"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.
Some agents at immigration and customs enforcement will be getting new gloves to wear on the field.
“The gloves can deliver a 380-volt electric shock to people that the agents are attempting”
to detain.
The agency says it plans to spend $20 billion to outfit officers, the Department of Homeland
Security calls the devices, de-escalation devices, NPR's meaganders in explains how they work. They shock you. So it looks just like a black glove, but it's got a little button on the wrist. And when that glows blue, it's activated and delivers an electric shock when it touches
skin. It's sort of like a taser, except there are no prongs that come out and break the skin. But it is clearly painful. The Instagram page for compliant technologies is filled with videos of police officers being subjected to the glove in demonstrations.
Most of them grimace or yell and fall to the ground.
In Ohio, at least one person is dead this following severe storms and flooding.
“In the rural community of Roseville, from Member Station, W.O.S.U. George Shilcock reports.”
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine deployed the National Guard to South East Ohio where Roseville was almost completely cut off by floodwaters. In Northeast Ohio, several prisoners were injured, including four severely after being struck by lightning. In Columbus, 80 mile an hour winds damaged homes and ripped the roof off of the community
center. Willard Roubles' camper was crushed by a tree 20 minutes after he decided to go to work on his day off. The storm knocked out power for over 100,000 American electric power customers, but the utility expects most to be restored by the end of the week.
For NPR News, I'm George Shilcock in Columbus. A growing number of Canadians are calling for Ottawa to expel the U.S. ambassador, Pete Hoekstra. Dan Carpunchock reports an online petition says the ambassador has made statements that undermine the Canadian U.S. diplomatic relationship.
The woman behind the petition, Lee Walker of Calgary, says the response has been far beyond what she expected. On Tuesday, it had 30,000 signatures by Wednesday that number had jumped to 70,000. The petition says Huckstra should be declared persona non-grata and should be expelled. Walker says Huckstra has repeated President Trump's rhetoric about annexing Canada, and
his criticized Canadian politicians who have responded to tariffs by discouraging travel to the U.S. and supporting a ban on American alcohol. Walker says the response shows many Canadians are uncomfortable with how Huckstra has acted. The petition will be presented in the Canadian Parliament this fall by Green Party Leader
Elizabeth May. Green Party are News, I'm Dan Carpunchock, in Toronto. The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold to a group involving Bob Iger, the former Disney
CEO, in Gerald Kushner, the price tag $12.5 billion.
This is NPR. A grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on murder charges in the killing of his parents director, actor Rob Reiner, and Michelle Singer Reiner. As NPR's Mandela Debunker reports, he's pleaded not guilty. The grand jury's newly unsealed indictment alleges that Nick Reiner was lying in wait
before attacking his parents. On December 14, the beloved Hollywood director, actor Rob Reiner, and producer of photographer Michelle Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Hours later, their youngest son was arrested and charged with murder. Since then, the 32-year-old has remained behind bars without bail.
He entered a knot guilty plea and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing in September. Kelly County District Attorney Nathan Hockman says the killing was "a profound betrayal" by someone who was loved and trusted by the very people he's accused of killing. Hockman said the new allegations mean if he's found guilty, Reiner could face the death penalty. Prosecutors haven't yet decided whether to seek it.
Mandela Debunker and PR news, Los Angeles. The town of Marion Kansas has agreed to pay an hour retired reporter $850,000 to settle her federal lawsuit. This over a 2023 police raided the newspapers she worked. Journalist Phil Azorn said her lawsuit and the raid violated press freedom and was an unreasonable case of law enforcement search. Ted Decker, the CEO of Home Depot, is taking a temporary medical leave to deal with an undisclosed medical issue.
The Atlanta-based company made the announcement on Wednesday several officials will lead the company in his absence. This is NPR. A tension, a PSA from SureWave and PR Science Podcast.
“You need to be paying more attention to your poop.”
I really do think that this deep stigma we have about talking about pooping is tied to these early onset chloractyl cancer cases. What to watch out for and how to decode the secret messages hidden in your poop? On SureWave.
