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--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The longest government shutdown in history has ended after 43 days, and today many federal workers return to the office.
--:-- Jenny Abamu: The longest government shutdown in history has ended after 43 days, and today many federal workers return to the office. Jenny Abamu with member station WAMU reports some workers are wary.
--:-- Ian Morgan: I'm happy to be back at the National Institutes of Health looking for ways to combat antimicrobial resistance. But with Democrats and Republicans still at odds on key issues like health care subsidies, it's hard for me to feel settled.
--:-- Ian Morgan: I got in this morning to saying, well, you know, if since this has only been extended a short period of time, here's some some resources just in case this happens again. So I think people are acutely aware that this could happen again.
--:-- Ian Morgan: Colleagues are putting together lists of food and monetary support. And with the funding extension ending January 30th, I say we have to be prepared.
--:-- Jenny Abamu: For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu in Bethesda.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The Department of Justice is joining a lawsuit seeking to overturn California new congressional maps which favors Democrats From member station KQED.
--:-- Guy Marzarati: The lawsuit came after California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50 to draw new lines to offset a maneuver by Texas ahead of next year's midterm elections.
--:-- Guy Marzarati: The Trump administration is teaming up with the California Republican Party to ask a federal judge to block the new congressional map from taking effect. They argue the Proposition 50 district lines were drawn to unfairly benefit Latino voters, violating the equal protection and voting rights of other Californians.
--:-- Guy Marzarati: Governor Gavin Newsom frames Prop 50 as an effort to counter moves by Republicans in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and possibly others.
--:-- Guy Marzarati: Democrats in Virginia have also countered, and other states are considering it.
--:-- Guy Marzarati: In a statement, a spokesperson for Newsom says Republicans, quote, lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court.
--:-- Jenny Abamu: For NPR News, I'm Guy Marzarati in San Francisco.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Paris is marking 10 years since terrorist attacks that killed 132 people and injured hundreds at the Bataclan Concert Hall, cafes and other areas.
--:-- Host: The events reshaped France sense of safety leading to both hardened security and a deeper sense of solidarity Commemorations today included tributes led by President Emmanuel Macron the mayor of Paris and the mayor of Paris at each attack site
--:-- Host: The Eiffel Tower will be lit in bands of blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Company launched its football field-long New Glenn rocket today with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.
--:-- Host: It was only the second flight of the rocket that NASA is counting on to get people and supplies to the moon.
--:-- Rylan Barton: This is NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Host: West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey says crews have found the body of a coal miner missing for days after a mine flooded in West Virginia.
--:-- Host: Foreman Steve Lipskin had been missing since Saturday when a mine crew hit a pocket of water.
--:-- Rylan Barton: If you've ever walked by a dog park or down just about any street, you know there are many different breeds of dogs.
--:-- Nate Rott: NPR's Nate Rott reports a new study finds that there's been a lot of variation in dogs for thousands of years.
--:-- Nate Rott: It long been thought that the intensive selective breeding of dogs over the last few hundred years is what given us a world where chihuahuas and Newfoundland coexist.
--:-- Nate Rott: But scientists looked at more than 600 ancient dog skulls dating as far back as the last ice age to see where different physical attributes started to occur.
--:-- Carly Amin: Carly Amin is a bioarchaeologist at Exeter University. By about 10,000 years ago, half of the amount of diversity present in modern dogs is already present in the Neolithic.
--:-- Nate Rott: The study published in the journal Science is part of a broader research project to better understand the origins of our beloved pups.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Nate Rott, NPR News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as suckerfish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia.
--:-- Host: The footage shows the fish peeling away just before the whale breaches, then returning to the same spots with precision.
--:-- Host: The fish are harmless, but the footage suggests whales might find them annoying.
--:-- Host: Remoras use an adhesive plate on their heads to cling to whales, feeding on dead skin and sea lice.
--:-- Rylan Barton: I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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