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Details@capitalone.com Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Doualisai Kowtel. Demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue across the country. Some are calling for no work, no school and no shopping. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating the killing of an ICE Alex Preddy, but not an earlier shooting death by federal agents. In Minneapolis, Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Baxt reports.

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch confirmed that Alex Preddy's death last Saturday is being examined for possible civil rights violations. Preddy was shot multiple times as Border Patrol agents tried to arrest him while he was recording immigration officers on his phone. Blanche says the probe is separate from Homeland Security shooting investigation. It means talking to witnesses. It means looking at documentary evidence, sending subpoenas if you have to. And the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has the best experts in the world at this. He says the fatal shooting of another US Citizen, Renee Macklin Goode, is not receiving similar DOJ scrutiny. For NPR News, I'm Brian Baxt in St. Paul.

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Former CNN host Don Lemon and an independent video journalist in Minnesota have been arrested by federal authorities in connection with their reporting on an anti ICE prot at a Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. justice Department officials say they disrupted worshippers, while press rights advocates say the Trump administration is seeking to Silence the Press. NPR's David Folkenflick reports.

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The precise charges have not yet been revealed, but US Attorney General Pam Bondi linked the arrest to Don Lemon and Georgia Fort's presence at the church protest. Demonstrators focused on the church because a pastor there is a senior local ICE official. Lemon interviewed the pastor and congregants as well as protesters. Lemon's attorney says his client was simply there as a reporter to document the events. He described the arrest as intimidation. Human rights groups and media advocates say this is a clear violation of First Amendment protections for the press. David Folkenflick, NPR News.

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The dollar this week fell to its lowest in four years against other major currencies, raising some concerns about the US Currency. But one person says that's a good thing. President Trump and prayer's Rafael Nam asks, is he right?

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The US has traditionally wanted a strong dollar, but when Trump was asked by a reporter this week about the currency, he had a different take.

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I think it's great. I mean, the value of the dollar. Look at the business we're doing. No dollar's doing great.

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In other words, Trump doesn't mind the dollar's decline. There are benefits to a weaker dollar. It makes US Exports a little cheaper and it's good for tourism. Visitors can get more dollars back when they exchange their currencies. But there are also disadvantages. It can make some stuff imported from overseas more expensive. And that bucket list trip to Paris becomes more expensive for Americans. So, yes, there are benefits to a weaker dollar, but there can also be a bit of pain.

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This is npr. South Carolina is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades with well over 800 cases. The state this week has confirmed 58 new infections cent northwestern Spartanburg county, and more than 440 people are currently in quarantine, according to the state's Department of Public Health. Many of the exposures were reported at elementary schools and some businesses, including a Burger King in the city of Roebuck. Canadian American actress Catherine o' Hara has died at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 71. O' Hara was known for her absurdist comic characters and Pierre's Mandalit. Del Barco has this appreciation.

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Catherine o' Hara played the freaked out mom of a rascally son in the Home Alone movies.

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Come on.

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She also played the self centered, whiny matriarch in the Riches to rags TV sitcom with the rascally name Schitt's Creek, taking your picture with a motley crew of pale, dewy faced salamander people. I haven't hit rock bottom quite yet. O' Hara won awards for that role, teaming up with her longtime friend and fellow Canadian Eugene Levy. They first collaborated in the 1970s and 80s on the sketch comedy show SCT, which she also wrote for. O' Hara and Levy also paired up in several mockumentaries, including Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.

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There's a Kiss at the End of the Rainbow.

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In a career that spanned decades, o' Hara also had memorable turns in the movie Beetlejuice and the TV sitcom the Studio. Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.

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