Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Family members of Renee Macklin Good testified before Congress today. The 37-year-old U.S. citizen was killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis last month. NPR's Jasmine Garst reports.
The public forum was convened by two Democrats, Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Congressman Robert Garcia of California, to hear testimony on the use of force by federal immigration agents. Several Minneapolis residents testified on being violently detained. Brent and Luke Ganger spoke about their sister, Renee Macklin-Good. Here's Brent Ganger.
There are billions of people who now know her name, and it would be so easy to fall into the false belief that great heroic things are required to overcome difficult things in the world. But as Tolkien wrote, it is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.
The Democratic-led forum did not include testimony from federal immigration officers. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
U.S. forces have shot down an Iranian drone as it flew toward an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, the incident comes at a sensitive moment when the U.S. is amassing a large military presence in the region.
U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East, says the Iranian drone, quote, aggressively approached a U.S.
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Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on Renee Macklin Good's testimony before Congress?
Navy aircraft carrier with unclear intent. The aircraft carrier, the USS Lincoln, dispatched one of its F-35 fighter jets, which shot down the drone. According to the U.S. military, the episode was in international waters about 500 miles south of Iran's coast. The aircraft carrier is the largest of about a dozen U.S.
ships in the region, as President Trump warns of possible military action against Iran. Trump also says he's open to negotiations, and his envoy Steve Witkoff is in the region with tentative plans to hold talks with Iran on Friday. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.
A Trump administration proposal to end the government's Energy Star efficiency program has failed. NPR's Jeff Brady reports President Trump's proposed budget would have zeroed out the program, but instead Congress has increased funding.
Energy Star awards its blue and white logo to the most efficient appliances and buildings. For the first time, Congress specifically instructed that just over $33 million be spent on the program. Previously, this specific amount was left to the White House's discretion. Jeremy Simons is with the Environmental Protection Network.
The Energy Star program is not fully out of the woods yet. It's one thing to keep the Energy Star program alive and fully funded. What we really need is for the program to be fully staffed.
The Environmental Protection Agency didn't answer questions about staffing plans. Much of Energy Star's workers have retired, left, or were reassigned during the Trump administration's government reorganization. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
This is NPR. European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants amid concerns over data privacy and reliance on U.S. companies. France is replacing Zoom and Teams with a homegrown video conference system by 2027. Austria's military has adopted open-source office software. New research shows that nearly four in 10 cancer cases could be prevented.
NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports changing behaviors could prevent millions of cases each year.
Cancer has a variety of causes. Some people can't do anything about, like genetics. But many cancers are caused by factors that may be somewhat under one's control, like smoking or drinking alcohol. Researchers analyzed data on over two dozen kinds of cancer across 185 countries. They found that about 7 million of the nearly 19 million new cancer cases in 2022 may have been preventable.
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