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NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports that the Department is focusing on those who are studying in critical national security fields. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. will start, in his words, aggressively revoking visas of students who have ties to the Chinese Communist Party and who are studying in critical fields. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce would not give further details on how the U.S. will vet these students. The United States, I further can say here, will not tolerate the CCP's exploitation of

U.S. universities or theft of U.S. research, intellectual property, or technologies to grow its military power. She wouldn't predict how many students or faculty might be affected by these moves, which China has denounced. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the proposed expansion of an oil and gas railway in Utah. The decision limits how a key environmental law can be used to evaluate development projects.

From member station KUER in Salt Lake City, Caroline Ballard has more. At issue is how environmental impacts are measured. The justices voted 8-0 that regulators were right to focus only on direct impacts instead of broader impacts from increased fossil fuel production. Wendy Park is with the Center for Biological Diversity. She says the decision erodes the National Environmental Policy Act, known as NEPA. The justices really bought into the deregulatory agenda by industry. Critics argued that NEPA has been interpreted too broadly and not as Congress intended.

The railway's public partner is happy with how quickly things are moving. By this time next year, they hope to be laying down track. For NPR News, I'm Caroline Ballard in Salt Lake City. Authorities in the greater New Orleans area say they've received hundreds of tips on the two fugitives from a local jail. The pair are the last of 10 inmates who fled the facility two weeks ago. Louisiana State Police Colonel Robert Hodges tells WVUE that authorities believe the missing inmates are getting some help. Robert Hodges, WVUE Chief of Police, Arkansas, Police Chief, WVUE, WVUE, WVUE, WVUE, WVUE,

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The Department of Homeland Security is notifying more than 500 cities that committed in 2017. This is NPR. The Department of Homeland Security is notifying more than 500 cities that they're violating federal immigration law. DHS has published a list of jurisdictions that are considered sanctuaries for migrants. That list is required under an executive order that President Trump signed in April. Nearly eight years after Hurricane Maria wiped out its

crumbling electric grid, Puerto Rico's governor is promising to improve the island's power structure and its economy. Governor Jennifer Gonzalez-Colón says her new budget will include funding to hire more police and firefighters and recruit more medical professionals. Gonzalez-Colón says she'll also replace the private company currently overseeing the island's distribution of power. The Canadian province of Manitoba is under a state of emergency as raging wildfires force thousands of people to evacuate. NPR's Jackie Northam has more. The wildfires, sparked by prolonged dry conditions, have burned nearly half a million acres in

Manitoba and winds are blowing thick smoke southwards into parts of the Midwestern states. Provincial Premier Wab Kanu says this is the largest evacuation Manitoba will have seen in most people's living memory. Canada's military is being deployed to help with firefighting and evacuations, including emergency flights. Most people are expected to head to the provincial capital of Winnipeg, where they'll be housed at arenas and community centres.

There are more than 130 fires burning across Canada. Most are in two other Western provinces, Alberta and British Columbia. About half of the fires are considered out of control. Jackie Northam reporting. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. considered out of control.