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What are the implications of the government shutdown on SNAP benefits?
A federal judge seems likely to rule that the Trump administration must pay snap food benefits despite the government shutdown. But NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that even if that happens, some delays in payments are expected and people will get less than they normally do.
The federal government usually sends SNAP funding to states well before the first of the month because it takes days to distribute it onto people's debit-like cards. Now, there's an added complication. The Agriculture Department's contingency money falls short of full SNAP funding for November. The administration has said calculating partial payments would be a logistical nightmare that could take weeks. States and cities across the country have been preparing for a lapse. They're ramping up donations to food banks, offering protections if people fall behind on their bills, even shifting their own budgets to pay some amount of food aid to snap recipients temporarily. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
The FBI has arrested 20 people, including two sheriffs and 14 current or former police officers. It's part of a years-long law enforcement corruption investigation in the Mississippi Delta. Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Will Stripling reports.
Prosecutors say the officers took bribes to protect what they believed were cocaine shipments being moved through the Delta and into Memphis, Tennessee. Here's U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner.
In Mississippi, you had marked vehicles and uniformed officers driving down the road, protecting what everyone understood to be a drug shipment.
Joyner says it was a controlled sting, so 55 pounds of cocaine and briefcases full of drug money weren't really transported. But the bribes were real, with some officers taking more than $30,000. The defendants have all been granted bond. They face a slew of bribery, firearm, and drug trafficking charges. For NPR News, I'm Will Stribling in Oxford, Mississippi.
Israel's top military lawyer has resigned amid questions over a leaked video that showed Israeli soldiers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee. NPR's Aya Batraoui has more.
Ifat Tomer Yershalmi resigned from the post after submitting a letter saying she authorized the release of the video to stand guard over the rule of law. The alleged rape of a Palestinian detainee in Israel's State of Man prison came to light in a surveillance video leaked to Israeli media last year. It showed Israeli soldiers surrounding a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee with riot shields to block visibility, while they allegedly raped him with a sharp object, tearing his rectum, puncturing a lung and breaking his ribs. An Israeli military court charged the five with wrongdoing at the time. outraging right-wing Israelis who protested the indictment and stormed the prison in protest.
In her resignation letter, Tomayo Shalmi said it's her duty to investigate acts that must not be committed, but that not all are convinced by this. Aya Batraoui, NPR News. This is NPR.
The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to wrap up the World Series tonight in Toronto. The Blue Jays lead the best of seven series three games to two. Steve Futterman has details.
When the series began a week ago tonight, the Dodgers were the clear favorites. Now they find themselves in a do-or-die situation. They must win game six to stay alive. While Toronto has to win just one of the next two games, L.A. needs to win both. Dodger manager Dave Roberts says his hitters are the big concern.
We've got to find a way to win one game.
In the last two games, Los Angeles, with its powerhouse lineup featuring Shohei Otani, has scored a total of just three runs. Tonight, L.A. will be going with its most effective pitcher this postseason, Yoshi Yamamoto. He won game two, throwing a complete game. For NPR News, I'm Steve Fetterman at the World Series in Toronto.
China's space program has successfully sent up a crew on the Shenzhou-21, the spaceship launched before midnight local time to the country's orbiting space station.
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