Dave Mattingly

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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.

Flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue until the nation's roughly 14,000 air traffic controllers are back in place.

They've spent weeks working without pay.

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.

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.

Crews in California are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's burning near the Nevada border.

The fires prompted evacuations and damaged more than a dozen structures in Mono County.

It's about 125 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.

Officials at CAL FIRE say the wildfire is being fueled by wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.

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.

This is NPR News.

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.

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.

The Israeli military denies the accusations, saying it's not limiting aid into Gaza.