NPR News: 11-16-2025 4AM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Border Patrol agents began carrying out an immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday.

Speaker 2 As Nick De Le Canal from member station WFAE reports, agents made arrests in the city's

Speaker 2 immigration corridors.

Speaker 3 Agents were filmed smashing a man's car window and pulling him from a vehicle in South Charlotte.

Speaker 3 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.

Speaker 3 The shop's owner, who didn't want her name used for fear of retribution, said the man was her lead mechanic.

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Speaker 3 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 DelaCanal in Charlotte.

Speaker 2 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.

Speaker 2 But delegates from California and other states are at COP 30 anyway. Laura Clivens of member station KQED has our reports.

Speaker 5 California Governor Gavin Newsom says there's a need for state leaders to be in Brazil.

Speaker 6 I'm here because I don't want the United States of America to be a footnote at this conference.

Speaker 5 Newsom has been signing pacts with countries and states and cities abroad on issues ranging from biodiversity to battery storage.

Speaker 5 In a statement, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers wrote the president won't jeopardize economic and national security to, quote, pursue vague climate goals.

Speaker 5 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.

Speaker 2 A major corruption investigation is underway in Ukraine.

Speaker 2 Independent corruption agencies say associates close to President Vlodymir Zelensky plotted to skim around $100 million from the country's energy sector. NPR's Joanna Kakissis explains.

Speaker 4 This probe is extensive. It took 15 months, used about 1,000 hours of wiretaps.
There were seven alleged participants, including Timmermindich. He's a close business associate of Zelensky's.

Speaker 4 Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enerho Adam, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, and they got kickbacks, laundering roughly $100 million.

Speaker 4 The scandal has forced the 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.

Speaker 2 The probe comes as the country is experiencing power blackouts because of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. A U.S.

Speaker 2 Marine Marine spokesman says a group of suspected Haitian gang members fired on American forces protecting the American embassy in Port-au-Prince.

Speaker 2 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.
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Speaker 2 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 Eva Pukach tells us more about the tick-borne illness.

Speaker 7 In 2024, a 47-year-old man in New Jersey died hours after he ate a hamburger at a barbecue.

Speaker 7 Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine now say they believe the man likely had Alpha Gal syndrome.

Speaker 7 Transmitted primarily by lone star ticks, it results in an allergic reaction hours after a person eats meat.

Speaker 7 Saravanan Bangarmani directs the SUNY Center for Vector-Borne Diseases at Upstate Medical University.

Speaker 8 This is a foreign body, but basically, you know, as a result of that, we have this anaphylectic shock or, you know, due to allergy.

Speaker 7 People who regularly spend time outside are advised to proactively prevent tick bites by using repellents, wearing protective clothing, and avoiding tick habitats. Eva Pugach and PR News.

Speaker 2 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.

Speaker 2 Fernando Mendoza passed for 299 yards and four touchdowns as number two, Indiana, pounded Wisconsin 31-7.

Speaker 2 Number three, Texas A ⁇ M pulled off the biggest comeback in school history, beating South Carolina 31-30. Oklahoma, meanwhile, upset number four, Alabama, 23-21.

Speaker 2 Number five, Georgia, defeated number 10, Texas, 35-10, and Colorado Mines beat Fort Lewis, 55-21. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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