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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The government shutdown is over, but aviation experts say it'll likely take some time before air travel in the U.S. is closer to normal.
--:-- Guy Marzarotti: The number of domestic flights at 40 major airports continues to be reduced by 6 percent. The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit that seeks to overturn California's new congressional maps, which favor Democrats.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Guy Marzarotti with member station KQED says the DOJ took the step after voters in the state approved Proposition 50 in response to lawmakers in Texas and other states redrawing their congressional districts in an effort to help Republicans.
--:-- Guy Marzarotti: 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.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Governor Gavin Newsom frames Prop 50 as an effort to counter moves by Republicans in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and possibly others. Democrats in Virginia have also countered, and other states are considering it.
--:-- Guy Marzarotti: In a statement, a spokesperson for Newsom says Republicans, quote, lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: For NPR News, I'm Guy Marzarotti in San Francisco.
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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Crews in California are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's burning near the Nevada border. The fire has prompted evacuations and damaged more than a dozen structures in Mono County. It's about 125 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.
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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Officials at Cal Fire say the wildfire is being fueled by wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: A new survey shows one in eight adults in the U.S. is currently taking Ozempic, Wegovi, or similar medicines. NPR's Sydney Lupkin says that's according to the nonpartisan research organization KFF.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The number of adults taking GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic, Wagovi, Zephbound, and Manjaro, is going up. It went from 6 a year and a half ago to 12 now.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: People are taking the drugs for chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease as well as for weight loss.
--:-- Ashley Kurtzinger: What was really striking to us is that there wasn't one demographic group that was kind of driving the increase. It looked like there was a pretty steady increase in use across demographic groups.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: Although most people taking these drugs say they have some insurance coverage for them, more than half say the drugs are difficult to afford.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: KFF conducted the poll between October 27th and November 2nd.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: For NPR News, I'm Sydney Lupkin.
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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Despite the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, aid groups say Israel is restricting the flow of humanitarian supplies into Gaza to a fraction of what's needed.
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--:-- Dave Mattingly: The Norwegian Refugee Council oversees tent supplies there. It accuses Israel of blocking the entry of shelter materials, including tents, bedding, and blankets, with the start of winter approaching.
--:-- Dan Karpinchuk: The Israeli military denies the accusations, saying it's not limiting aid into Gaza.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Overnight heavy rains drenched existing tents and the ruins of bombed homes in parts of the area.
--:-- Dan Karpinchuk: The Swedish aerospace company Saab says it's working on a deal to sell more fighter jets to Canada.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Dan Karpinchuk reports Saab president told CTV News that he is open to a joint venture that could lead to 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs in Canada.
--:-- Dan Karpinchuk: The grip in fighter jets would be made for the Canadian Armed Forces and could also be sold to countries such as Ukraine, which is said it intends to buy 100 of the jets.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Saab's pitch appears to fit with Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to grow jobs in manufacturing.
--:-- Dan Karpinchuk: It also comes as Ottawa has ordered a review of the purchase of F-35s from American manufacturer Lockheed Martin amid trade tensions with the U.S. and economic considerations.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Saab's president calls his pitch a win-win to partner with another country, especially Canada, which shares concerns about Arctic sovereignty.
--:-- Dan Karpinchuk: For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Major League Baseball's most valuable players for the past season are Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.
