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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst. Hundreds of protesters assembled on a plaza in North Carolina's capital city, rather, Raleigh today. Rusty Jacobs from Member Station WUNC reports it was part of a nationwide series of demonstrations against Trump administration policies. Protesters held signs demanding that President Trump and advisor Elon Musk keep their hands off free speech rights as well as funding for universities and scientific research. Leah Fowler was one of them.

The 25-year-old was a probationary worker at the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development until last week. She left after the Trump administration proposed major cuts to the agency. We're trying to protect everybody's children, everybody's family, everybody's drinking water. You know, it's not a partisan thing. Fowler said she was heartened by Saturday's turnout. For NPR News, I'm Rusty Jacobs in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Trump administration has reportedly added hundreds of thousands of immigration cases

to the national warrants database. It's used by local police. And Piers Martin Costey reports it could lead more local officers to arrest people on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Federal authorities have long put some immigration warrants into the NCIC, or National Crime Information Center. But the number of immigration warrants has the NCIC, or National Crime Information Center. But the number of immigration warrants has been increased dramatically under President Trump.

That's according to Terry Cunningham with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, whose organization has ties to the FBI division that runs the database. I was able to confirm that there was some number in that range, somewhere in the vicinity between 500,000 and 700,000 potential detainers that had been entered. Detainers are often not signed by judges, and Cunningham says local police risk being sued if they arrest someone based only on an ICE civil warrant on the computer system. Martin Costi, NPR News.

The tariffs President Trump is imposing on most products produced in countries are expected to raise the costs of cars, but also everyday items. NPR's Scott Newman reports groceries will be affected, including seafood, which could see the highest price hikes because the U.S. imports about 80% of the fish it consumes. But many other products will also be affected. You wouldn't immediately think that steel and aluminum tariffs on China would have any impact on groceries, but for canned goods like soup and vegetables,

those cans are mostly made out of steel. And of course, beer cans are mostly aluminum. Then there's palm oil. Indonesia, a leading supplier will have a 32% tariff. Palm oil is used in everything from cooking oil and snacks to cosmetics and shampoo. Domestic suppliers, too, could see the higher costs of their foreign competition as an opportunity to raise their own prices. NPR's Scott Newman reporting. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

In NCAA college basketball, the men's final four, it's taking place today. Right now the game between Florida and Auburn is underway. The score at last check, 45 to 38 at the end of the first half. That's Auburn. They're meeting for the first time since an early February conference game that the Florida Gators won. Later Houston making its seventh trip overall plays Duke. The winners of

the two games head to the championship game Monday. For the women Connecticut which makes its record 24th trip to the women's final four yesterday and South Carolina play for the championship that takes place tomorrow. Basketball names from past NCAA men's and women's title teams plus their professional accomplishments were recognized as part of this year's class in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Greg Eklund has more. Carmelo Anthony was part of the Syracuse Orangemen Championship in 2003. He then played 19 years in the NBA and was part of the 2008 Olympic gold medal team that's also being recognized by the Hall of Fame.

Anthony says being elected is his greatest honor. I'm good on basketball. I'm satisfied. This is the gates. This is the doors. And there's nothing that anyone can take away from me from that. Two legendary players from the UConn Huskies in the women's final four are also part of the class, Sue Bird and

Maya Moore. Entryment takes place in Springfield, Massachusetts this September. For NPR News, I'm Greg Eklund. And I'm Janine Herbst. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.