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Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingley. The government shutdown is over, but aviation experts say it'll likely take some time before air travel in the U.S. is closer to normal. Flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue until the nation's roughly 14,000 air traffic controllers are back in place. They've spent weeks working without pay. The number of domestic flights at 40 major airports continues to be reduced by 6%. The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit that seeks to overturn California's new congressional maps which favor Democrats. Guy Marzorati with member station KQED says the DOJ took the step after voters in the state approved Proposition 50 in response to lawmakers in Texas and other states, redrawing their congressional districts in an effort to help Republicans. The Trump administration is teaming up with the California Republican Party to ask a federal judge to block the new congressional map, from taking effect. They argue the Proposition 50 district lines were drawn to unfairly benefit

Latino voters violating the equal protection and voting rights of other Californians. Governor Gavin Newsom frames Prop 50 as an effort to counter moves by Republicans in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and possibly others. Democrats in Virginia have also countered, and other states are considering it. In a statement, a spokesperson for Newsom says Republicans, quote, lost at the ballot box, and soon they will also lose in court. For NPR news, I'm Guy Marzarati in San Francisco. Cruise in California are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's burning near the Nevada border. The fires prompted evacuations and damage more than a dozen structures in Mono County. It's about 125 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe. Officials at Cal Fire say

the wildfires being fueled by wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. A new survey shows one in eight adults in the U.S. is currently taking OZempic-Wigovi or similar medicines. NPR's Sidney Lupkin says that's according to the nonpartisan research organization KFF. The number of adults taking GLP1 drugs, which include Ozempik, Wagovi, Zepound, and Manjaro, is going up. It went from 6% a year and a half ago to 12% now. People are taking the drugs for chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease, as well as for weight loss. Here's Ashley Kurtzinger, a pollster at KFF. What was really striking to us that there wasn't one demographic group that was kind of

driving the increase. It looked like there was a pretty steady increase in use across demographic groups. Although most people taking these drugs say they have some insurance coverage for them, more than half say the drugs are difficult to afford. KFF conducted the poll between October 27th and November 2nd. Sydney Lubkin, NPR News. This is NPR. News. Despite the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, aid groups say Israel is restricting the flow of humanitarian supplies into Gaza to a fraction of what's needed. The Norwegian Refugee Council oversees tent supplies there. It accuses Israel of blocking the entry of shelter materials, including tents, bedding, and blankets with the start of winter approaching. The

Israeli military denies the accusations saying it's not limiting aid into Gaza. Overnight heavy rains drenched existing tents and the ruins of bombed-out homes and parts of the area. The Swedish aerospace company Saab says it's working on a deal to sell more fighter jets to Canada. Dan Carpenchuk reports. Saab's president told CTV News that he is open to a joint venture that could lead to 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs in Canada. The grip and fighter jets would be made for the Canadian Armed Forces and could also be sold to countries such as Ukraine, which has said it intends to buy 100 of the jets. Saab's pitch appears to fit with Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to grow jobs and manufacturing.

It also comes as Ottawa has ordered a review of the purchase of F-35s from American manufacturer Lockheed Martin amid trade tensions with the U.S. and economic considerations. Saab's president calls his pitch a win-win to partner with another country, especially Canada, which shares concerns about Arctic sovereignty. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenchuk in Toronto. Major League Baseball's most valuable players for the past season are Shohei Otani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News, in Washington.