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This message comes from Bayer. Science is a rigorous process that requires questions, testing, transparency, and results that can be proven. This approach is integral to every breakthrough Bayer brings forward. Innovations that save lives and feed the world. Science Delivers.com Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. A search is continuing in Providence, Rhode Island at this hour for the man who police say shot and killed two people and wounded nine others on the campus. of Brown University. Police have been searching buildings on the Ivy League campus and area

residents are being told to stay in their homes, but Mayor Brett Smiley says everyone should remain calm. We have no reason to believe that there are any additional threats at this time. Any calls that have been received in the last several hours to 911 have been unrelated, and there have been no additional calls for service or calls of anything related to this incident. The suspect has been described as a male wearing dark clothing. Police have released a security video that shows the shooter, but his face cannot be seen in the video. President Trump says the U.S. will respond after two U.S. service members

and an American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria Saturday. Three other people were injured, and the Pentagon says the gunman was also killed. And Pierre Sage Miller as more. Before departing on Marine One to the Army Navy football game in Baltimore, Trump said he is mourning the law. of those killed in the ambush. He also told reporters that he blames ISIS for the attack. He added that it's an attack on Syria and the United States, and Trump doesn't plan to sit idly by. We will retaliate. He did not specify how the U.S. would retaliate, but Trump did say the three

injured, quote, seemed to be doing pretty well. Sage Miller, NPR News, the White House. California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to cancel more than 33 million dollars in federal grants for that state's commercial vehicle safety programs. From Ember Station KQED in San Francisco, Juan Carlos Laura has more on our story. U.S. Department of Transportation officials say they canceled the funding because California isn't complying with the program's requirements. In particular, the feds argue California isn't enforcing English proficiency standards for commercial truck drivers. California says the state tests drivers to ensure their proficient in the English language.

before they can get their commercial driver's licenses. But the feds say that's not enough, according to court documents. Lawyers for the state say the grant termination was arbitrary, imperils the safety of drivers in California, and they're calling for the courts to restore the funding. For NPR News, I'm Juan Carlos Lata in San Francisco. A blast of cold air reaching down from Canada is hitting much of the northern U.S. this weekend.

In Grand Forks, North Dakota, officials say it felt like minus 36 degrees on Saturday while people in cities including Chicago and Minneapolis are facing dangerous wind chills there. Winter advisories are reaching as far south as Alabama and Georgia in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, residents are watching for possible landslides following heavy rains there. This is NPR News.

As fighting continues in Sudan, the United Nations World Food Program says it will be forced to cut food aid for people already facing famine. Michael Koloki has more. According to the World Food Program, the reduction in food rations due to commence next year is as a result of severe funding shortages. The United Nations recently issued an appeal for funds,

noting that $2.9 billion is required to provide the lifesaving aid to 20 million people in Sudan. Fighting between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and the Sudanese Armed Forces, has been going on for more than two years now. Last month, famine was declared in two cities in the country's Darfur region, following an 18-month siege by the RSF of Al-Fashir and Kadugli.

The UN warns that the conflict in Sudan has created the world's largest displacement crisis. For NPR News, I'm Michael Koloki in Nairobi. Fighting is continuing along the border between Thailand and Cambodia. On Saturday, jets from Thailand carried out airstrikes in the region. The fighting is continuing despite claims from President Trump that he's negotiated a new ceasefire agreement. Thailand's foreign minister criticized Trump. comments and called them inaccurate. The latest fighting began on December 7th. More than half a million

people have been displaced by that fighting. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Heisman trophy. He's the first Hoosier to win the most prestigious award in college football since the award's inception in 1935. Mendoza beat out Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayan, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, and Notre Dame running back Jeremiah Love for the honor. Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees.

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