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  • What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.
  • Florida State University has filed a lawsuit in an effort to end its 30-year relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its hopes of joining another conference.
  • NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the United States has notified executives of a foreign company that because their firm deals in property in Cuba confiscated from Americans, they and their families will not be allowed into the U-S. The move was taken under the so-called "Helms-Burton Law," which tries to keep foreign investment out of Cuba. The firm targeted today was not named, although the State Department has warned Canadian, Italian and Mexican companies that they might face sanctions. Helms-Burton also allows Americans to sue foreign firms which do business on confiscated property in Cuba.
  • The incoming Trump administration is likely to crack down on the H-1B visas used by tech companies and research institutions to hire top talent from other countries.
  • Poland's foreign ministry is in the midst of a visa-for-money scandal. The deputy foreign minister has resigned and seven other officials have been indicted.
  • The Australian Border Force said the top-ranked tennis player "failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia, and his visa has been subsequently cancelled."
  • John Burnett reports on the debate over liberalizing US immigration policy along the Mexico border to allow guest worker visas.
  • The suspect in the New York terrorist attack was a native of Uzbekistan who came to the U.S. through a visa lottery program. Now there are calls to end it.
  • With Congress considering relaxing its nearly 50-year-old restrictions on travel to Cuba, many Americans are salivating at the prospect of visiting the forbidden island. But a taste of Cuba can be found much closer to home — in your own kitchen.
  • Visa and Mastercard announced a major settlement with U.S. merchants, potentially ending years of litigation over the fees charged every time a credit or debit card is used in a store or restaurant.
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