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aircraft carrier strike group is now in the Caribbean amid escalating tensions between the U.S.

and Venezuela over drug trafficking.

NPR's Joe Hernandez reports.

This is NPR News from Washington.

The U.N.

Security Council is expected to vote today on a resolution drafted by the U.S.

endorsing President Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza.

One of the main points is the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as Linda Fasulo explains.

New research shows as children get older, their brains become more attuned to the sounds of speech.

NPR's John Hamilton reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News, in Washington.

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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.