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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and information collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Preddy. Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bax reports the state officials received a formal notice from the FBI.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had been shut out from the outset, but the BCA continued to seek access to evidence. Superintendent Drew Evans says the FBI gave word last week that no materials would be turned over. Pretty, an ICU nurse, was killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on January 24th. At least two officers fired multiple shots. The BCA's Evans calls the lack of cooperation, quote, concerning and unprecedented. He says state authorities will continue their own investigation into the Preti case, as well as the fatal shooting of a second citizen, Renee Macklin-Good, earlier in January. For NPR News, I'm Brian Baxt in St.
Paul. Another round of talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine opens tomorrow in Geneva. Representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. will take part. White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, will represent the U.S. NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow there is much to discuss.
U.S. efforts have really bogged down on the issue of territorial concessions versus security agreements. Russia is demanding Ukraine cede territory, including parts claimed but not occupied by Russian forces. Ukraine maybe understandably argues, why should we give what Russia has been unable to take in four years? Or if they're somehow to agree to that, and then certainly they want to see ironclad security guarantees from the West and from the U.S. in particular. These are assurances that Russia won't simply attack again. But speaking in Munich over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear he's under pressure from the White House to sign on to a deal.
NPR's Charles Maines reporting from Moscow. Also in Geneva tomorrow, the U.S. and Iran will hold indirect talks on Iran's nuclear program. At the Winter Olympics, the U.S. women's ice hockey team has advanced to the gold medal match with a 5-0 win over Sweden. Now they wait to see who they will play in Thursday's final. Steve Futterman reports from Milan.
It is a very familiar spot for the Americans. Since women's ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998, the U.S. has failed to make the gold medal game only once. This semifinal match here against Sweden turned out to be no contest. The U.S. jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period, then blew the game wide open in the second, scoring four times, the four goals coming within a nine-minute span. The U.S. women came here to Milan as the favorites to win the gold medal. They are now one game away from achieving their goal. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
You're listening to NPR News in Washington. In Sydney, Australia, a man accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival last year appeared in court for the first time today. Navid Akram did not enter a plea. He faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act. A second gunman, his father, was killed in a shootout with police. People across Asia are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year tomorrow. In China, the holiday means a rush to get home, with hundreds of millions of people traveling by bus, air, and train. And what NPR's Emily Fang says is jokingly termed the spring migration.
Transportation authorities said travelers made about 3.5 billion trips during this year's Chunyun, or spring migration. many made by people leaving cities to see parents in the countryside or to reunite with their partners after months of working apart. Travelers posted videos of crowded train stations and airports, which have boosted the number of trips to accommodate the rush of people. This torrent of travelers in the two-week run-up to the Lunar New Year has come to represent China's rapid urbanization and the hard work of people who work far from home.
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