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What happened in the Dallas ICE facility shooting and who were the victims?
A shooting earlier today in Dallas, Texas, left at least one dead and multiple injured at an ICE facility. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran says the victims' identities are unknown.
The Department of Homeland Security says all of the victims were ICE detainees. Mayra, a Nicaraguan immigrant who was inside the facility when the shooting happened, says it was terrifying. There were like 20 shots, Mayra says. She froze and got scared for her daughter who was waiting for her outside. She asked NPR not use her last name because of her pending immigration case. The alleged shooter was found dead. Their identity has not been revealed, but officials say it was a targeted act of violence.
What details did officials and witnesses share about the shooter and motive?
The FBI says shell casings with anti-ice messages were found by the suspect's body. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Dallas.
The government will shut down in one week if lawmakers don't come up with a funding plan. President Trump canceled a meeting with congressional Democrats calling their demands unserious. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats want to boost funding for health care and are willing to negotiate with Republicans.
We will partner in a bipartisan way to try to find common ground in order to enact a spending bill that actually meets the needs of the American people.
Democrats are proposing rolling back Medicaid changes in President Trump's signature tax bill and extending tax credits for Obamacare health plans. Republicans say reversing Medicaid changes is a non-starter. Signs containing information about climate change and Native American history have been removed from Maine's Acadia National Park.
What are lawmakers debating to avoid a federal government shutdown next week?
It's part of a Trump administration effort to reframe educational materials on federal properties. Maine Public Radio's Molly Enking reports.
Informational blurbs asked hikers to protect the fragile ecosystem by staying on trails and detailed how rising seas and intense storms due to climate change affect the park. Maine Congresswoman Shelley Pingree called the ongoing effort to remove educational information from parks across the country extremely disturbing.
When did scientific fact become political speech? I mean, this idea that teaching people about science Science or the weather or all of the things you can learn by being in National Park seems to me part of the visitor experience.
Pingree joined other lawmakers in a letter to the National Park Service, expressing concern that these efforts divert attention from addressing much-needed park maintenance projects. For NPR News, I'm Molly Enking in Portland, Maine.
The family of one of the 67 people killed when a plane crashed with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C. in January... is suing the government and airlines involved.
Why were climate change and Native American history signs removed at Acadia National Park?
The family accused them of failing to recognize warning signs after more than 30 documented near misses in the area. From Washington, this is NPR News. Syria's president addressed the United Nations today. It was the first time a Syrian head of state had done so in nearly six decades. Ahmad al-Sharah rose to power last December when he ousted Bashar Assad after nearly 14 years of civil war. The last time a Syrian president spoke to the UN was in 1967, shortly after the Arab-Israeli war, when Syria lost control of the Golan Heights to Israel. The California coast was once teeming with Olympia oysters. They were an important food source for Native Americans and gold rushers. But because of over-harvesting and coastal development, there's hardly any left.
Jill Repligo reports on one effort to bring them back.
Who is suing after the Washington D.C. plane crash and what are the allegations?
Every two weeks, Craig Shopner pulls up strings of discarded oyster shells from restaurants hanging off of his dock in Huntington Harbor. He checks to see whether any baby oysters have latched on.
Yeah, I don't see any oysters yet.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:18
2
What happened in the Dallas ICE facility shooting and who were the victims?
0:18–1:00
3
What details did officials and witnesses share about the shooter and motive?
1:00–1:57
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What are lawmakers debating to avoid a federal government shutdown next week?
1:57–3:03
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Why were climate change and Native American history signs removed at Acadia National Park?
3:03–3:54
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Who is suing after the Washington D.C. plane crash and what are the allegations?
3:54–4:34
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How are communities working to restore Olympia oyster populations on the California coast?
4:34–4:53