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Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Snap Food Assistance remains in a state of limbo for millions of needy Americans as the Trump administration tells states not to fully fund benefits. And here's Tovia Smith reports it follows a Supreme Court order allowing the administration to, to pause full payments while the issue is heard by an appeals court. Some SNAP benefits had already landed with recipients when the Trump administration warned states to undo whatever they've done to distribute that money or states would risk financial penalties.

Meantime, Cindy Kirkhart, who runs a food bank in West Virginia, says demand has more than tripled and the uncertainty is worsening the pain. I've never experienced anything like this. There's no end in sight, and I don't know that we've seen the worst of it. Administration officials did not respond to request for comment, but Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking to Fox News, accused, quote, activist judges of trying to force funding that Congress declined and blamed Democrats for the lapse in benefits. Tovia Smith and Pierre News. The FAA has ordered the grounding of MD11 aircraft after the deadly UPS crash in Kentucky last week.

MPR Shandalees does stir reports on what it means for holiday shipping. FedEx and UPS grounding their MD-11 aircraft could have an impact on holiday deliveries, aviation experts say. The MD-11 aircraft are a small part of UPS and FedEx fleets, but carry thousands of packages each. Mike Stangle of Aerodynamic Advisory says delivery impacts could depend on how long the aircraft are grounded. If it only lasts a few days, then we shouldn't see much of an impact on, you know, how holiday, you know, package deliveries and things like that. UPS and FedEx say contingency plans are in place to minimize disruption and deliveries. Aviation experts say holiday shoppers should plan to ship packages early to ensure gifts arrive on time.

Shandalee Duster, NPR News. Hamas says it's returned the body of another Israeli soldier, but it's not a soldier killed and taken into Gaza on October 7th of 20203. It's a soldier from a previous Gaza conflict. And Piers Lauren Freer reports. The Israeli Prime Minister's office says forensic tests show the latest human remains returned to Israel belonged to Hadar Golding. An Israeli soldier killed in action in Gaza in 2014, and then held there for more than 11 years. Golden had become

a national symbol. His parents waged a long public campaign. A hostage forum says the quote, people of Israel have walked beside them in their struggle. The Israeli military published photos of Goldine's flag-draped coffin. This is a boost for the U.S. brokered ceasefire in Gaza. under which Israel is now required to return the bodies of 15 Palestinians it has been holding. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. Russia says Ukrainian strikes disrupted power and heating in two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border. A drone strike temporarily caused blackouts in Verona's, where a missile strike seriously damaged power systems in Belgarod.

This, as both countries target each other's energy infrastructure. Ukraine's foreign minister is accusing Moscow of endangering nuclear safety after strikes hit power substations for two Ukrainian nuclear plants. A report from the American Lung Association says federal funding cuts and racial disparities are threatening progress to combat lung cancer even as the disease is more survivable than ever. And peers Yuki Noguchi has more. Just in the past decade, there have been over 70 new drugs introduced to treat lung cancer. That has led to enormous increases in the five-year survival rate among those with the disease,

from 18 percent eight years ago to 30 percent today. However, the report also says recent funding and staffing cuts to the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as cuts to Medicaid and health care coverage threaten this progress. and racial inequalities persist. Black, Latino, and Native American people are less likely to be diagnosed early, receive treatment, and survive the disease.

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