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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Trump administration is planning a special immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Nick Della Canal of member station WFAE reports border patrol agents could arrive there as soon as this weekend. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office says border patrol agents will arrive in Charlotte in the coming days, but details are still vague, including how many federal agents and for how long. Charlotte City Councilman elect J.D. Maswera Arias, an immigrant from Columbia, who did not always have legal status himself, says the government should be more transparent. If there is an operation or presence in Charlotte, the public has the right to know what's happening and why it's happening. Latino advocacy groups say the announcement has already sparked fear with families staying home and immigration help hotlines lighting up.

For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte, North Carolina. Federal employees are getting back to work now that the government shutdown has ended. In Jackson, Mississippi, IRS agent William Harris says it's been a rough year for him. He was laid off in February during agency cuts, rehired in September, then sidelined again during the shutdown. A lot of people's lives are impacted by the decisions or lack of decisions sometimes. Stressful but also theatrical. Federal agencies are scrambling to restart everything from routine paperwork to clearing airport backups, delays that forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights this month.

The FAA says airports should return to normal operations once flight restrictions tied to safety staffing are lifted. United and Delta say Thanksgiving travel should be fine after both airlines reported a slowdown in ticket sales during the shutdown. Russia carried out an attack on the Ukrainian capital today, launching hundreds of missiles and drones, killing at least four people and injuring more than two dozen. NPR's Joanna Kikis reports Russia is stepping up attacks as winter approaches in an attempt to wipe out Ukraine's heating and power sources. Ukrainian authorities say more than 400 drones were used. in the assault. Ukraine's air defense tried to shoot them down. Residents awoke to the sound of machine gunfire and blasts. The head of Keeves' military administration said Russia had struck residential buildings in nearly every neighborhood. Rescue workers are looking for survivors

and the rubble. Keeves' mayor Vatali Klitschko says the city's heating infrastructure was also struck and to expect outages. Joanna Kikis and PR News. Kyiv. This is NPR News in Washington. The Justice Department is suing California's Secretary of State and Governor Gavin Newsom over the state's new voter-approved redistricting plan. Federal officials say the map creates racially gerrymandered congressional districts. Newsom says the goal is to create more democratic leaning seats in response to a similar plan in Texas that recently added. several likely Republican seats. A number of states are weighing mid-decade redistricting ahead of next year's mid-term elections. Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny took home the biggest award at the Latin

Grammys, album of the year. It was his first win in one of the main categories, as MPRs, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. Bad Bunny won five awards during the 26th annual Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. But he seemed most moved by album of the year for Debbie Tirar Mastphotos, an homage to his home island. He dedicated the award to all the young people of Latin America and Puerto Rico in particular. The other big awards of the night went to familiar faces. Colombian singer Carol G. won song of the year for her Meringue hit, If Anteis Duhier Conocido, alongside fellow songwriters Edgar Barrera and Andres Correa Rios. Spanish singer Alejandro Sands won record of the year,

for his song Palmeras in El Hardin. And best new artist went to Mexican pop star Paloma Murphy. Isabella Gomez-Armiento, NPR News. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.