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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Congress could formally end the government shutdown as soon as today. Early this morning, the House Rules Committee voted to advance a resolution passed by the Senate that calls for the government to be reopened. It funds much of the government through January and some federal agencies through September of next year.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are unhappy the measure does not extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. That's something they've been demanding.
--:-- Teresa Ledger-Fernandez: And it is true. We only lose this fight if we give up the fight.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Senate Majority Leader John Thune is promising a Senate vote to extend the subsidies by mid-December.
--:-- Elise Gregg: Federal employees who've been furloughed are preparing to go back to work with the government shutdown expected to end. Elise Gregg with the Gulf States newsroom spoke to one such worker who says she been using her time to volunteer in the community.
--:-- Joyce Robinson: We have not been working for the last 40 days, and I just felt like giving my time back, doing something that's rewarding to me, made me feel like I was at work.
--:-- Elise Gregg: She's been volunteering with Mississippi Food Network, which has helped support those who haven't received SNAP benefits this month. In the meantime, she's trying to make ends meet herself.
--:-- Joyce Robinson: It's not like I don't have any food in the house. It's just, the unknown, not knowing that I haven't received a check in 40 days.
--:-- Elise Gregg: She's optimistic about coming back to work soon, though.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson. This is day 43 of the government shutdown, the longest on record.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: President Trump's recent pardons of 77 people linked to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election do not apply to any state charges against the individuals. That includes Trump's one-time lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who's involved in a criminal case in Georgia.
--:-- Alex Helmick: The massive RICO case originally brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fawnie Willis still does not have a prosecuting attorney. That after a Georgia court removed Willis because her relationship with a special prosecutor created an appearance of impropriety.
--:-- Alex Helmick: The prosecuting attorney counsel of Georgia has to name her replacement by November 14th or the indictments are dismissed.
--:-- Pete Skandalakis: In a statement, the council's executive director, Pete Skandalakis, said Trump's pardons only apply to federal charges, not state, and his office is working on their assigned task without being influenced by outside actions.
--:-- Alex Helmick: For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Wall Street futures are higher this morning. Dow futures are up 89 points. NASDAQ futures are up 179.
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--:-- Frank Morris: A rural county in Kansas has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over its role in a police raid on a local newspaper.
--:-- Frank Morris: In the summer of 2023, Marion, Kansas' entire five-member police force and two sheriff's deputies stormed the town's newspaper office and the publisher's home, confronting the publisher's 98-year-old mother, who had a heart attack and died the next day.
--:-- Frank Morris: The officers seized computers and cell phones, looking for evidence that the paper had improperly obtained confirmation of a local business owner drunk driving conviction.
--:-- Frank Morris: The million payment will be split between the publisher two reporters and the town's former vice mayor, whose home was also raided.
--:-- Frank Morris: The agreement does not clear the police chief of criminal charges for allegedly obstructing an investigation of the raids or the city's liability in approving them.
--:-- Frank Morris: For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Scientists say the colorful northern lights could be visible today across much of the upper half of the U.S. The reason, severe solar storms that may also disrupt radio and GPS communications temporarily.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, say the effects of the solar bursts will depend in part on how they interact with Earth's atmosphere.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: They say the northern lights could be visible as far south as Alabama.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Frost advisories and freeze warnings were in effect this morning in the southeastern U.S. The areas include southeast Alabama, southern Georgia, and northern and central Florida.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.
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