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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Another federal employees union is calling on Congress to end the government shutdown. As NPR's Andrea Shoe reports, the union supports the continuing resolution that's been proposed by Republicans. In a statement, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelly, calls the shutdown an avoidable crisis that is harming families, communities, and the very institutions that hold our country together. together. He called on Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution, a move Democrats have rejected as part of their effort to force Republicans to negotiate on federal health care subsidies. Kelly wrote, there is no winning a government shutdown. Instead, they cost taxpayers billions and erode confidence. But some federal workers have urged Democrats to stand firm. They see the

shutdown as a chance for lawmakers to reassert their authority over government spending and push back against the president's agenda. Andrea Shue and PR News. President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Hortland, Oregon remains on hold. Hundreds of troops in the area have sat idle for nearly a month. But as Oregon Public Broadcasting, Sturke Thanderhart reports, that could soon change. Trump called in the National Guard to defend a U.S. immigration and customs enforcement facility in the city that has been the target of protests. But the deployment has been held up in court.

A federal judge barred Trump from sending in troops earlier this month, Then an appeals court ruled last week the deployment was lawful, but that ruling is now on pause. Judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are weighing whether to give the matter a closer look. They expect to decide by Tuesday evening. Protests at the ICE facility turned briefly destructive in June, prompting a partial closure of the building. Since then, demonstrations have mostly been small and peaceful, though attendance has ticked up since Trump called in the guard. For NPR News, I'm Dirk Vanderhart in Portland. Jamaica is bracing for what could be the biggest storm in the island's history.

History. Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 storm carrying top winds of up to 175 miles per hour. As NPR's Michael Levitt reports, it's expected to make landfall Tuesday morning. Melissa is expected to be slow-moving and brutal, with up to 40 inches of rain predicted in some areas. Flooding and storm surges as high as 13 feet threatened coastal communities, while communities on hillsides face the potential for dangerous mudslides. Peter Lindau is a resident of Norbrook, a suburb in the foot. hills north of Kingston. He says he's bracing not just the weather of the storm, but also for what comes after. I'm expecting that we won't have power for several days. I'm expecting that communication will be compromised for several days. Roads will be blocked. Living will be difficult

for a few days. Earlier, Lindau dropped off supplies to his elderly mother, who lives across town. He says he hopes it's enough to sustain her through the storm and its aftermath. Michael Levitt reporting. This is NPR. Indiana is the latest state to consider redistricting to help the GOP retain control of the U.S. House. Republican Governor Mike Braun has called the legislature into special session next week to consider the move. Republicans in Indiana and in Kansas say they don't have enough votes to pass more GOP-friendly congressional maps. Meanwhile, Democrats in Virginia plan to meet in special session, on November 3rd to considering recent districting in that state.

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. As Ari Daniel reports, unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise. A new study examined the ancient DNA found in the teeth of 13 of Napoleon's soldiers exhumed from a mass grave in Lithuania. Researchers found that two bacteria, one that causes paratiphoid fever and the other relapsing fever had likely helped kill the men. These results, along with earlier work, reveal the soldiers were under microbial assault on all fronts. Michaela Binder is a bioarcheologist who wasn't involved in the study.

These wars were anything but glamorous. For some of them, the death in battle would have been a relief. A relief, she says, from bodies riddled with disease. For NPR news, I'm Rory Daniel. Argentine stocks jumped over 20% after President Javier Miele's party won decisively in Sunday's midterms. The victory comes a week after the United States promised a $40 billion bailout for Argentina contingent on Miele's victory. This is in.