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What updates are there on the Thanksgiving travel rush?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Thanksgiving travel rush out of town is underway, and to mark the upcoming holiday, the White House welcomed two special guests. Yeah, the turkeys gobble and waddle, secure their presidential pardons that keep them off the Thanksgiving menu. The annual White House event is typically a lighthearted affair, but the Russia-Ukraine war surfaced, and President Trump says he is working to end it. I've also ended...
Eight wars in nine months. And we're working on that final war. It's not easy, but I don't know. I think we're going to get there. 25,000 soldiers, Ukraine, Russia. In the last month, 25,000 soldiers have died. So I think we're getting very close to a deal. We'll find out. I thought that one would have been gone quicker. We did eight. I thought that would have been an easier one, but I think we're making progress.
On Truth Social, Trump says he's directed his senior envoys to meet separately with the president of Russia and the Ukrainian leadership in the hopes of finalizing a U.S.-backed peace plan. The U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza is holding for the seventh week, but the U.N. says a quarter of the people living there still only eat one meal a day.
How is the Russia-Ukraine war affecting holiday discussions?
Israel says it's allowing hundreds of trucks of goods into Gaza every day, but NPR's Anas Baba reports hospitals still lack basic medicines.
On the surface, Gaza looks like it's being restocked after months of deprivation. There is more food entering Gaza and trucks are bringing sodas, sweets, cosmetics and even the latest smartphones from Israeli merchants. But the Israeli government restricts the essentials from entering as antibiotics and fuel remain out of reach for most. And Gaza's civil defense say their cars have run out of fuel for rescue operations. Meanwhile, people in Gaza are waking up cold and wet, without tents to sleep under as streets flood with rain. The aid groups are facing bureaucratic obstacles to getting supplies in, and only 32 trucks entered Gaza last week. Israel says it's facilitating aid in line with the ceasefire.
Anas Baba, Anpera News, Gaza.
The Trump administration is being sued over efforts to cut wages for foreign guest workers. Frank Morris with member station KCUR reports legal action is being taken by unions representing farm workers.
The Trump administration wants to ease an acute farm labor shortage by dropping the wage rates for foreign guest workers under the H-2A visa program. United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero says the cuts would depress wages across agriculture.
There is nothing America First about extending wages. exploitative guest worker programs of undercutting American wages. So that is what this lawsuit is about.
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration sidestepped the normal process of changing the H-2A wage rate and that the guest worker pay cuts would freeze Americans out of the farm labor force. For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.
It's NPR News. Houston area residents are cleaning up from a tornado that struck yesterday and damaged more than 100 homes. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The National Weather Service was expected to conduct a survey following reports of multiple twisters. Weather conditions are also wreaking havoc this Thanksgiving week with heavy rains from Mississippi to Georgia and snow forecasts in parts of the Midwestern U.S. The South African government is developing a new system to regulate mental health tools that use artificial intelligence. Officials hope this will be a model for other countries. NPR's Gabriela Emmanuel has details.
People are increasingly using AI chatbots for things like emotional support and even talk therapy. Now, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, which usually approves medications and vaccines, says it will study these AI tools for their safety and efficacy and then develop a regulatory framework. Bilal Mateen works for PATH, the nonprofit South Africa is partnering with.
We want to live in a world where clinicians can point to the series of tools and say they've met the mark, right?
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