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What is Operation Midway Blitz and how is it affecting Chicago’s immigrant communities?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Trump administration is starting its long promised deportation campaign in Chicago. Alex Degman from Member Station WBE Z reports, the Department of Homeland Security announced Operation Midway Blitz today.
The effort is targeting Chicago, some of its suburbs, and Illinois at large over policies that protect residents without legal status. Daniel Biss is the mayor of Evanston, a sanctuary city that borders Chicago. In this
moment when people are understandably and appropriately Frightened. They need to know that Evanston Police Department is not going to be participating, and Evanston Police officers can be trusted. DHS says
the deportation effort honors twenty year old Katie Abraham, who was killed by a Guatemalan immigrant without legal status in a hit and run car crash earlier this year. For NPR News, I'm Alex Dagman in Springfield, Illinois.
How is the Supreme Court’s decision changing immigration stops in Los Angeles?
The Supreme Court is allowing federal agents to resume broad immigration stops in Los Angeles. The justices lifted a lower court order that limited arrests targeting people based on race, language, or location. The case stems from U.S. citizens caught up in immigration raids by mistake. Florida is seeking to lift school mandates for a handful of childhood vaccines in the next ninety days.
Which childhood vaccines is Florida planning to drop and why?
Carrie Sheridan from Member Station W USF reports on which ones are on the list.
The Florida Department of Health says it can make a rule change so that vaccines to prevent hepatitis B in chicken pox are no longer required by December. Others on the list for quick removal are Haemophilus influenza type B, or HIP, and pneumococcal disease. Both are caused by bacteria and can lead to pneumonia, meningitis, or bloodstream infections. It would take legislation at the state level to lift mandates for vaccines that prevent polio, measles, diphtheria, mumps, and tetanus. Florida's legislative session starts in January. For NPR News, I'm Carrie Sheridan.
Why did France’s prime minister lose a confidence vote over deficit cuts?
In Tampa.
The French Prime Minister has lost a vote of confidence in his plans to cut the country's huge budget deficit. French media report he will hand in his resignation Tuesday morning. And PR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.
The Speaker of the French National Assembly read out the vote on Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's deficit cutting plans. 194 for, 364 against.
In less than two years, none has been able to enact his centrist agenda. The far left and far right who have the biggest blocks in parliament are now demanding that a new prime minister come from their camps.
What was Howard Stern’s latest publicity stunt and what does it reveal about his show’s ratings?
Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.
This is NPR Radio host Howard Stern pranked listeners this morning in a publicity stunt after years of declining ratings. NPR's Net Olibi report Stern had spent weeks teasing the idea he might leave Sirius XM.
In the stunt, designed for media attention, TV personality Andy Cohen pretended to take over Stern's job on Stern's show. Later in the show, Stern revealed that nothing has actually changed. At least not yet.
I've been thinking about retiring. Now I can't, because then they'll say I got pushed out. Here's the truth Sirius XM and uh my team have been talking about how we go forward in the future.
That's from a clip Sirius XM released on social media. Stern was once a huge cultural force with more than two hundred million daily listeners. But that number has dropped. fewer than 200,000 people now regularly tune in. His page views are dramatically down.
Who was Rick Davies and what legacy did Supertramp leave after his death?
Howard Stern's latest deal is currently up for renewal. Nada Ulibi. NPR News.
Was early morning yesterday.
Rick Davies, co-founder and lead singer of the British rock band Supertramp, has died at the age of 81 from cancer. The band rose to fame in the 1970s with hits like Goodbye Stranger and The Logical Song. Their 1979 album, Breakfast in America, topped the charts in the US and Canada, won two Grammys, and sold more than 18 million copies. I'm Winsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Operation Midway Blitz and how is it affecting Chicago’s immigrant communities?
0:01–0:59
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How is the Supreme Court’s decision changing immigration stops in Los Angeles?
0:59–1:24
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Which childhood vaccines is Florida planning to drop and why?
1:24–2:03
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Why did France’s prime minister lose a confidence vote over deficit cuts?
2:03–2:55
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What was Howard Stern’s latest publicity stunt and what does it reveal about his show’s ratings?
2:55–3:54
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Who was Rick Davies and what legacy did Supertramp leave after his death?
3:54–4:37