Dwahili Saikautal

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Two federal judges say the Trump administration must distribute contingency funds for people who get food assistance through the SNAP program.

That benefit is set to run out tomorrow because of the government shutdown.

In Boston, Judge Indira Talwani says the administration has until Monday to consider whether to pay at least partial benefits.

In Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell barred the administration from stopping benefits.

What's not clear is how his ruling relates to Talwani's order.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

It has now been three days since Hurricane Melissa, one of the Atlantic's most powerful Category 5 storms on record, tore through Jamaica, killing more than a dozen people.

At least five of the country's 14 parishes lost communication and power.

Cydia Brown waited in line for hours to get drinkable water.

Dave Salmon says he isn't sure if everyone in his family survived.

Flights carrying humanitarian aid have only just begun to land in Jamaica.

There's going to be a World Series Game 7.

The Los Angeles Dodgers just beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1.

Steve Futterman is in Toronto with the latest.

This is NPR News from New York.

In Tanzania, where general elections that took place on Wednesday are being disputed, hundreds of people may have been killed.

That's according to the country's opposition party.

The party's spokeswoman, Brenda Rubia, told The New York Times that she urged the military to step in because people, quote, are dying.

She added the government is announcing cooked results.