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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
What happened when ICE detained Des Moines' superintendent and why was he arrested?
Federal immigration officials have detained the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district. Iowa Public Radio's Isabella Liu reports.
Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested after fleeing a traffic stop initiated by ICE agents. Roberts is from Guyana in South America, but grew up in Brooklyn. ICE says he received a final removal order last year. The agency also says there were prior weapon charges and a loaded gun was found in his car. Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie Norris says she hasn't been able to verify new information, but praised how Roberts led the district.
We do not have all the facts.
How did the Des Moines school board and community respond to Superintendent Ian Roberts' detention?
There is much we do not know. However, what we do know is that Dr. Roberts has been an integral part of our school community since he joined over two years ago.
Roberts led the district since 2023 as Des Moines' first Black superintendent. For NPR News, I'm Isabella Liu in Des Moines.
More than three dozen former national park superintendents are pleading with the Trump administration to close all parks if there's a government shutdown. As NPR's Kirk Siegler reports, the Park Service kept some parks open during a government shutdown in the first Trump administration.
In a letter to the president's interior secretary, Doug Burgum, 40 retired superintendents at parks ranging from Denali to Big Bend to Shenandoah urged that all parks be closed if the Republican-controlled Congress can't pass a budget and there's a government shutdown.
Why are retired national park superintendents urging full park closures during a government shutdown?
They say past shutdowns, in which parks stayed open with a skeleton staff, resulted in increased vandalism and habitat destruction and other public safety risks. The Interior Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the possible shutdown comes amid a major strain facing America's national parks. President Trump has cut about a quarter of the park's permanent staff, just as many reported record visitation this summer. Kirk Sigler, NPR News.
Iran's foreign minister says diplomacy with the U.S. is a, quote, pure dead end. Friday, he rejected a move by European countries to reimpose U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program. NPR's Michelle Kellerman has our reports.
Russia and China have failed for a second time to prevent U.N. sanctions from snapping back.
What is Iran's response to renewed U.N. sanctions and why does diplomacy with the U.S. 'lead to a dead end'?
Iran's foreign minister, Saeed Abbasarachi, says it was the U.S. that pulled out of the nuclear deal in the first place. And he says the three European countries that were also part of the deal have no right to reimpose sanctions.
Today's crisis is the direct result of U.S. withdrawal and Europe's inaction. The U.S. betrayed diplomacy.
Aragshi says Iran has had, in his words, a terrible experience negotiating with the U.S. Iran was about to hold more talks when Israel and the U.S. bombed nuclear sites earlier this year. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, New York.
It was a good day on Wall Street Friday with stocks closing up across the board. You're listening to NPR News.
What did the autopsy reveal about the NFL office shooter and the role of CTE in the case?
An autopsy has detected that the man accused of killing four people last month in a building that included the National Football League headquarters was suffering from a brain disorder known as CTE. Steve Futterman reports.
27-year-old Shane Tamura targeted the NFL offices. accused the league of concealing the potential dangers of football. After the shootings, Tamora killed himself. In a note, he said, study my brain, please. The medical examiner found he was suffering a low stage level of the degenerative brain disorder, CTE. Tamora played youth football here in the LA area and continued through high school. Chris Nowinski is co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
If you start at six and you play through high school, no researcher who's paying attention to this is now surprised to find somebody who played that long having CTE.
Tamura shot himself in the chest, allowing for a complete study of his brain.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:18
2
What happened when ICE detained Des Moines' superintendent and why was he arrested?
0:18–0:52
3
How did the Des Moines school board and community respond to Superintendent Ian Roberts' detention?
0:52–1:42
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Why are retired national park superintendents urging full park closures during a government shutdown?
1:42–2:29
5
What is Iran's response to renewed U.N. sanctions and why does diplomacy with the U.S. 'lead to a dead end'?
2:29–3:16
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What did the autopsy reveal about the NFL office shooter and the role of CTE in the case?
3:16–4:14
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What public health and security alerts were reported about a Walmart pasta recall and Pakistani Taliban raids?
4:14–4:54