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Federal workers are furloughed or they're on the job and not getting paid.

Food assistance has been delayed.

NPR's Sam Greenglass has more on the congressional stalemate.

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The airport in Louisville, Kentucky, will resume operations today after yesterday's deadly plane crash.

Seven people were killed when a UPS plane crashed and as it was trying to take off.

Eleven people were injured.

Officials in the Philippines say at least 66 people have been killed by a typhoon that passed over this week.

Destruction is widespread.

That typhoon is now headed for Vietnam's coast.

Separately, officials in Haiti say at least 43 people were killed last week by Hurricane Melissa.

Another 32 people perished in Jamaica.

Melissa's top sustained winds were 185 miles per hour.

The U.S.

withdrawal from the World Health Organization could have an impact on the effectiveness of next year's flu shot.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert has more on surveillance data.

On Wall Street, stock futures are mixed.

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Israeli authorities have identified the bodies of four deceased hostages who were handed over by Hamas.