"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nor-Rom.
Protesters continue to clash with federal immigration agents at an ICE detention center in
Newark, New Jersey.
“The mayor has announced a limited curfew, Bruce Conviser reports.”
"Mayor Ross Baraka said the curfew is going into effect immediately, and that it would continue indefinitely from 9pm to 6am. Amendment straiters have maintained the presence outside Delaney Hall for more than a week, while detainees inside the facility weighed your hunger and labor strike. On Friday, Governor Mikey Cheryl announced that state police would replace ICE agent outside
Delaney Hall, but violent clashes continued Saturday. Still the Governor defended her decision noting that ICE agents have previously used deadly force. "My focus is on protecting people's right to protest peacefully and ensuring everyone's safety."
January ICE agents killed two non-violent protesters in Minnesota. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Conviser and Greenbrook, New Jersey."
“President Trump is now set to kick off an event on the national mall next month as part”
of the celebration of America's 250th birthday. After a number of musical acts pulled out, NPR's Tamara Keith has more. "The great American state fair is meant to be a two-week long world's fair, complete with fairer squeal. But as soon as the slate of nostalgic musical performers was announced, artists started pulling
out, saying they didn't realize the association with Trump."
Trump called them third-rate artists and said they would be replaced with the quote number
one attraction anywhere in the world. The man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime. Trump even suggested making it a Magarale. When a statement freedom 250 spokesperson Danielle Alvarez said, "Trump will now personally kick off the fair within opening ceremony on June 24th," Tamara Keith and PR News.
Polls have opened in Colombia where voters are casting ballots in the first round presidential election. Security is a top issue, John Otis reports. According to Polls, the front-runner is Iván Sapeda, a left-wing senator and protege of President Gustavo Petro, who is banned by the Constitution from seeking a second term.
"A todos los armados, a que renuncien a la violencia." Sapeda, speaking here at a campaign rally, says, "Hill negotiate peace treaties with drug trafficking rebels." By contrast, his main rivals, right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espreja, and conservative senator Paloma Valencia, are promising military crackdowns.
If no one secures more than half the votes in today's balloting, the top two finishers will meet in a June 21st runoff. For MPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia. 1. This is NPR News in Washington.
1,137 people donning white halted dresses and platinum-blown wigs, descended on Palm Springs, California yesterday, ahead of what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday. Dennis and Aument from Member Station K.V. C.R. reports. The rules were simple, blonde wig, white halter dress, and...
“"You need to have your red lips to get counted."”
Volunteers shouted instructions inside the glam tent, where the hairspray flowed freely. As many like Rich Robinson, who came in from Seattle, got glammed up by prose. "They are beautifying my Marilyn Monroe hair at this moment." Like the hair products, the impressions flowed too. That's Julie Barron, who came from Hollywood.
The look-alikes eventually gathered for the final count with the MC Scott Nevins. "One thousand thirty-seven marlins packed this area and put the springs and broke the world record." Some like it hot, and here, some also like it record-breaking. For NPR News, I'm Madison Aument in Palm Springs. Italy celebrates Republic Day on Tuesday to remember June 2, 1946, when Italians chose
a republic over a monarchy after World War II. A rehearsal for the parade ended in chaos Friday night when a policeman set off fireworks without permission, dozens of horses bolted and ran through the streets of Rome.
The last one was finally recovered yesterday morning.
Several people were thrown and some injured. Some of the horses were also injured, but none had to be put down. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington. So the next time someone says, "Did you see that?" You can say, "Yeah, obviously, follow NPR's pop culture happy hour wherever you get your podcasts."
