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Today’s high information

The Gaza border crossings authority launched this morning new names of people who find themselves subsequent on the checklist to leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by way of the Rafah crossing. All of them are both overseas nationals or dual-national Palestinians. Roughly 400 Americans have been included. It’s unclear how many individuals on the checklist can be in a position to take action.

At least 300 civilians, all of them overseas residents or twin nationals, departed Gaza Wednesday, and a whole bunch extra have been anticipated to go away Thursday.

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At least 300 civilians, all of them overseas residents or twin nationals, departed Gaza Wednesday, and a whole bunch extra have been anticipated to go away Thursday.

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• Despite a slight uptick within the variety of help vans coming into Gaza from Egypt, International Committee of the Red Cross spokesperson Alyona Synenko tells Morning Edition the present variety of vans is not enough to solve the huge issues her staff is seeing. She provides it is also a precedence for her staff to entry the hostages taken by Hamas, however cannot except they’re given humanitarian house and entry. “We cannot force our way through bombs,” she says.
• Meanwhile, Israel’s navy is pushing additional into Gaza and has reached the outskirts of Gaza City. On Up First, NPR’s Elissa Nadworny says Israel believes Hamas is operating in tunnels beneath densely populated areas and can proceed to go after what they consider are “legitimate targets” regardless of international outrage over civilian deaths.
• Growing frustrations within the U.S. over the country’s response to Israel’s military assault on Hamas have led to a decline in President Biden’s support among Arab voters, in response to new polling. The president is anticipated to announce plans to develop a nationwide technique to fight Islamophobia within the U.S. at present. NPR’s Asma Khalid says individuals she spoke to are skeptical and really feel the announcement is a distraction from the Palestinian civilians being killed.

Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for extra protection, differing views and evaluation of this battle.

New York GOP Rep. George Santos survived a second try and expel him from the House final evening. His fellow New York Republicans led an effort to oust him as he faces a number of federal fraud fees. But most Republicans and 31 Democrats voted to withhold punishment.

• GOP House members need to focus on legislating, NPR’s Eric McDaniels says. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one other Republican from New York, tells McDaniels that “At least on the surface, it looks as if everybody’s getting alongside.” 

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has expanded its tips for who should get screened for lung most cancers. The age vary has been expanded to 50 to 80 years, from 55 to 74. People who stop smoking as much as 40 years in the past may be eligible for screenings expanded from 15 years. Lung most cancers is probably the most deadly most cancers within the U.S. Around 5 million extra Americans can be eligible for screenings underneath the brand new tips.

Deep dive

A fiber present in barley, known as beta-glucan, could enhance insulin sensitivity, decrease blood stress and enhance satiation between meals, analysis reveals.

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A fiber present in barley, known as beta-glucan, could enhance insulin sensitivity, decrease blood stress and enhance satiation between meals, analysis reveals.

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Weight loss medicine Ozempic and Wegovy comprise semaglutide, a compound that reduces starvation by mimicking GLP-1, a hormone our our bodies make after we eat. Eating fiber might help your physique produce extra GLP-1 — however not all fiber is similar.

• GLP-1 stimulates the discharge of insulin and slows down how shortly meals strikes from the abdomen to the small gut. The hormone degrades shortly. 
• Because it is more durable to interrupt down, high-fiber meals stays comparatively unchanged in our our bodies till it reaches the big gut. There, micro organism break it down, releasing one other spherical of GLP-1 hours after you have eaten.
• The additional GLP-1 increase can curb cravings and have an effect on how a lot you eat at your subsequent meal.
• You can get this impact by consuming fermentable fibers. Examples embrace the beta-glucan in grains like barley, the oligosaccharides in some legumes and the pectin in fruits like apples.

Today’s pay attention

Left to proper: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell, and Barry Curtis of the touring model of the rock and roll band “The Kingsmen” carry out onstage in 1964.

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Left to proper: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell, and Barry Curtis of the touring model of the rock and roll band “The Kingsmen” carry out onstage in 1964.

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“Louie Louie,” recorded by the Kingsmen, turns 60 this yr. The track’s rhythm — much like the calypso music fashionable on the time — made it an enormous hit with youngsters. It’s remained a basic for six a long time, partially due to its dramatic historical past.

Listen to the track and learn about its rise to fame, in addition to the way it was entangled in an FBI investigation and a Supreme Court case. Read the story here.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands illuminated following the ninetieth annual lighting ceremony, on Nov. 30, 2022, in New York.

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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands illuminated following the ninetieth annual lighting ceremony, on Nov. 30, 2022, in New York.

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1. ‘Tis the season! Rockefeller Center has chosen its Christmas tree. This yr’s tree is from Vestal, N.Y., is 80 to 85 years previous, weighs 12 tons, and is about 80 toes tall and 43 toes extensive. 
2. Two United Airlines flight attendants are suing the corporate. They allege they have been excluded from working charter flights for the LA Dodgers due to their race, age, faith and look. 
3. AI facial recognition is coming for geese. A tech staff has written a program that may identify geese with 97% accuracy.

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