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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Senate is in session this weekend, working to try and find a bipartisan solution to reopen the federal government. NPR's Ava Pukhash reports today is day 39 of the shutdown, the longest in history. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says a Democratic proposal to agree to a one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits is a non-starter. There's still only one path out. It's a clean funding extension. Minority leader Chuck Schumer criticized Republicans for dismissing the offer. And he argued the Trump administration could choose to find funding for SNAP food benefits

and pay air traffic controllers going without pay if it wanted to. This crisis is in the administration's hands. It's all them. Not anyone else. On truth's social, President Trump reiterated his push for Republicans to terminate the fellow buster to end the shutdown. Eva Pugatch and PR News. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to withhold for now payments under SNAP, the Federal Food Assistance Program.

This allows a lower court more time to consider the administration's request to make only partial payments. Snap benefits have last for the first time in the 60-year history of the program. Ellie Coffrey is a special education teacher in Pennsylvania. She says many of her students rely on the program, so she began packing lunches for them. We can come together for a common cause, and at the end of the day, the kids, the people that are really affected are the kids.

They don't have to say whatever happens, and we need to protect them. So this is helping me do that, and it's showing me that we are able to do that. A video of her packing lunches has received more than a million views. She says people are sending her donations, which has restored her faith in humanity. UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded their MD-11 cargo planes after one crash during takeoff in Louisville on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people. From member station W.E.KU, Curtis Tate reports. The cargo carriers made the decision out of an abundance of caution on the recommendation of Boeing, which bought the plane's original manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas. UPS and FedEx have roughly two dozen MD-11s each.

UPS Flight 2976, bound for Honolulu, crashed while attempting to take off in Louisville. Investigators are still piecing together what went wrong. The National Transportation Safety Board says the cockpit voice recorder revealed a repeating bell sound about 30 seconds into the takeoff. It says the plane's left engine separated from the wing and was recovered near the end of the runway. The crash left a fiery trail of debris. For NPR news, I'm Curtis Tate in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The Philippines is preparing for another typhoon that could make landfall early next week.

A typhoon this week killed more than 200 people. This is NPR News. Officials in southern Brazil are assessing the damage after a tornado last night. They say six people were killed and hundreds were injured. Dozens of homes were destroyed. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is denying a report that the Washington National Opera may leave its home in the state. the nation's capital after more than 50 years. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports.

In an email to NPR, Washington National Opera Board of Trustees President Andy Farrow said the company, quote, has no plans to move out of the Kennedy Center and is proud to be part of America's Cultural Center. The statement came hours after the Guardian published a story quoting Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello as saying her company may quit the Kennedy Center as a result of President Donald Trump's takeover. Trump declared himself chair of the institution in February, firing and replacing its board and leadership. Zambello told the Guardian her company is being forced to consider other options owing to tumbling ticket sales and audience protests. When asked by NPR for a response to the

Kennedy Center's rebuttal, Zambello only reshared the board president's statement. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. as Colts play the Atlanta Falcons tomorrow in Berlin. It's the NFL's first regular season game in the German capital. Former Colt Bjorn Werner will be there. He returned to his native Germany after retiring from the NFL. He's now a popular TV commentator and podcaster in a country dominated by the other football, soccer.

I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington.