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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Border Patrol agents began carrying out an immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday. As Nick De La Canal from member station, WFAE reports, agents made arrests in the city's immigration corridors. Agents were filmed smashing a man's car window and pulling him from a vehicle in South Charlotte. On the city's east side, restaurants locked their doors as agents chased a man into a laundromat and tackled an employee at a nearby car repair shop. The shop's owner, who didn't want her name used for fear of retribution, said the man was her lead mechanic.

The business depends on clients and workers. And if my worker are taken, I got to close my business today. Just blocks away, a woman filmed agents who stopped her landscaping crew as they were putting up Christmas lights, then let them go after questioning. For NPR news, I'm Nick Delac Canal in Charlotte. The U.S. did not send a delegation to this year's UN Climate Summit in Brazil, in part because President Trump feels climate change is a hoax. But delegates from California and other states are at COP 30.

Anyway, Laura Clivens, a member station KQED, has our reports. California Governor Gavin Newsom says there's a need for state leaders to be in Brazil. I'm here because I don't want the United States of America to be a footnote at this conference. Newsom has been signing packs with countries and states and cities abroad on issues ranging from biodiversity to battery storage. In a statement, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers wrote the president won't jeopardize economic and national security to, quote, pursue vague climate goals. Governors from New Mexico and Wisconsin have also been at the events in Brazil. One of their goals is to show U.S. progress on climate despite the federal headwinds. For NPR news, I'm Laura Clivens.

A major corruption investigation is underway in Ukraine, independent corruption agencies say associates close to President Vladimir Zelenskyy, plotted to skim around $100 million from the country's energy sector. NPR's Joanna Kikisis explains. This probe is extensive. It took 15 months, used about 1,000 iris of wiretaps. There were seven alleged participants, including Timur Mindich. He's a close business associate of Zelensky's. Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enaira Adam, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company.

And they got kickbacks laundering roughly $100 million. The scandal has forced the rest. resignation of two ministers in Zelensky's government so far, but Zelensky has not been implicated in this probe, and he is calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing crimes. The probe comes as the country is experiencing power blackouts because of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. A U.S. Marine spokesman says a group of suspected Haitian gang members fired on American forces protecting the American embassy and port of Prince. The incident took place on Thursday, but is just being made public. The embassy remains

open despite warnings against travel in the country because of kidnappings and other violence. This is NPR news. Researchers believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome. That's a red meat allergy caused by tick bites. NPR's Ava Pukatch tells us more about the tick-borne illness. In 2024, a 47-year-old man in New Jersey died hours after he ate a hamburger at a barbecue. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine now say they believe the man likely had alpha-gal syndrome. Transmitted primarily by lone star ticks, it results in an allergic reaction hours after a person eats meat.

Saravanan Bangarmani directs the SUNY Center for Vector-Born Diseases at Upstate Medical University. It's a foreign body, but basically, you know, as a result of that we have this anaphylactic shock or, you know, due to allergy. People who regularly spend time outside are advised to proactively prevent tick bites by using repellents, wearing protective clothing, and avoiding tick habitats. Eva Pukatch and PR News. In college football, number one Ohio State easily beat UCLA Saturday night, 48 to 10. Freshman Bo Jackson ran for 112 yards and a touchdown in that win. Fernando Mendoza passed for 299 yards and four touchdowns as number two Indiana

pounded Wisconsin 31 to 7. Number 3, Texas A&M pulled off the biggest comeback in school history, beating South Carolina 31 to 30. Oklahoma, meanwhile, upset No. 4, Alabama, 23 to 21. Number 5, Georgia defeated number 10, Texas, 35 to 10, and Colorado Mines beat Fort Lewis 55 to 21. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and C's Apply.