Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Mexican military has killed one of the country's most powerful drug lords, also sought by the U.S. Empire's Ada Peralta reports his death has unleashed a wave of violence.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was better known as El Mencho, and he turned the Jalisco New Generation cartel into one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world.
Chapter 2: What happened to the powerful drug lord El Mencho in Mexico?
The US was offering a $15 million bounty for El Mencho, accusing his cartel of making billions of dollars by shipping fentanyl and cocaine to the US. Mexico's defense ministry said El Mencho was injured during an operation to capture him in the state of Jalisco. He died while being airlifted to Mexico City. At the same time, members of his cartel have unleashed violence across the state.
In Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, armed men have set cars and businesses on fire. El Mencho's death now leaves a power vacuum in Mexico, and that is usually followed by intense violence. Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
American businesses are trying to figure out how to get their money back for the tariffs they paid in the past year. This after the Supreme Court ruled last week that about half of President Trump's tariffs were collected illegally. And Perzelina Seljuk reports the high court, though, didn't set out a way for that money to be refunded.
Ask anyone who sells anything in the U.S. what's on their mind, and they'll probably say tariff refunds. The U.S. government has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs imposed by President Trump, but now the Supreme Court has struck down about half of them. Anyone who paid those tariffs should get their money back. And that anyone is often small business owners like Sarah Wells in Virginia.
She sells backpacks and other products for new moms for breastfeeding. They're made overseas. And we not only need the money back, but we need a process to get the money back. Which she hopes will not require hiring lawyers or brokers. extensive paperwork or years-long litigation. Alina Seljuk, NPR News.
Millions of people from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast are under blizzard warnings as a powerful winter storm heads up the coast with heavy snowfall and strong winds. Up to two feet of snow could fall in some areas, including Boston. Mayor Michelle Wu is asking people to stay home if possible.
You need every resident to do your part too. Please, please make plans to stay inside, stay warm, do not be on the roads. We're seeing that the rate of snowfall could be upwards of an inch, two inches an hour. That will be whiteout conditions.
The worst part of the storm is forecast to hit tonight and to tomorrow, though snow is falling from the mid-Atlantic up through the northeast. Officials say travel conditions will be dangerous with dropping visibility on both the roads and in the air. New York City's mayor has declared a state of emergency and a travel ban starting tonight. You're listening to NPR News.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been removed from an English class at a New Jersey public school. Administrators say it's to protect students' mental health. Ampera's Anastasia Sioulkas reports, a warning, this report is about suicidal ideation.
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