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for the last few days, in part due to frigid temperatures, as NPR's a cat lawn store for ports. The Department of Homeland Security has not released a breakdown of the number of arrests made by federal immigration officers here in Minneapolis, but in a tweet, DHS Secretary Christy Nome says there have been 3,000 in the six weeks since the federal surge began. NPR has not been able to independently verify that number. Several American citizens were among those detained in Minneapolis and later released. Meanwhile, many here say they plan to continue pushing back. I really think there is a sense of we'll do this for as long as we need to.

37-year-old resident Talia Pletcher says she and her neighbors are in it for the long haul. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Minneapolis. When President Trump arrives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Wednesday, he will be met by European leaders anxious and angry about his latest threats to take Greenland and impose more tariffs. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. European Parliament member Bernhard Geta says Trump's inflammatory threat to, to slap tariffs on any country that tries to stop him from taking Greenland went too far. All the countries and all the political forces were so shocked, deeply shocked by this incredible

attitude. Actually, Mr. Trump is making the European unity much stronger every day. Getta says Europe has been taking it from the Trump administration because it can't afford to lose U.S. support on Ukraine, but there are limits. He says the EU is ready to apply counter-sanctions and more. Eleanor Beardsley in PR News, Paris. Across the U.S. today, communities celebrated the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and pledged to carry on his work in divisive political times. Brian Bull of member station KLCC reports. More than a thousand people marched in frigid weather through Eugene. While many carried signs of MLK's portrait or quotes, some denounce President Trump and ICE. DeMond Hockens of the Eugene Springfield branch of the NAACP said that between Trump's

anti-D-EI initiatives and the Supreme Court's chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, there are struggles ahead. There's still an underbelly of how the country was built that wants to keep the status quo and the power structure the way it is. And we've been a country that's been growing trying to figure out how to be this most excellent version of ourselves. There's always going to be a pullback to that. Immigrants' rights and contributions were also recognized at the march. For NPR News, I'm Brian Bull in Eugene. The New York Stock Exchange is working on a digital platform for investors to trade digital tokens around the clock. It would be separate from the current exchange, which operates only on weekdays.

This is NPR News from Washington. Officials have confirmed at least 40 people are dead after a high-speed rail collision in southern Spain. The crash happened yesterday when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train to derail. Authorities say the impact was so violent that bodies were found hundreds of yards away, and investigation is underway. Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at the age of 93. NPR's Andrew Limbong reports he was a leader of high fashion and shaped the definition of Italian style. Valentino Garvani was very much of the old guard of high fashion titans, think Giorgio Armani or Karl Lagerfeld.

Known best by his first name Valentino was singularly focused on women's beauty. He dressed everyone from Jackie Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor to Mel Streep to Princess Diana, and he had his signature color, Valentino Red, a rich and vibrant red that pops on a dress. He was born in 1932, heading to Paris as a teen to study fashion and art. In 1960, he teamed up with businessman Jean-Carlo Giametti to found the label that would turn Valentino's name into a symbol of haute couture. Valentino retired in 2008. According to his foundation, he will lie in a state in a piazza in Rome on Wednesday with a funeral on Friday.

day. Andrew Limbang, NPR News. A strong geomagnetic storm could soon hit Earth's atmosphere, bringing the potential for the northern lights to be seen farther south than usual. The massive burst of solar material and magnetic field from the sun's outer atmosphere is expected to reach Earth within the next day. The northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with molecules and atoms in the Earth's atmosphere. I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for international people using money around the globe. You can send, spend, and receive in up to 40 currencies with only a few simple taps. Be smart, get Wise. Download the Wise app today or visit wise.com. Tees and Cs apply.