stress out their canines. ahead of the big competition.
There are celebrities now.
Never thought of it. We were just doing it for fun, just for the love of terriers, but thinking, yeah, why not?
There's something to be said for that.
The 2000 mockumentary from director and actor Christopher Guest turned into the real thing. The National Dog Show is now an annual Thanksgiving tradition. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 225 points, or roughly half a percent. You're listening to NPR News. The Venezuelan man convicted of killing a Georgia nursing student in 2024 is in court today, where a judge hears his arguments requesting a new trial. Emily Wu Pearson of member station WABE in Atlanta has the latest.
Jose Ibarra was found guilty of murder, among other charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley while she was on a morning run. Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay in the country while pursuing his immigration case, according to immigration officials. In that time, he had a few interactions with law enforcement before he was arrested for the killing. Riley's murder prompted President Donald Trump's first bill he signed into law this term, mandating undocumented people arrested for certain crimes must be detained. Ibarra's attorneys are requesting his conviction be overturned in a new trial, saying his rights were violated during the first one.
For NPR News, I'm Emily Wu Pearson in Atlanta.
Former CNN host Don Lemon is among four people arrested in connection with a January 18th protest at a Minnesota church where one of the pastors leads an ice field office.
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