Shea Stevens

Catholic bishops have approved restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people at Catholic health care facilities.

They've also released a statement on immigration during their annual meeting.

Aleha Hertzler-McCain of Religion News Service has the story.

U.S.

futures are slightly lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Wednesday's mixed close.

The Dow Jones Industrials gained 326 points.

On Asia Pacific, market shares are mixed down a fraction in Hong Kong.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens.

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Supreme Court is temporarily extending its hold on paying full SNAP food benefits through Thursday.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the move appears to be aimed at allowing more time for negotiations to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.

President Trump is backing away from his announced crackdown on the foreign worker visa program known as H-1B.

In a heated exchange with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Trump suggested the visas are necessary because not enough Americans are qualified for certain jobs.

Trump disagreed with Ingram on whether H-1B visa crackdowns will be a priority for his administration.

In September, ICE agents arrested hundreds of South Korean engineers who came to the U.S.

to build a battery factory at a Hyundai facility in Georgia.

With record lows in the southeast and the first snow of the season, it may seem like winter has come early to parts of the U.S.

But as NPR's Giles Snyder reports, freezing temperatures are on the way out.

The USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group are in the Caribbean.