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Here on Shortwave, we believe that science is for everyone and that every question is worth asking, no matter your age. My name is Willie and my question is, is magic real? Our podcast is for the curious at heart. Come embrace your inner child when you listen now to ShoreWave from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman, a student activist who helped lead pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University in New York, has been arrested by federal immigration agents.

A lawyer for Mahmoud Khalid said he was taken away and his location has not been disclosed. Khalid is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. but was told his green card is being revoked. And Pierce Adrian Florido reports this is in line with a vow from President Trump. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro jihadist protests.

It directed federal agencies to work toward deporting international students who participated. The order cited federal law that allows deporting foreign nationals who express support for terrorism. Students have always rejected A, the claim that their protests were pro-terrorists or that they supported Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel. They say the protests were for peace in Gaza. And Piers, Adrienne Florido reporting. Canada is getting a new Prime Minister. Mark Carney has won the ruling Liberal Party's leadership contest.

He'll take over from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said he was going to resign. And Piers, Jackie Northam reports. 59-year-old Mark Carney is considered a political outsider. A Harvard and Oxford graduate, Carney comes from the world of finance, which includes stints on Wall Street and as head of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. That expertise could be critical to tackle Canada's economic challenges. But Carney vows he will also be tough with President Trump and his corrosive trade policies

against Canada. Trump helped energize the Liberal Party's leadership contest. His taunts about turning Canada into a 51st state have sparked a wave of nationalism and gave the Liberals a large bounce in the polls. Carney is expected to be sworn in within a week. Jackie Northam, NPR News. Ukraine's military says Russian and North Korean troops are trying to surround Ukrainian soldiers who've occupied part of a western Russian region since last year.

NPR's Joanna Kakissus reports Ukraine had occupied the area to use it as leverage in any upcoming peace talks. When Ukrainian soldiers occupied about 200 square miles of Russia's Kursk region last summer, it was the first time a foreign army had crossed into Russian territory since World War Two. The surprise attack embarrassed the Kremlin. Russia has since managed to take back most of that territory with the help of thousands of North Korean soldiers. And now Ukraine's military confirmed to NPR that Russian special forces crept through miles of a gas pipeline to storm Ukrainian positions this weekend. In a statement, Ukraine's military grouping in Kursk said the situation remains, quote,

difficult but under control of our command. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kyiv. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Federal health officials say there are more than 220 reported measles cases in the U.S. Nearly 200 of them are in Texas. The disease has killed an unvaccinated Texas child. Another unvaccinated person diagnosed with measles died in New Mexico. Thousands of people rallied in Selma, Alabama this weekend for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On that day, peaceful protesters marched for the right to vote and were beaten by state troopers.

Troy Public Radio's Emily Moser reports that yesterday, activists reenacted the peaceful march. What do we want? Golden rights! When do we want them? Now! On that first Bloody Sunday in 1965, black protesters marched for the right to vote. Six decades later, participants are continuing the tradition. Here's Rose Smith from Atlanta.

My ancestors were here before me. They paved the way for me to be here. I hear them crying from the grave, you belong here. This weekend, marchers criticized President Donald Trump's recent ban on DEI programs. So did Representative Shamari figures. We've got to stick together because say whatever you want to about the Republicans and Donald Trump, you cannot call them not unified. The day concluded with a benefit concert for the National Voting Rights Museum. For NPR News, I'm Emily Moser in Selma, Alabama.

A pair of nesting bald eagles in Southern California has hatched a third eaglet. Bird lovers are following the live eagle cam that's been installed by the nonprofit group Friends of Big Bear Valley. It's east of Los Angeles. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.