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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Trump administration says it will appeal after a federal judge dismissed criminal charges against former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge found the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, appointed to President Trump's urging was illegally named. Constitutional scholar Kim Whaley says the decision leaves major questions about what prosecutors can do next.
There's another law that says you can extend for six months.
What are the legal implications of the judge's ruling on Jim Comey's charges?
There's a grace period if an indictment is dismissed. I think under this ruling, the argument would be there's no six-month grace period because there was no actual indictment. There was no valid indictment. For Letitia James, she's within these alleged crimes are within the statute of limitations. So I expect they'll just go back with a new grand jury and she'll be facing a similar process.
Speaking in Memphis yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi defended Halligan's appointment. A new study from the Pew Research Center shows a growing number of Latinos are concerned about the nation's economy and immigration. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports they blame President Trump's policies.
The Pew Research Center polled more than 5,000 Latinos in the past two months, which is more than 10 times the average of a national poll. And what they found was significant. 70% disapprove of the job that Trump is doing. On the economy, four in five view it negatively, and 61% say Trump's policies have made things worse. On immigration, two-thirds disapprove of how Trump's handling it. More than that say that he's doing too much when it comes to deportations. Overall, a majority say they have serious concerns about their place in America and And one in three say they've contemplated leaving the country. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro remains under preemptive arrest and could begin serving his 27-year prison sentence at any time. His lawyers declined to file any further appeals by yesterday's deadline. Julia Carneiro reports the case against him can now be closed.
A Supreme Court panel with four justices voted unanimously to maintain Bolsonaro's preemptive arrest. The far-right leader was detained over the weekend, hours after a vigil was called outside his home and he used a soldering iron to try to open his ankle monitor. The court argued that tampering with the device indicated flight risk and a blatant violation of precautionary measures set by the judiciary. Under custody, the former president told a judge he was having hallucinations after a change in medication and thought there was a wiretap in the ankle monitor. Bolsonaro has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for attempting a coup after losing his 2022 re-election bid. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro in Rio.
A government report shows retail sales were up two-tenths of a percent in September. The report was delayed due to the government shutdown. This is NPR News. Researchers are linking reduced time on social media with fewer mental health symptoms. NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports on a study published in GEM Network Open.
Researchers recruited nearly 400 young adults aged 18 to 24 and tracked their social media use for two weeks using an app. On average, the participants use Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and other social media for about two hours a day. The scientists also screened participants for their mental health symptoms at baseline before offering them a week-long social media detox. Dr. Elambe Conrad is at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and an author of the new study.
So we had 80% of participants opting to the detox.
Participants cut down their social media use to about 30 minutes a day. It was enough to reduce symptoms of anxiety by 16%, symptoms of depression by 24%, and insomnia by 14%. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
A beloved Galapagos tortoise named Grama, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died at an estimated 141 years old.
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