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What is the current status of the federal government shutdown?
This is day 22 of the federal government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans have not agreed on a spending bill that would end it. Activists are worried that starting November 1st, the federal government shutdown will cut off food assistance to millions of Americans. Gina Plata-Nino is with a nonprofit group, Food Research and Action Center.
Our children, our older adults, our people with disabilities, our veterans, our working Americans, we're trying to make ends meet. And this is the difference between them having something to put on their plates, being able to pay shelter and so many things.
Meanwhile, Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley is in the middle of a long speech on the Senate floor. It is not a filibuster, but Merkley says he is protesting what he says is President Trump's growing authoritarian grip on the U.S. Merkley started speaking last evening. He says he'll keep talking for as long as possible. Officials in Alaska say hundreds of people are sheltering in Anchorage. A typhoon crashed into Alaska's west coast earlier this month. killing at least one person. Villages have been flattened. Erosion on the Alaska coastline has been significant. That includes severe damage to what's left of an important archaeological site of the indigenous Yupik people. For Member Station KYUK, Evan Erickson has more.
Warren Jones of Quinhagak says he has never seen a storm like what hit his coastal community on October 12th.
It doesn't look like a beach no more. It looks like a bomb hit it.
In Quinhagak, the storm eroded as much as 60 feet from the community shoreline. At the nearby Nunakluk Archaeological Site, Yupik artifacts dating back to the 16th century have been strewn across the beach.
How is the federal government shutdown affecting food assistance in the U.S.?
Archaeologist Rick Connect leads the recovery effort there.
It's like running into a library or museum that's on fire, and we're just running out with armloads of what we can save.
Connect says thousands of pieces have been recovered from the beach thanks to local volunteers. For NPR News, I'm Evan Erickson in Bethel, Alaska.
Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight with missiles and drones. NPR's Hanna Palomarenko reports from Kiev, Ukrainian officials say at least six people were killed and dozens of others were wounded.
The Ukrainian State Emergency Service posted a video in which a drone can be heard flying during a rescue operation in the capital. The Russian attack continued until morning. In addition to residential areas that came under fire, Russians targeted energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy announced emergency power outages in most regions. With the onset of cold weather, Russia has increased the number of strikes on energy infrastructure, coal enterprises and oil and gas industry facilities.
Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv. The UN's top court has released an advisory opinion today on Israel's legal obligation to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The UN court opinion says Israel is obliged to provide this aid under international humanitarian law. Israel has rejected the court's action, even though the ruling is not binding. A new global cancer survey contains bad news for Lebanon. The country has seen the highest surges in both the frequency of new cancer cases and the number of cancer deaths anywhere in the world. Reporter Ari Daniel has details.
I'm in the middle of Beirut and there are cars and trucks and motorcycles everywhere. There are various reasons why cancer is up in Lebanon. Air pollution's a big one. Then there's the chemicals used in agriculture. But the biggest risk factor is smoking. Ali Mokdad is co-author of the report published in The Lancet. There is no more taboo about smoking. Everybody smokes. Kids smoke in front of their parents. One key lawmaker believes any kind of government response will take time.
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