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Today’s high tales

U.S., Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officers are anticipated to fulfill at the moment in Cairo for renewed negotiations on an interim cease-fire in Gaza. The talks come as Israel prepares to conduct a floor invasion in Rafah, a southern Gaza metropolis close to the Egyptian border the place greater than 1,000,000 Palestinians are looking for refuge.

Palestinians have a look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Palestinians have a look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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• Hamas is not going to be current at at the moment’s talks, NPR’s Greg Myre stories on Up First. He says it factors to how complicated negotiations are since Israel and Hamas do not discuss to one another. Any plan at the moment must be despatched to Hamas for overview. Myre provides that this spherical of talks is essential as a result of a cease-fire deal might stop heavy combating in Rafah. Egypt has threatened to droop its peace treaty with Israel if it strikes ahead with its floor operation in Rafah.
• See pictures from the previous week in Israel and Gaza.

After months of setbacks and negotiations, a bipartisan majority within the Senate voted early this morning to cross a $95 billion emergency aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The invoice handed 70-to-29, regardless of warnings from House Republicans that it could by no means obtain a vote. The package deal doesn’t embody modifications to U.S. border coverage regardless of early insistence from Republicans that they’d not help a international help invoice with out border coverage modifications.

Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys have requested the Supreme Court to put on hold a federal appeals courtroom ruling rejecting his immunity claim in relation to his election interference case. Trump is accused of main a conspiracy to cling to energy after the 2020 election. His attorneys mentioned Monday they’re making ready an software for the excessive courtroom to take over the case. The Supreme Court’s determination might decide whether or not he’ll face a trial earlier than the November 2024 election.

Jon Stewart returned final night time as host of The Daily Show, 9 years after leaving the position. He opened the present by diving into the controversy over the superior ages of President Biden and Donald Trump.

• NPR’s critic Eric Deggans says final night time’s episode was “a fine return to form,” However, he provides that times have changed as late-night viewing declines and youthful viewers head to TikTok. The present should resolve whether or not to evolve into a brand new voice for late-night TV or do some model of what it is at all times finished.  

Today’s pay attention

Bob Edwards takes a selfie with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne and David Greene outdoors an NPR workplace in 2014.

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Bob Edwards takes a selfie with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne and David Greene outdoors an NPR workplace in 2014.

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Bob Edwards, Morning Edition’s first and longest-serving host, has died at 76. Edwards joined NPR in 1974 through the Nixon impeachment and Watergate hearings as a newscaster. He later hosted All Things Considered with Susan Stamberg, who mentioned his voice became part of thousands and thousands of Americans’ morning routine.

Listen to clips of Edwards from the archive as NPR’s Steve Inskeep pays tribute to his profession.

Life recommendation

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No matter your age, it is by no means too late to set your self up for a wholesome, purposeful life. As a part of a new series from NPR’s Allison Aubrey about thriving as you age, NPR requested readers to share their secrets and techniques to dwelling a protracted life. Here’s what they had to say:

• Make associates throughout generations. Older associates encourage 26-year-old Emma Aulenback. Deborah Davis, 73, says her youthful associates’ vitality retains her youthful.
• Modify train to suit your physique. At 73, Cody Brady says she’s “happy just to be able to move and enjoy what I do.” 
• Keep your mind lively with inventive initiatives and psychological challenges. Sewing has been 98-year-old Edith Edmunds’ ardour for many years. Karen Maslowski, 72, does every day “brain stretchers” like Sudoku. 

3 issues to know earlier than you go

A San Francisco 49ers fan reacts whereas watching a telecast of NFL soccer’s Super Bowl 58 on a display outdoors the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

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A San Francisco 49ers fan reacts whereas watching a telecast of NFL soccer’s Super Bowl 58 on a display outdoors the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

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1. Sunday’s Super Bowl was probably the most watched in NFL Championship historical past. Viewership was up 7% from last year’s game, which held the earlier file. 
2. Hundreds of flights in Boston, New York and New Jersey have been canceled because the Mid-Atlantic and New England brace for an intense nor’easter that would convey inches of snow.
3. Grabbing some sweets in your beau forward of Valentine’s Day tomorrow? It’s going to price you. Cocoa costs have hit a 47-year high, breaking the all-time file from 1977.

This e-newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.