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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to block full-snap benefits for now. And peers Amy Held explains. More snap whiplash. Several states had already said they were distributing full benefits, including California, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, after a judge Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay. But the high court's administrative stay means states must now revert back to partial payments. at least until an appeals court weighs in. Sylvia Lindsay in North Carolina got half her benefits Friday. Not enough, she says. For her and her grandson, she supports who has autism. You're already down, and they want you to be even further down.

It's just really sad and disappointing. One in eight Americans rely on the program. Mostly, very low-income families, seniors, or people with disabilities. Amy Held and PR News. More than 1,400 flights around the country have been cancer, after the Trump administration ordered airports to cut flights as the FAA deals with a shortage of air traffic controllers who are working without pay. The FAA says the flights at 40 airports will be cut 10% on a phase-in basis as the government shut down, now on its 39th day, continues. Nick Deluccanal has more from the Charlotte Douglas Airport in Charlotte.

Inside the Charlotte Terminal here, Jessica Lemuscio and her one-year-old daughter are trying to rebook after their flight to Manchester. New Hampshire was canceled, leaving them scrambling to get to a family wedding. It just makes it more complicated, right? Especially with her, just to figure out, like, what's our plan? How long do we stay here? How long do you wait it out? If you book again, is it going to get canceled again? The Charlotte Airport says this morning's ground stop, which lasted about an hour,

was caused by staffing issues in the air traffic control tower. For NPR news, I'm Nick Delah Canal in Charlotte. The Red Cross facilitated another transfer of human remains between Gaza and Israel, including one Israeli hostage and 15 Palestinians who were held by Israel. And here's Lauren Freire has more from Tel Aviv. The Israeli Prime Minister's office says forensic tests show the latest body returned to Israel is that of a retired Israeli military officer. An Israeli hostage forum says Lior Rudev was a 61-year-old volunteer ambulance driver, who was killed on October 7, 2003, after a fierce battle with Hamas-led militants at the

gates of the kibbutz where he lived in southern Israel. In exchange, the Gaza Health Ministry says it's received the bodies of 15 Palestinians held by Israel, but their names are not yet known. The ministry says only about a third of the total number of Palestinian bodies returned under this ceasefire have been identified amid a shortage of DNA tests in Gaza. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR News. Ukraine says a Russian drone hit an apartment building in the eastern part of the country, killing at least three people and wounding a dozen others.

The attack in Dniepro was part of a larger missile and drone barrage, targeting energy infrastructure across the country. One person in Harkeef was also killed. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2025 tonight, encompassing everything from hip-hop to grunge to British rock. From member station WKSU, Kavir Batia has more. He played keyboards with the Triple Crown of the British Invasion, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who.

Now the late Nikki Hopkins is being inducted into the rock hall. The ceremony in Los Angeles also honors Joe Cocker, with whom Hopkins recorded many times. Performers are eligible 25 years, after the release of their first record. Two of the longest waiting acts this year are Chubby Checker, singer of the Twist, and Carol Kay, who played bass guitar on thousands of records

for everyone from the Beach Boys to Sam Cook. More recent groups in this year's class include Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Outcast, and Salton Peppa. For NPR News, I'm Kabir Batia. An unusually strong surge of Arctic air is moving across most of the country, much of the country this weekend, bringing cold temperatures from the northern plains to the southeast.

The cold snap is likely to last for several days as it moves east, a change after a relatively warm weekend in the Mid-Atlantic. And some areas could get first measurable snowfall of the season. You're listening to NPR News.