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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The annual UN climate talks in Azerbaijan have ended with a potential deal that would have wealthy nations paying $300 billion a year to less developed nations to help with the damage being caused by climate change.

A major topic of discussion at the talks, though, was the election of Donald Trump, who could pull out of any climate negotiations as he did in his first term. Harjeet Singh leads an anti-fossil fuel group. Trump is going to reverse climate policies, be it support to the clean energy industry or doubling down on fossil fuel extraction. That is going to have a huge impact. So clearly there's going to be an erosion of trust. Lesser developed nations, meanwhile, quickly criticized the agreement, saying the money was not enough to help them address climate issues. Wealthier nations produce the vast majority of greenhouse gases, while

lesser developed nations are feeling most of the effects, including increased drought that is damaging agricultural production and rising coastal waters. The death toll in Gaza from Israel's war against Hamas has now surpassed 44,000 people. That's according to the Gaza Health Ministry. And the Israeli offensive in Gaza is showing few signs of slowing down. Health officials say at least 120 Palestinians have been killed in the last 48 hours in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. NPR's Michael Levitt has more.

Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes have claimed casualties across the Gaza Strip, including seven members of a single family whose home was hit overnight in a suburb of Gaza City. Most of the recent fighting on the ground has been concentrated in the north of Gaza. Israel has besieged the area for weeks, where it says it is trying to prevent Hamas from regrouping. In a statement, Abu Obeda, a spokesman for Hamas' Qassam Brigades, said that Israel's offensive has also killed a female hostage but did not release her identity. Israel's military says it is currently examining footage released by Hamas allegedly showing

the killed hostage but could not confirm its validity. Michael Levitt, NPR News, Tel Aviv. If you're shopping for a big Thanksgiving meal this weekend, you may find some bargains. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that turkey and cranberry prices are down from last year, but stuffing costs have gone up. The Farm Bureau says the average cost of a Thanksgiving feast has fallen for the second year in a row, thanks in part to a 6 percent drop in turkey prices. While bird flu cut the size of the turkey flock this year, the cost of feeding those

birds was also down. Researchers at Wells Fargo found shoppers who choose store brand products can save up to 19 percent on their dinner bill. Agricultural economist Michael Swanson adds it usually pays to shop around. Maybe somebody's featuring something to get you in the store, but is it worth making two trips? What's the savings I could achieve and is it big enough for me to have a second stop? Overall grocery prices have jumped about 26 percent since before the pandemic while average wages have climbed about 24 percent. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. President-elect Donald Trump says he'll nominate Brooke Rollins to head the Department of Agriculture when he takes office ininate Brooke Rollins to head the Department of Agriculture

when he takes office in January. Rollins is the President and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. She served as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council during Trump's first term. She has a long history in conservative politics and once ran the Texas Public Policy Foundation. California crab fishermen are frustrated but not surprised that the state's commercial Dungeness crab season has been pushed back once again. For Member Station KQED, Billy Cruz reports. For the second time this year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed

commercial crab fishing. The reason? A high presence of endangered humpback whales at risk of net entanglement and a high concentration of toxins in crabs found in the northern part of the state. Matt Wanus is a local fisherman who relies on crab to make a living. He says these delays are causing people to leave the industry and find more consistent work.

Your job is to do fishing and it's really tough sometimes to relate that over to a land job. I can't speak for the whole fleet, but I can almost guarantee you everyone's gonna say the same thing. It's very frustrating to see our industry die like this. The Golden State's commercial crabbing season has been delayed each of the past six years. For NPR News, I'm Billy Cruz in San Francisco. Fred Harris has died. He was a former senator from Oklahoma and a presidential hopeful. He

was also a populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s. Harris was 94 years old. He served eight years in the Senate and was chairman of the Democratic National Committee for two years beginning in 1969.