Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Dozens of aid groups, as well as Arab and European countries, are urging Israel to reverse a ban on humanitarian organizations in Gaza. The Israelis suspended the registration of 37 aid groups, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
Israel says the groups failed to meet new registration requirements, which include providing to the Israeli government the names of all the Palestinians working for them.
Chapter 2: What humanitarian issues are being raised regarding Israel's aid ban in Gaza?
The aid groups will have to cease operations in the coming weeks in Gaza, the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Dozens of aid groups warn in a letter that the humanitarian needs are still extreme in Gaza. where winter storms have displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians. In the West Bank, the aid groups write, quote, ongoing military raids and settler violence continue to drive displacement.
Similar concerns are raised in a letter from the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and Egypt, among others. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Federal authorities say they've thwarted an alleged ISIS-inspired attack on New Year's Eve outside Charlotte, North Carolina. Officials say the 18-year-old suspect is in custody. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
Authorities say the defendant, Christian Sturdivant, was plotting to use knives and a hammer to carry out an attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in Mint Hill, North Carolina. Court papers say Sturdivant had been in touch about his plans with two individuals who he thought were members of ISIS but were in fact undercover law enforcement officers.
He allegedly pledged allegiance to the terrorist group as well. The FBI conducted a court-authorized search of Sturdivant's home, where they found knives and a hammer under his bed, as well as a document that allegedly contained detailed plans for an attack. He was arrested on New Year's Eve before any attack took place. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
voters will have less time to get mail-in ballots to election officials this year. Empire's Ashley Lopez reports multiple states are eliminating grace periods for casting ballots by mail.
Almost 20 states and territories count ballots that make it to officials after polls close. Most require that those ballots be postmarked by Election Day, though. These laws are in place to give voters wiggle room in case there are issues with the mail or other unforeseen problems.
But four of those states passed legislation that require ballots to be received by the close of polls, regardless of when the voter mailed their ballot. Trump signed an executive order, much of which is currently halted by a court order that sought to eliminate these grace periods altogether. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico today, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the year as seismic alarms sounded. Officials say at least two people died in the quake, along with hundreds of aftershocks, caused landslides and damaged buildings. This is NPR.
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