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Why is President Trump claiming a ‘war’ on Chicago and how is the city responding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is dismissing allegations that he plans to bring war to Chicago. Trump told reporters today that he's only interested in protecting the residents of the city.
We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend. That's not war. That's common sense.
Trump on Saturday posted an AI generated image of himself towering above Chicago, surrounded by helicopters and flames. He also wrote that Chicago will, quote, find out why it's called the Department of War, as the city braces for an immigration crackdown. City and state officials in Illinois have pushed back against the threats, vowing to take legal action.
What led to the detention of South Korean workers in Georgia and how are they being released?
South Korea says it's reached an agreement for the release of workers who were detained in Georgia last week. They were targeted during an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports the South Korean government is expressing concern and regret over how the arrests were handled.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, quotes Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hun Chic, is saying that officials have concluded negotiations for the release of the detained workers, and once administrative procedures are complete, a chartered plane will head to Georgia to bring the workers home. Authorities raided the plant on Thursday and arrested more than four hundred and fifty workers, including more than three hundred South Korean nationals, for alleged immigration violations. The plant is run by South Korea's Hyundai and LG companies. It's an example of the kind of high tech factories both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to attract to the US. Anthony Kuhn in PR News Sol.
The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia launched more than eight hundred drones overnight on Ukrainian cities, making it the largest attack since the war broke out more than three years ago.
How did Russia’s massive drone assault impact Kyiv and what were the human casualties?
At least eleven Ukrainians were killed and dozens of others were injured in the attack. NPR's Joanna Kissis reports the strikes hit a key government building in Kyiv. This is the sound of
a shothead attack drone flying over Kyiv. Ukraine says Russia used eight hundred and ten such drones, as well as thirteen missiles, in attacks across the country. Among those killed was a mother and her newborn child in Kyiv. The attacks damaged the government district in the capital, an area that is heavily guarded by air defense. Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschkov said in a social media post at a government building near President Volodymyr's. Zelensky's office caught fire because of burning debris from a shot down drone. The strikes also damaged apartment buildings and the power grid, causing electricity outages.
What are the key issues in Norway’s parliamentary election and Apple’s AI copyright lawsuit?
Joanna Kakisis and PR News cave. This is NPR
News in Washington. Voters in Norway are heading to the polls today in a hotly contested parliamentary election. The ruling Labour Party is facing off against an alliance led by the Progress Party and Conservatives. Voting will continue into Monday. Apple is the latest tech firm to face a copyright lawsuit over how its artificial intelligence systems are trained. NPR's Bobby Allen reports a group of authors allege the tech giant used their copyrighted books without permission.
Authors Grady Hendricks and Jennifer Robertson say Apple made no attempt to pay them after using their copyrighted books to make the company's AI tool smarter. The lawsuit seeking class action status comes in the wake of a major settlement in a separate AI copyright case.
Who won the record‑breaking Powerball jackpot and what prize options do they have?
AI Lab Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors and publishers who alleged the company used pirated versions of their books to train its Claude Chatbot. The judge in that That case said Anthropic could have bought the books from the authors, but the company instead chose to steal them. The AI boom has been made possible by tech companies sucking up vast swaths of human knowledge under a legal defense known as fair use. But now a wave of lawsuits are attacking that behavior as illegal. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
There were two winning tickets in last night's Powerball drawling.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is President Trump claiming a ‘war’ on Chicago and how is the city responding?
0:01–0:48
2
What led to the detention of South Korean workers in Georgia and how are they being released?
0:48–1:58
3
How did Russia’s massive drone assault impact Kyiv and what were the human casualties?
1:58–2:52
4
What are the key issues in Norway’s parliamentary election and Apple’s AI copyright lawsuit?
2:52–3:47
5
Who won the record‑breaking Powerball jackpot and what prize options do they have?
3:47–4:38