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--:-- Nick DeLaCanel: Protesters marched in Charlotte, North Carolina today as Border Patrol agents began making arrests in a citywide immigration crackdown. Hundreds rallied in uptown Charlotte, demanding Border Patrol leave the city.
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--:-- Nick DeLaCanel: Hours earlier, agents were seen arresting people across several immigrant corridors. At one East Charlotte car repair, the owner Jessica Arias says agents tackled an employee who tried to run and took him away in a van.
--:-- Jessica Arias: He's one of the best workers here. So the Border Patrol is not here for criminals. They are taking working people.
--:-- Nick DeLaCanel: Some restaurants locked their doors with customers inside. Other businesses closed.
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--:-- Nick DeLaCanel: In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said it's surging agents to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and to remove public safety threats.
--:-- Dale Willman: For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.
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--:-- Elias Danielle Martinez: Los Angeles is experiencing a strong seasonal storm with several inches of rain falling across the region through Sunday.
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--:-- Elias Danielle Martinez: In Malibu, local officials advised residents to seek higher ground and avoid moving water. Above the Palisades' burn scar, reports of rock slides and mud had people fearing the worst.
--:-- Elias Danielle Martinez: Flash flood warnings stretched from the far northwest of L.A. County to its eastern edges Saturday. Streets flooded in Compton and Camarillo, and in the city of L.A., dozens of trees were knocked down by high winds.
--:-- Elias Danielle Martinez: Forecasters say the worst is over and showers will taper off into the week as a new storm approaches.
--:-- Dale Willman: For NPR News, I'm Danielle Martinez in Pasadena.
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--:-- Aida Peralta: A protest by thousands of people in Mexico City turned violent today. The protest was organized by young people who say they're speaking out about systemic issues including corruption.
--:-- Aida Peralta: And as another issue of concern is impunity for violent crimes. What happened here is a small-town mayor was murdered at the beginning of November.
--:-- Aida Peralta: And this mayor, he was the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán. And he had taken a full frontal approach to fighting organized crime in his city.
--:-- Aida Peralta: And what he said is you know we going to shoot first and ask questions later. And then November 1st on Day of the Dead he was shot dead in the middle of his town in front of a large crowd.
--:-- Aida Peralta: And protests erupted almost immediately in his town. They were asking for justice. They were asking for those responsible to be held accountable.
--:-- Aida Peralta: And now the protests have spread to Mexico City.
--:-- Dale Willman: That's NPR's Ada Peralta with our report from Mexico City.
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--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump issued two new pardons this weekend that are related to the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.
--:-- Dale Willman: One of the pardons was given to a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents. The agents were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Disability rights activist Alice Wong has died. The MacArthur Genius Grant winner died Friday in San Francisco.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: She died from an infection that's according to her friend and fellow activist Sandy Ho. Wong was 51 years old.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: Alice Wong was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project. The group highlighted disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: Wong also received acclaim for her 2022 memoir, Year of the Tiger, An Activist's Life, edited several works on disability and wrote a column for Teen Vogue.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: Disability justice organiser Yomi Sachiko spoke about Wong in an interview earlier this year with NPR member station KQED.
--:-- Yomi Sachiko: Alice is my comrade in political struggle. She is my friend. She a foodie. She's an artist. She's a bit bougie, which I love.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: Alice Wong was born in Indiana in 1974 to immigrant parents from Hong Kong.
--:-- Chloe Veldman: She was diagnosed at birth with muscular dystrophy, a progressive neuromuscular disease.
--:-- Dale Willman: Chloe Valtman, NPR News.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Marcel Reid threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns today as No. 3 Texas A&M rallied from a 27-point deficit to beat South Carolina 31-30.
--:-- Dale Willman: No. 2 Indiana dominated the second half against Wisconsin, winning 31-7.
--:-- Dale Willman: No. 9 Notre Dame, meanwhile, extended its winning streak to 8 with a 37-15 win over No. 23 Pittsburgh.
--:-- Dale Willman: And Brian Trouble ran for 150 yards as well as two touchdowns as Mercyhurst beat Robert Morse 27-13.
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