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How is Chevron planning to double oil production in Venezuela?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Oil giant Chevron says today it's doubling its production in Venezuela over the next five years. This nearly nine months after the US seized and arrested President Nicholas Maduro and his wife. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Caracas today to oversee an oil deal between Washington and a Venezuelan private company. And Pierce Julia Simon has more.
Acting president Delcy Rodriguez and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, they were up there seated at these pink and gold chairs. There were US and Venezuelan flags, and Chevron CEO Mike Work stood before them and he said that the company will be investing more than $7 billion, doubling their Venezuelan oil production over five years to 600,000 barrels of oil a day. Chevron has been in Venezuela for over a century and they say they want to help build its future.
And Pierce Julius Simon.
Why is New York City banning generative AI in elementary and middle schools?
Venezuela is sitting on some of the biggest oil reserves in the world, but it will take years to ramp up production. The country's largest school district is banning generative AI use in its elementary and middle schools. The ban comes as a growing number of districts and states are reevaluating technology's role in the classroom. And Pierre Sequoia Carrillo has more.
More than 900,000 students will head back to class next week in New York City public schools. A new ban on generative AI will apply to many of them. Pre K students through eighth grade will not be allowed to use or be taught with any software or teaching tools that use the technology. The ban is not final. Mayor Zoran Mamdani announced it as a one year moratorium while the city spends the year figuring out the impacts of AI.
What are the concerns over GPS ankle monitors for Haitian immigrants in Ohio?
AI on younger students. High school students will also be required to take twice-yearly AI literacy trainings to help them think critically about the technology. Sequoia Corillo NPR News.
Some Haitian immigrants in the US are being required to wear GPS ankle monitors after losing their temporary protected status. In Ohio, pastors and Haitian activists are asking the Department of Homeland Security to end the requirement, citing a college student who took his life. Catherine Mobley with Member Station WYSO has more.
Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio now have ankle monitors issued by DHS. It's the agency's latest tracking effort since Haiti's temporary protected status ended late July. Twenty-year-old Pierre Damas Bell recently received one.
How are conservation groups challenging President Trump's cuts to Utah national monuments?
State investigators say he died Monday morning after stepping in front of a vehicle. His friend Yola Lamar said Bell felt humiliated by the device.
He had aspirations to major in neuroscience. Pierre Damas Bell was not a criminal, but he was treated as one.
Now many faith and community leaders are calling on lawmakers and DHS to end the ankle monitor program. For NPR News, I'm Catherine Mobley in Springfield, Ohio.
You're listening to NPR News. Civil cons conservation groups have sued to undo President Trump's order to dramatically reduce the size of two national monuments in southern Utah. From Member Station KNAU, Chris Clemens has more.
What were the outcomes of Tiger Woods' reckless driving charge in Florida?
The groups argue the cuts to bears' ears and Grand Staircase Escalani National Monuments violate a federal law giving presidents the power to create new monuments. Scott Braden with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance says that law doesn't give presidents the power to roll back monuments created by their predecessors. We believe the 1906 Antiquities Act gives the president of the United States the authority to create national monuments. monuments, not to reduce or destroy them. A White House spokesperson said in a statement that previous Democratic administrations, quote, abused the Antiquities Act, and that Trump's cuts are restoring common sense land use in those areas. For NPR News, I'm Chris Clements in Flagstaff.
Tiger Woods pleaded no contest today to a reckless driving charge in Florida and agreed to a five-year suspension of his driving license. He was arrested in March following a rollover crash and was initially charged with driving under the influence.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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How is Chevron planning to double oil production in Venezuela?
0:00–0:59
2
Why is New York City banning generative AI in elementary and middle schools?
0:59–1:47
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What are the concerns over GPS ankle monitors for Haitian immigrants in Ohio?
1:47–2:32
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How are conservation groups challenging President Trump's cuts to Utah national monuments?
2:32–3:15
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What were the outcomes of Tiger Woods' reckless driving charge in Florida?
3:15–4:16
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What new wave pattern was discovered in Saturn’s south‑pole clouds?
4:16–5:02