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Live from NPR News, I'm Gail Snyder. National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homody, says one part of the investigation into Sunday's deadly crash of a cargo plane at Miami International Airport will be on a safety measure called EMAS, a system of lightweight, crushable material designed to stop planes at overshoot runways. Those are excellent questions. The questions are on EMAS and whether that would have helped prevent this tragedy. should EMAS be everywhere at every airport, that will be a key part of our investigation. The NTSB says the plane's flight recorders have been recovered and that investigators are focusing on whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Five people were killed. A privacy group has filed the latest lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's efforts to compile lists of adult U.S. citizens in each state.

NPR's Hansi-Lowong reports on the effort that stems from a key part of, an order by President Trump that a federal judge bound to be likely unconstitutional. Part of President Trump's order that's attempting to restrict mail-in voting calls for U.S. citizenship and immigration services and the Social Security Administration to compile lists of people who the federal government decides are adult U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state. Those lists were supposed to be available to state officials by September 4th. But according to court filings and two lawsuits led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Democratic groups, the Trump administration has pushed back that deadline in definitely.

A federal judge had blocked this project in June after finding the federal agencies have no authority to maintain voter lists or control federal elections, which the Constitution says are left to the states and Congress. The last month, the Supreme Court paused that judge's ruling after finding it was too early for courts to weigh in. Hansi Luong and Pierre News. President Trump warning that he may prohibit Canadian jet manufacture of Bombardier from selling in the U.S. Unless a company builds its jets in the U.S., he posted to social media Monday as Canada imposed retirement. halitory tariffs. The Ebola outbreak still spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo, but there are signs of improvement in some areas, as Imperial's Jonathan Lambert reports. The city of Mungualu was one of the first places to report Ebola cases in May. The mining town in

northeastern DRC soon became overwhelmed. But in recent weeks, cases have been on the decline there. Balakonde, a public health specialist with IFRC, credits that in part to engaging the community in the response. When he first came to Mangualu, people were distrustful. For them, it's not acceptable to talk about Ebola. Ebola is not true, etc. But health officials started engaging with key community members, like priests and taxi drivers, to get the message out that Ebola is serious. Over time, he says those efforts resulted in more people seeking treatment or isolating if they were sick. Elsewhere, though, the virus is still out of control. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News. This is NPR. flights to and from Indonesia's capital have resumed. The transportation minister says the main airport in Jakarta and at least four others reopened early today after they were forced to close for two days because of volcanic ash from Mount Anakarkatau. However, the agency that monitors volcanic activity says fresh eruptions today could again disrupt flights.

The Trump administration says it is restarting work on a barrier to keep invasive cars. from reaching the Great Lakes after abruptly halting construction. Quinn Kleinfelter of Member Station WDET reports. The invasive carp can grow several feet long and eat their way through ecosystems, devastating tourism and boating industries. The fish have edged ever closer to Lake Michigan, and after some delays, President Trump sent federal funding to help create a barrier at a choke point in Illinois.

But Trump issued an unexplained work stoppage order in late July. He has had a contentious relationship with Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, but the barrier work is reportedly resuming after a call to Trump from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who was also a critic of the president during the pandemic, but has since had a more cordial relationship. For NPR news, I'm Quinn Kleinfelter in Detroit. The major financial markets in Asia losing ground. Japan's benchmarking N.K. gave up early gains and is now down more than one and a half. percent U.S. futures are mixed after the markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday oil prices rising brink crude trading above $98 a barrel. This is NPR News.