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Chapter 1: What does President Trump say about acquiring Greenland?
President Trump says he wants Greenland for national security. But at least one Trump official has said it's also about critical minerals. Geologist Greg Barnes knows these minerals well. I just couldn't believe that something of this size and quality was ever sitting out there. On the indicator from Planet Money, is this really a land of untapped natural riches?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan says he's drawing down the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota by 700. Though, as NPR's Martin Costi reports, that still leaves 2,000 federal personnel in the state.
Homan says he's had productive discussions with local officials, especially about ICE getting notifications when county jails are about to release someone with immigration violations. State and city leaders want an immediate end to the entire operation in Minnesota, but Homan says not yet.
My goal with the support of President Trump is to achieve a complete drawdown and end this surge as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE and its federal partners that we're seeing in the community.
2,000 active duty troops in Alaska, North Carolina, and Colorado had been on alert for possible deployment to Minnesota, but they've now been told to stand down. Martin Koste, NPR News.
A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors asked for life without parole, saying Ryan Ruth is unrepentant and has never apologized. A defense attorney brought in for his sentencing asked for 27 years. A new social media platform has Silicon Valley buzzing, but it's not for humans.
Moltbook is a platform for artificial intelligence bots to to talk to other chatbots. NPR's John Ruich explains.
Moldbook was launched a week ago and it's already got more than 1.6 million bots or AI agents on it. The platform looks like Reddit, a site where people can post stuff and others can comment on it. The posts on Moldbook, though, are coming from AI agents, which are semi-autonomous computer programs. The results have been interesting. Some agents created a novel religion.
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Chapter 2: What is the current status of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota?
And some have been complaining about the people who created them. AI agents have been controversial even before MoldBook. Proponents say they'll make life easier by handling tasks like managing email inboxes and booking travel. Critics say they can be unpredictable, even potentially dangerous. John Ruich, NPR News.
For the first time in three decades, the Winter Olympics will feature an entirely new sport when they officially kick off this Friday. NPR's Rachel Triesman has more on ski mountaineering.
So, Schemo, as the cool kids call it, has its roots in alpine countries like Switzerland. And basically, it used to be kind of just a way to get around. It entails racing uphill on skis with these sticky things on the bottoms of them. Those are called climbing skins, and they basically let you go uphill with traction.
And then when skiers get to the top, they have to take off their skis, throw them in their backpacks, maneuver on foot a little bit, and then rip off those skins to ski back down as fast as they can.
NPR's Rachel Treesman reporting. This is NPR News. New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a new running mate for her re-election campaign after her current lieutenant governor launched a primary challenge to unseat her. Hochul named former New York City Council Speaker Adrian Adams as her pick today, formerly ditching Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado.
For the first time in three years, the World Health Organization is launching a preventative cholera vaccination campaign As NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports, this comes after several years of shortages in the cholera vaccine stockpile.
Last year, over 7,000 people died of cholera, and there were more than half a million cases reported. Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by consuming contaminated food or water. It can lead to diarrhea and dehydration. The surge in cases and emergency vaccination campaigns consumed much of the available vaccine stock.
But now, thanks to a vaccine manufacturer in South Korea, there is enough for preventive campaigns. The first 20 million doses have been allocated to Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Bangladesh. The doses are paid for by GAVI, the International Vaccine Alliance, and distributed by UNICEF. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
firefighters came to the rescue of a swan found stuck in a frozen Connecticut river this week. Initially thinking it had died, the Norwalk Fire Department used ropes to carefully go out on the ice-covered Norwalk River. They soon saw movement and found the swan's feet were frozen into the ice. It took them about 30 minutes to free the bird and bring it to shore. I'm Ryland Barton.
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