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Live from NPR News on Corvac Coleman. President Trump says he is sending his borders are to Minneapolis tonight. He says Tom Homan will report to him. The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association is calling for a meeting with Trump. They say Minnesota communities are under heightened stress with Trump's immigration crackdown. A federal judge holds a hearing today to determine whether federal agent's tactics can be limited. This comes after agents killed protester Alex Pretty on Saturday. NPR's Jasmine Garz reports,

Minneapolis. Over the weekend, the Trump administration tried to paint Preddy, who is a U.S. citizen as a domestic terrorist. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said Prattie had a gun and was intent on massacring law enforcement. But multiple videos show Prattie holding a phone in his hand. At least six masked federal officers tackle him, beat him, and pin him face down on the ground. Then one agent appears to pull a gun from Prattie's waistband before agents shoot him multiple times. City officials say Predi had a lawful permit to carry. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says DHS has blocked its investigators. A federal judge has ruled that homeland security cannot destroy or alter evidence related to Preddy's death. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, Minneapolis.

The huge winter storm that hit the country over the past few days is still hammering New England. The South got ice that cut electricity to more than 800,000 customers. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is urging people to use caution. It's more likely that things are going to get worse before they get better. And we want to make sure that everyone, first and foremost, across the state, takes care and reaches out to their friends and their family and their neighbors. Most of the big outages are in southern states. Stocks opened higher this morning as investors await the outcome of a midweek policy meeting by the Federal Reserve.

NPR Scott Horsley reports. The central banks expected to hold interest rates steady this week, but investors will be listening for hints about possible future rate cuts. The Fed's trying to strike a balance between lower rates to boost the sluggish job market and higher rates to battle stubborn inflation. Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods got a boost in November, thanks to a big jump in orders for civilian aircraft. A delayed report from the Commerce Department shows durable goods orders rose more than

5% during the month. Orders for non-transportation goods rose. rose by half a percent. The massive winter storm that blanket of the country this weekend forced the cancellation of more than 29 percent of all flights on Sunday. It was the biggest disruption to air travel since the pandemic. Scott Horsley-Mpaire News, Washington. The Israeli military says it has identified and returned the body of the last deceased Israeli hostage. Ron Givili was a special forces policeman. He was killed while fighting Hamas militants on October 7, 2023. This is NPR.

Ukrainian President Volodyear Zelensky says a security agreement with the U.S. is 100% ready to be signed. This comes after talks over the weekend among Ukrainian, U.S., and Russian officials about the war in Ukraine. The European Union's executive arm will open proceedings against Elon Musk's AI chatbot today. NPR's Rob Schmidt's reports, that's according to German media. The German newspaper Handelsblatt reports that Musk's AI chatbot. chatbot GROC will be investigated for violating the EU's Digital Services Act, which aims to create a safe online environment by holding digital platforms accountable for their content. The proceedings aim to force Musk to withdraw his company's chatbot from the European

market. A study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate analyzed a sample of post on GROC's X handle. It found that GROC created an estimated 3 million sexualized images over a span of 11 days from the end of December into January, including 23,000 sexualized images of children. Rob Schmidt and Peir News, Berlin. A towering leader in the global fight against smallpox has died. Dr. William Fagie died Saturday at his Atlanta home, according to the health organization he founded. He was 89. Fagie and colleagues developed a ring method to contain smallpox in the 1960s by identifying every case and then vaccinating everyone the patient came into contact with. This helped eradicate

smallpox from the world. Fagie also formerly led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.