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Live from NPR News in Washington,

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I'm Janine Herbst. Hamas

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has released a second group of hostages tonight

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as the second day of a four-day ceasefire

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comes to an end. The International

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Red Cross says they are in Israel

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now. They're being taken to hospitals for

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a medical exam and then will be reunited

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with their families. Some 240

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people were taken hostage when Hamas attacked

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Israel October 7. Meanwhile,

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the White House says they're hopeful the ongoing

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hostage releases by Hamas

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will include three American citizens,

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which includes a four-year-old child. NPR's

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Deepa Shivaram reports officials say they expect

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it to unfold in the coming days. President

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Biden was briefed throughout the day on the uncertainty

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over the hostage deal implementation,

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the White House says. Earlier Saturday,

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Hamas delayed the release of hostages

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because they said Israel was blocking aid

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to northern Gaza. After a few

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hours of delay, Hamas released 13 Israeli

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and four foreign hostages. Biden

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spoke with the emir of Qatar

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and the Qatari prime minister, and

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senior U.S. officials were also in touch with

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Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials

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during the day.

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Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.

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In Georgia, state lawmakers are preparing

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to meet this week for a special session

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to draw new congressional and state election

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maps for the state. NPR's Hansi

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Lo Wang reports Georgia is one of several

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southern states with election maps that federal

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courts found dilute the collective

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bargaining power of black voters.

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Georgia is under a federal court order to come

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up with new redistricting plans that do not violate the

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Voting Rights Act. Courts have issued

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similar rulings for Alabama and Louisiana.

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The new maps are expected to create additional districts

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where black voters have a realistic opportunity

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to elect their preferred candidate.

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Because of how racially polarized voting

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is in the southern states, those candidates are

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likely to be Democrats. Still, Georgia

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and Louisiana have not given up on appealing

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these court rulings. Republican state officials

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in both states are arguing that protections

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against racial discrimination in redistricting

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under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act are

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no longer constitutional. Han-zi LeWong,

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NPR News.

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The U.S. is on track to set

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a new record for domestic oil production this

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year. NPR's Jeff Brady reports

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another record is expected next year, despite

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the Biden administration's ambitious climate

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change plans.

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U.S. oil production is expected

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to hit 12.9 million barrels

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a day for 2023, and next year, the

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Energy Information Administration says it

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will likely exceed 13 million barrels

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a day. After decades of declining

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production, technologies like hydraulic

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fracturing have created oil and gas booms

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around the country. After the Paris

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Climate Agreement, the U.S. aims to zero out

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greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from fossil

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fuels, by 2050. The Biden

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administration got the most ambitious climate

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change law ever passed last year,

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but even that law includes requirements to

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lease more areas in the Gulf of Mexico

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for offshore drilling. Jeff Brady,

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NPR News.

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This is NPR.

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Ukrainians around the world are commemorating

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the 90th anniversary of what

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they call the Holodomor genocide,

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and Fyres Navin-Rott has more from Ukraine.

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Holodomor, which means death by hunger,

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is the name Ukraine has given for a devastating

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famine during 1932 and 1933, where an estimated 4 million Ukrainians died,

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many from starvation. Ukraine

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says the famine was man-made, and the man they

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blame was Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin,

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who at that time seized private farms

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and turned them into state-run operations.

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The anniversary has taken on new relevance

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here in Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir

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Putin continues to try to seize Ukrainian

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territory in the country. East and South

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after failing to take the Ukrainian capital

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nearly two years ago. Events

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commemorating the Holodomor are being held

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across Ukraine and in many other

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parts of the world. Nathan Robb,

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NPR News, Lviv, Ukraine.

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Honda is recalling some 300,000

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2023 and 2024 Accords and HRV vehicles due to a missing

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piece on the front seat belt pretensioners

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and that could cause an increase

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to injury risks during a

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crash.

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The automaker and the National Highway Safety

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Traffic Administration say those pretensioners

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which tighten the seat belt in place

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upon impact could be missing

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the rivet that secures the quick connector and

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wire plate. Regulators say that means

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passengers may not be properly restrained

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in a crash. The NHTSA blames

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an error made during assembly. I'm Jeanine

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Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.

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