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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwa Halisa Kautel. Snap benefits are set to be cut or reduced hours from now, leaving millions of people across the country without payments to buy necessary food. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska calls this a dire situation and is urging her colleagues to reach a deal and an end to the shutdown of the federal government, which is about to enter its second month. When you have a lapse in programs, oftentimes it may not be possible to just flip that switch immediately that you will see a gap there. Certainly at a minimum, you would hope that at least

partial payouts could be made so that you don't have a situation where individuals have absolutely nothing. So I don't know logistically how this happens. Just over 66,000 Alaskans rely on SNAP benefits. In Utah, the state is donating to a nonprofit to help feed families amid a federal funding lapse. Macy Lipkin of Member Station KUER has more. The state is sending a half million dollars a week to Utah Food Bank during the shutdown, up to $4 million. The nonprofit distributes food to pantries all across the state. It passes out more than $2.5 million of food every week. President and CEO, Jeanette Bott, says $4 million is a lot of money. But it's small compared to their total operations. We can't say that we could give them

double of what they're getting because then that would, you know, mean someone else is going to go without. She says food pantries across the state are seeing more demand. Some snap recipients are using food banks for the first time. Others are asking if they can come more often. For NPR news, I'm Macy Lipkin in Ogden, Utah. There's going to be a World Series game game seven. The Los Angeles Dodgers just beat the Toronto Blue Jays three to one. During game six, Muki Betts hit a single in the third inning to drive in two runs, while starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto worked hard and lasted six innings limiting the Blue Jays to one run. Stocks opened higher Friday morning after strong earnings reports from some giant tech companies,

and Periscott Horsley reports. Both Amazon and Apple reported better than expected. sales and profits for the most recent quarter. Amazon's results were boosted by the strong performance of its cloud computing service. Apple reported solid demand for its latest iPhone, which went on sale last month. Chipmaker, NVIDIA's CEO met today with South Korea's president while visiting that country for the big Asia-Pacific summit. South Korea plans to buy NVIDIA chips as part of its artificial intelligence campaign. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson has put some numbers behind China's pledge to end its boycott of U.S. soybeans. Besson says China will buy 25 million tons of U.S. beans in each of the next three years, similar to what it was doing before the latest trade war.

This is NPR. The Red Cross says late Friday, Hamas transferred the remains of three people to Israel to be examined and checked by military officials there. Hours earlier, Israel returned the bodies of some 30 Palestinians to authorities in Gaza. White House tours that were canceled because of the president. Ballroom Project are set to resume in early December. More on this from NPR's Tamara Keith. Tours have traditionally started in the East Wing of the White House, but were put on hold starting in September. It wasn't clear at the time, but it turns out the East Wing was being prepared for demolition. That demolition now complete, the Office of First Lady Melania Trump announced

tours will resume on December 2nd. Quote, with an updated route offering guests, the opportunity to experience the history and beauty of the people's house. The resumption of tours comes just in time for the holiday season when the White House gets all decked out and photo ready for visitors. Tamara Keith, NPR News. It's that time of the year across the country when daylight savings ends. It's good news of people want that extra hour of sleep. Not so great news for those who value the warmth of light each evening. The magic hour when clocks fall. back is 2 a.m. this Sunday. Lawmakers continue to debate the benefits and harm of seasonal

time changes, with many arguing for permanent daylight saving time, but the Sunshine Bill did not pass the Senate in the latest vote. I'm Dwa Halie Saikautau, and PR News in New York.