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--:-- Giles Snyder: With the Senate working through the weekend looking for a way to bring the government shutdown to an end, millions of Americans are planning for an uncertain future around federal food benefits.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Supreme Court ruled Friday night that the Trump administration can continue withholding some funding, at least for now.
--:-- Blake Farmer: Blake Farmer of member station WPLN has more from a drive-thru food distribution site in rural Tennessee.
--:-- Blake Farmer: Cars and trucks started lining up hours before the start time, some before dawn.
--:-- Blake Farmer: Crystal Tipton is among the more than 41 million Americans who rely on the benefits.
--:-- Crystal Tipton: You have to cut back on everything. I mean, I think it's the way it's going to be for a while.
--:-- Blake Farmer: The nonprofit that organized this food distribution called One Gin Away has seen demand spike by more than 300 percent.
--:-- Blake Farmer: It's been adding pop-up sites in the region over the last two weeks but organizers say they running out of food and turning people away.
--:-- Blake Farmer: For NPR News, I'm Blake Farmer in Hickman County, Tennessee.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Overseas, Ukrainian cities are facing power cuts of between 8 and 16 hours after massive Russian strikes on the energy grid wiped out power-generating capacity.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Russia has intensified attacks on energy infrastructure each fall since its full-scale invasion more than three years ago.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: NPR's Joanna Kikisys reports from Kiev.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Ukraine's state-owned electricity generating company, Centronego, said that the Russian attacks had reduced capacity to, quote, zero at thermal power plants.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Foreign Minister Andrei Sibyka said that Russian drones also targeted two nuclear power substations deep in western Ukraine.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Every fall, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine's power and heating grid to force a harsh winter on Ukrainian cities.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Many Ukrainians have adapted by using backup energy storage devices and generators in their homes and businesses.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: This year, Ukraine has attacked Russian oil depots and refineries to weaken what it calls Russia's war machine.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: For NPR News, I'm Joanna Kikisys, Kiev.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Nearly a million Filipinos have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Fung Wong batters the Philippines, less than a week after another typhoon killed more than 200 people.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr urged more people in the storm expected path to evacuate while they still can saying it could affect much of the country including Metro Manila and Cebu, the province that bore the brunt of last week's Typhoon Camaghi.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Fung Wong is already knocking out power, with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour and gusts up to 140.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A powerful earthquake rattled northern Japan today.
--:-- Giles Snyder: It struck off the coast with a magnitude of 6.9.
--:-- Giles Snyder: There are two nuclear plants in the area, but public broadcaster NHK says no abnormalities have been reported.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: Thousands of people attended a funeral today for the last Israeli-American hostage returned from Gaza.
--:-- Giles Snyder: After being held there for more than two years, His remains were returned to Israel last week as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
--:-- Itai Stern: NPR's Itai Stern reports from Tel Aviv.
--:-- Itai Stern: A military cantor sang prayers for Itai Chen, an Israeli-American soldier who was killed in combat on October 7, 2023, then taken into Gaza by Hamas-led militants.
--:-- Itai Stern: President Trump special envoy Steve Whitcoff gave a eulogy by video saying Chen reminded him of his own late son Andrew.
--:-- Itai Stern: I learned that life's truest measure is not in its length but in the love that it ignites.
--:-- Itai Stern: Chen's father, Ruby, thanked Presidents Biden and Trump for their efforts to bring home his son's remains, and he vowed to hold Israeli government accountable for not doing enough to bring more hostages home alive.
--:-- Itai Stern: He noted that 42 soldiers and civilians abducted to Gaza died during their time in captivity.
--:-- Itai Stern: For NPR News, I'm Itai Stern, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Israel has received the remains of another deceased hostage.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the remains were handed over to Israeli forces by the Red Cross today.
--:-- Giles Snyder: There's been no formal identification, but earlier Hamas said it would turn over the body of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza more than a decade ago.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The remains are to be examined by Israel's National Forensic Institute for Identification.
--:-- Giles Snyder: I'm Giles Snyder.
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