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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The Justice Department Friday released its latest investigative files into deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ said it released more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. But survivors say they want all of the Epstein files released. Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred represents many Epstein victims.
This is ridiculous because they have devastated so many of these survivors by publicly releasing their names. At best, it was a sloppy job. At worst, it smacks of a cover-up.
NPR reporters are reviewing the files, which contain unredacted names and photos of Epstein's victims, communication with powerful figures, and more mentions of President Trump before he was elected. However, being mentioned in those files is not a sign of wrongdoing or association with Epstein's crimes. Across the country, residents and businesses are joining forces to protest immigration and custom enforcement the crackdown in Minnesota. Sarah Lehr of Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students staged a walkout to show solidarity. Among those students was Luca Stuart Mariucci, who's from a town just outside Minneapolis.
My home that I grew up in has been attacked by ICE.
Organizers had called for a day of no school, no work, and no shopping. That prompted some local businesses in Wisconsin and across the country to shut down. Calls to action have intensified after federal agents killed two Minnesotans earlier this month. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison.
Houston residents will head to the polls today to vote in a special election, this to fill the seat of the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died last March. Houston Public Media reporter Andrew Snyder reports the report has implications for the next Congress.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott delayed this special election to fill Sylvester Turner's seat until last November, claiming Harris County had a troubled record of conducting elections and needed the extra time. But many political analysts said Abbott was trying to preserve the GOP majority in Congress as long as possible. More than one candidate in the race noted during the campaign that President Trump's signature tax and spending package passed last year by a single vote and might have failed if Turner's district had a sitting representative. None of the candidates in November won more than 50 percent of the vote. Today's runoff is between the top two vote-getters, both Democrats, former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards.
For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
It's NPR. Venezuela's government has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of political prisoners. The new acting president says lawmakers will take up the bill soon. It is expected to pass. Manuel Ruda reports from Caracas.
On Friday night, activists cheered outside a prison in Caracas as they heard about the new amnesty bill announced by acting President Delcy Rodríguez. This is a ray of hope for us, said Mayra Morales. Her brother was accused of participating in an effort to overthrow the government and has been in prison for five years. The amnesty bill follows a U.S. raid on Venezuela in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured. Now, the Trump administration is pressuring Venezuelan officials to free hundreds of dissidents who were imprisoned during Maduro's rule. Opposition leaders welcomed the bill, but said that many more reforms need to be made to restore democracy in Venezuela. For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Caracas.
A powerful winter storm is expected to cause heavy snow, this in the Carolinas as well as parts of Georgia and Virginia. Some areas of North Carolina could get as much as a foot of snow. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina could get six inches of snow. The city's mayor says they have no snow removal equipment and they'll use whatever they can to plow. Saturday night and early Sunday forecasters say the wind and snow could lead to blizzard conditions before the storm moves out to the Atlantic.
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