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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Taps performed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery today. President Trump laid a wreath, then delivered remarks in observance of Veterans Day. To every veteran, we love our veterans. We say the words too often left unsaid. Thank you for your service. Thank you very much.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The U.S. Supreme Court set to rule today on the Trump administration's request that it keep preventing states from resuming full snap benefits that help millions of Americans with limited means afford groceries. Trump argues the extra money might be needed elsewhere.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Legal disputes over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program might end if the GOP-led House adopts and President Trump signs legislation that ends a now 42-day a government shutdown However it not yet clear if SNAP payments will resume immediately when the government reopens
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: It also likely that air travel disruptions will drag out perhaps long after federal agencies are back in business Here's NPR's Windsor Johnston. Transportation officials say it won't be as simple as flipping a switch. Thousands of FAA workers still have to clear weeks of inspections and safety backlogs before things run smoothly again.
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--:-- Windsor Johnston: The longer the shutdown drags on, the more the work piles up. forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights even after funding is restored. And it's not just passengers feeling the impact. Cargo carriers like FedEx, UPS, and Amazon are warning of delays during the busiest shopping season of the year.
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--:-- Windsor Johnston: Industry analysts say once freight piles up, it can take weeks to untangle supply chains, leaving retailers and consumers feeling the strain.
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--:-- Windsor Johnston: NPR News, Washington.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: A week after outperforming Republicans in a number of key electoral contests, Democrats appear to have scored a legal win in Utah. Martha Harris of member station KUER reports a judge has approved Utah's new congressional map.
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--:-- Martha Harris: The redistricting in Utah was court ordered. A Utah judge previously ruled the state needed new boundaries and they had to comply with the state law banning partisan gerrymandering The heavily Republican legislature came up with a proposal but the judge rejected that map in her Monday ruling That's because she ruled it was, quote, drawn with the purpose to favor Republicans.
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--:-- Martha Harris: So she picked another map, one submitted by the plaintiffs in the case. The chosen map creates one district that favors Democrats. That means Democrats could flip a seat in Utah in the 2026 midterms. The state's current House delegation is made up of four Republicans.
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--:-- Martha Harris: For NPR News, I'm Martha Harris in Salt Lake City.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Dow is up now 489 points. It's NPR News.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Golden Globe-winning actor Sally Kirkland has died. Her representative, Michael Green, says she passed away this morning in hospice. She was 84 years old. Kirkland's long career spanned the stage, television, and film. She may be best known, though, for her role in The Sting and her Oscar-nominated performance in the 1987 movie, Anna.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The families of several campers and counselors killed in the Camp Mystic floods in Texas are suing. In the lawsuits filed yesterday they accused the camp operators of failing to take necessary steps to protect the campers against life floodwaters that engulfed much of the region last Independence Day Twenty girls two teenage counselors and the camp director died
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Canada has lost its status as a country that has eliminated measles And Piares Gabriela Emanuel explains. Canada has had over 5,000 measles cases in the past year. Jarbas Barbosa directs the Pan American Health Organization. He says it is now the only country in the Americas in which measles is endemic.
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--:-- Gabriela Emanuel: Nevertheless, the country continues to make significant efforts to control its current outbreak and remains firmly committed to achieving elimination again. In the past, both Brazil and Venezuela lost measles elimination status and then were able to regain it with vaccination campaigns and active strategies to find cases.
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--:-- Gabriela Emanuel: The U.S. has had significant measles outbreaks since January.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Dow is now up roughly 500 points or more than 1% at 47,867. It's NPR News.
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