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futures are flat.

In after-hours trading, on Asia-Pacific markets, shares are lower.

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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu showered each other with praises after an hours-long meeting at Bar Lago.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports that they discussed getting to the complicated second phase of Trump's 20-point Israel-Gaza peace plan.

China has begun its most extensive military drills around the island of Taiwan,

They're larger and, as NPR's Emily Fang reports, closer to Taiwan than previous drills.

There's been a huge increase in the rates of pregnant women developing diabetes over the last decade.

As NPR's Ping Wong reports, that increase is nearly 40 percent.

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Saudi Arabia says it has bombed a port in Yemen after a weapons shipment arrived there from the United Arab Emirates.

The incident has raised concerns about escalating tensions between the kingdom and the UAE.

Tens of millions of Americans are being impacted by nasty weather,

that continues to batter areas from the Great Lakes region to the northeast.

The Arctic air is expected to reach as far south as Florida.

As NPR's Brian Mann reports, a state of emergency is in effect in New York State, while Vermont is bracing for flash flooding.

On Wall Street, stocks closed lower today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 249 points.

The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 118 points, and the S&P 500 dipped 24.