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U.S. immigration and customs enforcement will temporarily refrain from non-earchened vehicle

stops, according to Maine Senator Angus King's office.

This following yesterday's deadly shooting in Bitterford, Maine, and another six days earlier in Houston, Texas, officials say that neither man was the intended target of the immigration operation. U.S. is reinstating a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. any wrong stepped up

attacks around the critical passageway.

President Trump is also reversing his demand for 20 percent toll on ships going through the Strait, but will instead strike new investment deals with countries in the region. More from NPR is the Peshivaram. Oil is flowing like never before the President said in a post on social media. In the same post, Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would now be open for all ships, except for

Iran. He also backtracked on his plan to impose a 20 percent toll on cargo coming through the Strait. Now, Trump says, instead of the toll, some countries in the region will make big investments

in the U.S. Trump says leaders of those countries called and said they wanted something

different. "We would like to invest tremendously in the United States as opposed to charging the fee."

Trump claims these new investments will bring factories and plants into the U.S., which

will create, quote, "millions of high-paying jobs," but no details were provided. Deepashivaram and PR News, the White House. Supreme Court justices Elena Cagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before members of Congress, one of the issues they've raised is the need for a budget increase, driven in part by more security.

Coney Barrett recounted having to take home a bulletproof, fast-following threats on her life. When a draft majority opinion was leaked, revealing the court was prepared to strike down Roby Way as Justice Cagan said, "Futtle judges across the country throughout the judiciary, including the Supreme Court, continue to do their jobs without fear or favor, but the

threat level is really high."

First time in years, justices have testified before Congress.

New York Governor Kathy Hoke will assign an executive order placing a moratorium on large data-centered projects in the state, Samuel King with New York Public News Network has details. The moratorium will pause state environmental permits for hyperscale data-centered projects, or those which will use more than 50 megawatts of electricity.

Governor Hokell says that will give the state time to come up with a regular Tory framework that protects the utility ratepayers and environment. "Guard rills to reduce the risk to our energy grid, minimize land disruption, noise pollution, and protect our natural resources, especially our water supply." Lincoln Y.C., which represents New York City's tech industry, says some parts of Hokell's order

make sense, but says the pause will drive needed investment elsewhere, hurting the state's economy. For NPR News, I'm Samuel King, an Albany. From Washington, this is NPR News. Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, slowing sharply after hitting a more than 3-year high

of 4.2% in May, as gas prices dropped during a month at saw some reprieve from the U.S. conflict with Iran. Meanwhile, measured on a monthly basis, consumer prices fell four tenths of a percent in June after rising slightly in May, despite the data showing easing inflation, the outlook remains highly uncertain given the renewed tensions in Iran, data also coming on the same

day, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh was testifying before Congress in the first

of two days of test-to-money. Researchers in Senegal are adding thousands of fish to rice farms this growing season. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports they are studying whether the fish can do three things prevent a debilitating disease, boost rice seals, and increasing them. A disease called Shistosimaisus can be an occupational hazard for rice farmers in Senegal.

It's spread by a parasite that lives in freshwater snails and can infect farmers in their fields. Farmers can experience stomach pain, bladder issues, fatigue, even cancer. Researchers are trying to see if adding some large, snail-eating fish to rice fields might help prevent the disease by removing its source.

They're also adding hundreds of tolopia to the fields. The tolopia might eat some snails, but their main job is to fertilize the rice with their feces. Plus, the farmers can eat or sell the fish. Over the next several months, the researchers will be collecting data to show just how well

this could work. Jonathan Lambert and PR news. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News. The last phase of the World Cup is underway, and the NPR network has been there since the first whistle.

Okay, bird is a small African island nation that's priced everyone by making it to the world. We're not able to do something no man or woman has done before. He scored goals in six different world cups for a tour of. As we enter the final matches of the tournament, head to the NPR app for all things World

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