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These days, with all the information coming at you, it can be hard to know what's accurate, what's not, and what's worth your time. Here to help you navigate it all is 1A. Five days a week, the 1A podcast provides a forum for Curate's Minds to explore different angles on the biggest headlines and give you a more balanced take on what's happening. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. President Trump is sounding upbeat about ongoing trade between the United States and Japan. Trump hopes to secure a $550 billion investment under a trade deal between the two countries. President praised Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanatakaichi after their meeting Tuesday in Tokyo.

Any time you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level. Trump's Japan trip is focused on tariffs and trade, but he also plans to meet with U.S. troops and business leaders during his stay. The U.S.'s national air traffic controllers continued to work mandatory overtime as the federal shutdown approaches the one-month mark. From member station, W.A.B.E. Marlon Hyde reports that those federal workers are about to miss their first full paycheck. Barring any last-minute efforts to reopen the government or approve a pay package for air traffic controllers, Tuesday will mark the first missed paycheck for the federal employees trusted with watching our skies. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association says its members will hand out informational leaflets about the effects of the shutdown at 22 airports, including in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

Some airports are already reporting shortages. Air traffic controllers will receive back pay after the shutdown ends, but their labor union says many started second jobs to pay their bills during. the last shutdown. For NPR news, I'm Marlon Hyde in Atlanta. Remaining federal funding for food aid is set to run dry this weekend, and state-run food programs for low-income women and their children could be out of funds by the end of next week. Nearly 42 million Americans are in danger of losing food assistance under the SNAP program. One in U.S. 8 U.S. residents receives an average $187 a month for groceries. Hurricane Melissa's forecast to make a direct hit on Jamaica early Tuesday, threatening

to cause widespread destruction. NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports that the storm is the first of this magnitude to hit the island head on. Category 5 hurricanes have extremely powerful winds, strong enough to knock down homes that are made of wood and rip off most roofs. And Hurricane Melissa is also moving extremely slowly, which means it will linger over land, dumping huge amounts of rain. The storm is expected to bring multiple feet of rain to some parts of Jamaica. That's particularly dangerous because the island has hills and mountains. When a large amount of rain falls in such an area, it can cause deadly flash flooding because the water picks up speed as it flows downhill. Climate change makes large, rainy hurricanes like Melissa, more likely. Rebecca Hersher,

NPR News. U.S. futures are flat and after-hours trading on Wall Street on Asia-Pacific markets, shares are mixed. You're listening to NPR. The NBA has begun a review of injury reports and policies following gambling-related arrests of Portland head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Guard Terry Rozier. They are among nearly three dozen people arrested last week on charges of illegal gambling. The league says it wants to ensure that players and coaches understand the risks of gambling. According to the New York Times, the NBA has had a decade-long partnership with legalized gambling companies.

French police are questioning two suspects linked to the Louvre heist. A search continues for two others and the missing. French royal jewels. As NPR's Eleanor Beersley reports, police have two days to charge the suspects or release them. French television is full of experts weighing in on how the tiaras and necklaces could be dismantled or taken out of the country or both. There's also talk of a possible accomplice inside the Louvre. Christian Flech, the former director of the Paris Police, said that's entirely possible. Who can imagine you'd scale a ladder up to a balcony of the Louvre without having a minimum guarantee of what the security situation is

inside, he told BFM News Channel. According to newspaper Le Parisian, the suspects were already known to police and were identified from the DNA taken from a hair inside a motorcycle helmet left behind at the scene of the crime. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris. Again, U.S. futures are flat and after-hours trading on Wall Street following Monday's gains. on Asia-Pacific market shares are mixed down a fraction in Tokyo. You're listening to NPR News.