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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Goode.Minneapolis woman during a traffic dispute yesterday. Several bystanders captured video of the shooting, and community members demanded accountability. Minnesota law enforcement officials and the FBI are investigating a fatal shooting that the Trump administration says was act of self-defense. Meanwhile, the mayor accused the officer of reckless use of power and demanded that ICE leave Minneapolis.
People demonstrate during a vigil at the site where an immigration officer shot and killed a woman earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 7, 2026. An immigration officer in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman on Wednesday, prompting outrage from local leaders even as President Trump said the officer acted in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the government's claims that the woman attacked federal agents “nonsense” and called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct a second day of massive raids to get out of Minneapolis.
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- 🎧 Caitlin Callenson recorded the shooting and says officers gave Goode several conflicting instructions while she was in the car. Callenson says Good was unresponsive when officers pulled her from the car. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the officer was hit by a car and acted in self-defense. In the video reviewed by NPR, the officer appeared unhurt and was seen walking after he fired the shots, NPR's Meg Anderson reports. Up first. Anderson says Minneapolis has been mostly peaceful, but there are a lot of anger and tension because protesters want ICE out of the city.
Yesterday, the US military seized an oil tanker flying the Russian flag. in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Great Britain after a two-week chase. The tanker was originally headed to Venezuelabut he changed course to avoid collision with US ships. The move comes as the Trump administration begins to release new information about its plans for Venezuela's oil industry.
- 🎧 It's been a dramatic week for US operations in Venezuela.says NPR's Greg Myre, prompting critics to question whether there is a realistic plan for moving forward. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded that the United States has Venezuela Stabilization Strategyand much of it seems to be related to oil. Rubio said the US would take control of up to 50 million barrels of oil from the country. Mair says the Trump administration appears to have a multipronged strategy that includes seizing the country's oil, selling it on the world market and pressuring U.S. oil companies to enter the Venezuelan market.
Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday released new dietary guidelines for Americans. which focus on promoting whole foods, proteins and healthy fats. The guide, which he says aims to “revolutionize our food culture”, includes new food pyramidwhich replaces the current MyPlate symbol.
- 🎧 “I am very disappointed with the new pyramid” Christopher Gardner, a nutrition expert who served on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, told NPR's Allison Aubrey. Gardner says the new diet pattern, which puts red meat and saturated fat at the top, contradicts decades of evidence and research. It is widely believed that poor eating habits and the Standard American Diet cause chronic disease. Aubrey says the new recommendations won't change people's eating habits on their own, but they will have a big impact. These guidelines will shape school meal offerings and on military bases, as well as determine what is allowed in federal nutrition programs.
Special Edition
Trump tried to hide the truth about what happened on January 6, 2021. visual archive attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lens of the people who were there. “Chapter 4: The Investigation” shows how federal investigators found the rioters and launched the largest criminal case in US history.
Political leaders, including Trump, have called for the rioters to face justice for their actions on January 6. This request came because very few people were arrested during the attack. The extremists who led the riot remained at large, and some threatened further violence. The government launched the largest federal investigation in American history, resulting in more than 1,500 arrests in all 50 states. The most serious cases were brought by prosecutors against the leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups. For their role in planning the attack on the United States, some extremists were convicted of sedition. Take a look at Persecution of January 6 in numbersincluding the highest sentence received.
To find out more, explore the NPR database federal criminal cases since January 6. You can also see more NPR reporting on the topic.
Deep Dive
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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Trump takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day, four times the recommended 81 milligrams of low-dose aspirin used to prevent heart disease. The President spoke about this in an interview with the publication Wall Street Journal published last week. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that people over 60 years of age not start a daily dose of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease unless they already have an underlying problem. The group said it is prudent to stop taking preventative aspirin in people already taking it around age 75. Trump is 79 years old. This is what you should know aspirin and heart health:
- 💊 Doctors often prescribe low-dose aspirin because taking higher doses is not helpful, according to a large study published in 2021.
- 💊 Some people, including adults who have had heart bypass surgery and who have had a heart attack, should take the recommended dose for life.
- 💊 Although the drug is safer than other blood thinners, it – even in low doses – increases the risk of bleeding in the stomach and brain. But these adverse events are unlikely to result in death.
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When an ant pupa becomes infected with a fatal, incurable infection, it sends out a signal that tells the worker ants to remove it from its cocoon and disinfect it, a process that results in its death.
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- Young, terminally ill ants send an altruistic “kill me” signal worker ants, according to a study published in the journal Natural communications. Using this strategy, sick ants sacrifice themselves for the good of their colony.
- In this week's Distant Postcards series, you can… Find a real lone California redwood tree in the Buttes Chaumont park in Paris. Napoleon III transformed the park from a former landfill into one of the greenest corners of the French capital.
- ACLU and several authors sued Utah over 'confidential material' book lawwhich has now banned 22 books in K-12 schools. Among the books included in the forbidden list are The perks of Being a Wallflower And Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. (by using COWS)
This newsletter has been edited Suzanne Nuyen.
