Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Heavy snow has been falling in the northeastern U.S. overnight, with almost a foot of snow on the ground in some places. Connecticut Public Radio's Matt Dwyer has more from Hartford.
Chapter 2: What impact is the winter storm having in the northeastern U.S.?
A winter storm is bringing wet snow to southern New England and New York and ice to part of Pennsylvania.
We're New Englanders. We're prepared for the storm.
Josh Morgan is a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
We're asking the public if they can stay off the roads, if they can stay home and stay safe. That's going to be the best bet for everybody. It's going to give our crews and those local municipal drivers the space that they need to do their job safely and effectively.
Cities and towns put overnight parking bans in place. The storm also prompted the last-minute rescheduling of a number of Kwanzaa gatherings. For NPR News, I'm Matt Dwyer in Hartford, Connecticut.
Flight cancellations and delays are mounting at the nation's airports, especially at the three serving the New York City area. The flight tracking website FlightAware says more than 800 flights have been canceled so far today, and there are hundreds of delays. More people have died in ICE custody this year than in any year since 2005.
NPR's Martin Costi reports a cause of the increase is not clear.
The number of people held by ICE at any one time has ballooned. Right now it's about 66,000. That's 70 percent higher than when President Trump took office. But deaths have gone up more to about 30 for the year compared to 11 in 2024. At Syracuse University, Austin Coker studies the immigration enforcement system, and he's troubled by some clusters of deaths.
I'm concerned that the rapid increase in the detained population at specific detention centers is creating the preconditions for more immigrants to have medical emergencies and ultimately to die while they're in ICE custody.
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