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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. King Charles III became the second British monarch ever to address Congress Tuesday after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991. The sovereign is typically apolitical, but he gave quite a political speech to U.S. lawmakers, mentioning NATO and Ukraine and making a veiled reference to Jeffrey Epstein, as NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
King Charles emphasized interfaith values, diversity, and checks on executive power. He called for more support for Ukraine and said the only time NATO's collective defense was triggered was for America after 9-11. And he called for collective strength.
To support victims of some of the ills that so tragically exist in both our societies today.
A royal aide tells NPR the king intended that line to be about Jeffrey Epstein's victims. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because they're not allowed to speak publicly. A member of Congress asked Charles to meet some of those victims, but no such meeting is on his schedule. The king's own brother settled a lawsuit with one of the late sex offender's victims, denies wrongdoing, but is still under police investigation. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Federal and state investigators executed more than 20 search warrants Tuesday at daycares and autism support centers in the Minneapolis area that officials said were tied to fraud investigations. Minnesota Public Radio's John Collins reports.
The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families confirmed the operations, saying it stems from information the state shared with federal law enforcement. The morning operations involved federal FBI and Homeland Security agents, as well as Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators. Minnesota was the site of a federal immigration enforcement surge this winter that led to protests and the killings of two residents by federal agents. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the execution of search warrants is an example of state and federal agencies working together, and urged the federal government to share evidence collected in the killings of Alex Preddy and Renee Good in January.
For NPR News, I'm John Collins in Minneapolis.
The National Weather Service still has a tornado watch in effect in the Dallas-Fort Worth area following severe storms in north Texas. where a curfew is in effect in the city of Mineral Wells. Powerful winds ripped roofs from homes and flattened buildings here late Tuesday. Ryan Dunn is the city's fire chief.
We still have a lot to look at and see that the damage is going to be in the morning hours. We're going to come back together and we're going to see what we can do for volunteer support at this time. We do not need any volunteer support from the citizens. We're very thankful for the outpouring support that you've already given us.
Dunn says no fatalities have been reported, but at least two people were sent to a hospital. The Texas storms included at least one unconfirmed tornado. This is NPR. Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday in an Oakland, California courtroom in a high-stakes trial that could reshape the future development of artificial intelligence. Musk is suing OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, alleging they betrayed him and the public when they abandoned the mission OpenAI was founded on. helped found OpenAI a decade ago. He left in 2018. A U.S. Special Forces soldier is pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York to charges that he used classified information about the mission that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to win more than $400,000.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke entered the plea Tuesday. He's accused of using the information on the Polymarket prediction site. Many U.S. adults sleeping less than seven hours a night. That's according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Pierce, Ping Huang reports.
The survey finds that one in three U.S. adults is not sleeping enough. That leaves them feeling lethargic, prone to accidents, and also facing increased risks of diabetes, depression, and stroke.
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