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Oklahoma State University and the University of Central Oklahoma say some of their international students have had their visas revoked.
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In a move to grow domestic timber production, the Trump administration designated more than half of national forests for increased logging.
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A Florida State University student shot and killed two people and wounded six others on campus on Thursday. He allegedly used his mother's gun in the shooting — she is a sheriff's deputy.
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