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Shea Stevens
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Enhanced subsidies for health insurance plans obtained through the Affordable Care act marketplace will soon expire on Dec. 31. As NPR Sam Greenglass reports, that means premiums will soon spike for millions of Americans.
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Sam Greenglass
Congress left town for a holiday recess without acting to renew the pandemic era subsidies. Some people who get their plans on the marketplace are seeing premiums double or triple. Open enrollment in many states ends January 15th. The Congressional Budget Office estimates more than 2 million people will drop their coverage because they cannot afford the premiums. In January, the House is expected to vote on a three year extension of the subsidies after four swing district Republicans joined with Demmer Democrats to force a vote. A three year renewal, though, already failed in the Senate. But some lawmakers hope a successful House vote will recharge bipartisan negotiations. Sam Greenglass, NPR News.
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Shea Stevens
Major cities across the US Are ramping up security ahead of New Year's Eve. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says there are no credible threats to his city, but officials there are prepared.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams
We will have plainclothes K9 teams, officers on horsebacks, on our trains, subway stations and in helicopters and on boats. Pedestrians and vehicle closures will be in effect leading up to and during the event. Security is everyone's responsibility again, see something, say something, do something.
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Shea Stevens
Adams says the city will respect the individual right to protest, but will not tolerate any disruptions to the New York celebration in Times Square and beyond. Israel's parliament has voted to cut off water and electricity to the offices of UNWRA, the UN agency that aids Palestinians. As NPR's Michelle Keleman reports, the UN body is calling the move outrageous and an affront to international law.
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Michelle Keleman
The legislation not only cuts utilities to UNRWA's headquarters in East Jerusalem, it also gives the Israeli government the right to expropriate UN Properties. UNRWA calls that a further blow to the international system and part of an ongoing effort by Israel to discredit the main agency that aids Palestinians. Israel accused some UNRWA staffers of taking part in the October 7 Hamas led attack on Israel. The US cut funding to the agency. In response. UNWRA says that Israeli forces stormed its headquarters earlier this month and forced it to close schools in East Jerusalem, a part of the city that Palestinians want as a future capital of a future state. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Jerusalem.
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Shea Stevens
The Trump administration is providing some details on the first known US Strike on Venezuelan land. According to an official not authorized to talk about the matter, a CIA drone and not the Pentagon attacked a port facility that the administration alleges was being used for drug trafficking. This is npr. A surge of arctic air is carrying powerful winds, heavy snow and bitter cold to areas stretching from the Great Lakes region to the northeast. It's the latest weather system to pummel areas hit by a bomb cyclone earlier in the week. National Weather Service forecasters are predicting snow squalls and gusty winds for the eastern US Parts of the New York could see whiteout conditions in the new year. Californians will get a new first in the nation tool to fight data brokers, the third party companies that are tracking and selling personal data. Rachel Myro has more from KQED in San Francisco.
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Rachel Myro
The Ann surveillance economy serves up everything to untold numbers of customers, your retail habits, health concerns, even citizenship status. By January 1, Californians can go to a state run website and demand 500 plus data brokers registered there. Delete most of of the personal information they have on you later this year. The Delete act's author, State Senator Josh Becker, says this won't end ad surveillance, but it's a start and if it's.
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Josh Becker
Possible for 40 million Californians to delete their information, then it should be possible for 300 million other people in the rest of this country to do it.
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Rachel Myro
His next concern, that Congress might try to override the new law with weaker federal standards. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro.
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Shea Stevens
On Wall street, stocks closed lower with the Dow Jones Industrials losing 94 points. The Nasdaq fell and the S&P 500 dipped 9 points. US futures are flat in after hours trading on Asia Pacific markets. Shares are lower. This is NPR News.
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