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Israel's military says it has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and is now targeting Hamas strongholds in the south. Many Palestinians told to flee northern Gaza to the south are now facing demands to flee the areas they evacuated into.
Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for more coverage, differing views and analysis of this conflict.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today in a challenge to the legality of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement. Under the terms of the deal, Purdue Pharma agreed to pay billions of dollars to those harmed by the opioid crisis. In exchange, the Sackler family would be shielded from personal liability despite owning and running the company.
Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney's new book is out tomorrow. In Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning, she recounts what happened inside her own party in the weeks before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the capitol following the 2020 presidential election. Speaking to NPR's Leila Fadel, she warns that a second Trump presidency threatens democracy and says the Republican party of today does not represent her.
Enlighten me

Enlighten Me is a special series with Rachel Martin on building a life of meaning.
Sa'ed Atshan is a Palestinian American professor of peace and conflict studies at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He grew up going to the same Quaker school in the West Bank as the three Palestinian American college students who were shot in Vermont last week. He still has family living in the West Bank. Atshan says the weeks since the Hamas attack on Israel and the war in Gaza have been "really, really, really difficult," but leading a life of meaning and purpose has helped him keep it together.
Listen to Atshan and Martin discuss how he holds on to the Quaker tenets of pacifism and silent meditation when it feels like the world is on fire. You can read the interview here.
Living better

Living Better is a special series about what it takes to get healthy in America.
About 1 in 4 adults worldwide say they're lonely. Loneliness isn't just bad for your mental health — it can have physical effects like an increased risk of heart attacks or dementia, according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Primary care physician Dr. Jeremy Nobel offers a pathway to making connections through creative expression in his book, Project UnLonely.
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