NPR News: 02-08-2026 6AM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A vigil was held in Minneapolis last night, marking one month since Renee Macklin Good was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent. Good's wife, Rebecca, was there. She didn't speak, but a statement from her was read by Rabbi Ariel Lakach Rosenberg.
Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other. For that, I want to say thank you.
Weeks after Macklingood was killed, another person was shot dead by a federal immigration agent, 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Preddy. Protests have continued in Minnesota over the presence of ICE agents. even after the Trump administration last week announced a partial withdrawal. The State Department has confirmed it's removing posts from its official accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office last year. NPR's Shannon Bond reports.
State Department staff were told anyone who wants to see posts from the Obama, Biden, or first Trump terms will have to file a Freedom of Information Act request, according to an employee who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. That's different from how the government typically archives the online footprint of previous administrations. For example, ex-accounts for the president and the White House are handed over to the new administration, and old posts move to a publicly available archive account. The State Department told NPR it wants to, quote, speak with one voice on social media. The move comes as the Trump administration has removed wide swaths of information from government websites.
Shannon Bond, NPR News.
Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine's power grid during one of the most brutal winters in years. The capital, Kyiv, has had electricity for just a couple hours a day. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports temperatures there have been well below freezing.
Ukraine's largest energy provider, DTEK, said hundreds of Russian drones and missiles targeted the electricity network Saturday, damaging two thermal power plants and key high-voltage substations. Damage to those substations forced operators to reduce output at nuclear power plants, leading to a significant loss of available electricity in Ukraine. Ukraine gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power. In his nightly address Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia continues to attack in massive strikes that are contrary to ongoing diplomatic work to end the war. This is a level of attack that no terrorist in the world has ever allowed itself, said Zelensky. Russia, he said, must feel the response of the entire world.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
You're listening to NPR News in Washington. Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down. His departure comes just days after the newspaper announced plans to lay off about one-third of its staff. Lewis told employees in an email on Saturday that difficult decisions had been made to ensure the paper's future. There were no medals on day one of the Olympics for Team USA, but American figure skaters look dominant on the ice. NPR's Brian Mann reports the U.S. is leading the team figure skating competition with a gold medal on the line today.
It was a strong first day for Olympic host country Italy, with Italian athletes seizing a gold in speed skating and a silver and bronze in the women's downhill ski race. Speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy is 35 years old and a mother. After winning gold, she said, The message I wanted to show is that I didn't choose between skating and being a mom. U.S. athletes didn't reach the podium Saturday, but on the hockey ice, Hilary Knight matched a U.S. record, scoring her 14th Olympic gold during a preliminary round victory over Finland. American figure skaters Madison Chalk and Evan Bates also offered a masterclass performance yesterday, positioning the U.S. for a strong shot at gold later today.
Brian Mann, NPR News, Milan.
American alpine skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will not medal in today's women's downhill race, one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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