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Federal prosecutors are charging in immigration and ice-custom enforcement officer with
making false statements.
“They say Christian Castro lied to investigators about an incident in which he shot a Venezuelan”
man. And Pierce Humano Bustillo has more." The charges represent a rare moment in the Justice Department taking action against immigration officers for their actions and tactics while conducting arrests. Authorities say he fired his weapon through a closed door and shot a Venezuelan immigrant
in the leg. Officer Castro initially claimed under oath that he had been attacked, but surveillance footage appeared to contradict his claim. Castro also faces state-level charges in Minnesota. Federal immigration officers have been involved in more than two dozen shootings during
the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Humano Bustillo MPR News, Washington. Authorities are ending or suspending the use of flock automatic license plate readers.
“In Ohio's Capitol City, police are investigating alleged misuse by a police officer who”
searched for one license plate hundreds of times. George Shilcock, with Member Station W.O.S.U. has more. Columbus Police say Officer Melvin Tellis has been relieved of duty pending an investigation. Tellis used flock cameras to track a car that police say was not related to any investigation. Police declined to identify the car's owner.
An internal audit didn't catch this alleged misuse, despite reports around the country of some police using the cameras to stalk ex-girlfriends. Mayor Andrew Gimther, who has defended police use of the surveillance technology, says this has changed his position. "What I have learned has shaken my trust.
I'm angry. I'm disappointed." Gimther says he'll still fight to keep flock cameras with added safeguards. For NPR News, I'm George Shilcock in Columbus. The United Nations is warning that exceptionally warm waters in the Pacific, known as the
El Nino Phenomenon, are intensifying and will bring months of extreme heat, drought, and disruptive weather across the world.
And here's what Mattanis has more.
This year's El Nino will likely persist through February 27, according to the World Meteological Organization, a UN agency, in a press conference today, the Secretary General of the WMO Celeste Salo said the forecast shows it will be stronger than anything the group has recorded. Many sectors like agriculture, energy, and health will be affected. The UN says it's working with many countries in the global south to prepare.
Panama is implementing measures to save water, and Peru declared a state of emergency for flooding and landslides. Mattanis NPR News and the National Hurricane Center says three hurricanes are churning far from land in the Pacific, Korea, and low. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Every year, the ignoble prices are awarded for research that's entertaining and thought provoking.
And Piers Ari Daniel says, "For the first time, the ceremony took place outside the United
States." Mark Abrams founded the Ignobell Prize in 1991. Before last year, almost every winner would find a way to travel to the ceremony from around the world. Last year of the ten winners, we ended up with only six of them at the ceremony.
Four didn't want to come to the U.S. citing safety concerns related to unpredictable immigration and visa protocols. So this year, Abrams and his team decided to hold the ceremony abroad in Switzerland. As for the prizes, the biomechanics award went to a team that developed a more rigorous definition of kissing.
And the physics award was for a group that built the theory around and then prototyped a splash-free urinal, R. E. Daniel, NPR News. Margaret Rates hit their highest level in more than a year as a global bond cell-off intensified. British buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate note rose to 6.71%. A year ago, the average rate was 6.5%.
Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, and as rates rise, that can lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying. It's one reason home sales remain in a rut this year. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. How do you handle really big emotions?
It starts with emotional intelligence.
“Emotional intelligence is okay, A, what am I really feeling?”
B, is this emotion helpful or unhelpful for achieving my goal? If it's unhelpful, what am I going to do about it? Or what's my strategy for regulating it? The science of emotional regulation on shortwave.
