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U.N. Security Council approves Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza; Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupts transit systems, ChatGPT, X and more; Trump's planned rule reversal could endanger OR wildlands; Advocates: Weakened auto lemon law hurts consumers; IN rates dig a steep hole in renters' pockets.

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The Public News Service Tuesday afternoon update, I'm Mike Clifford.

A U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan passed overwhelmingly in the Security Council Monday, a major victory for the administration's diplomacy as it struggles to implement its blueprint for what Trump has said would be a new dawn for the Middle East.

That's the Associated Press.

They report the resolution provides a legal mandate for key parts of the plan, including persuading other countries to provide troops for an international security force.

And from CNBC, Cloudflare hit by an outage that knocked several major websites and services offline for global users.

OpenAI's ChatGBT, e-commerce platform Spotify, and Must Social Media Platform X appear to have been among those affected by the Cloudflare issues.

Meantime, the Trump administration is planning to rescind the public lands rule, which proponents say would help the Bureau of Land Management restore landscapes, plan for responsible development and protect cultural and natural resources.

A comment period for the rescission of the rule garnered more than 150,000 comments, almost all of which were in favor of keeping it.

Mark Salvo is with the Oregon Natural Desert Association.

He says at a time when invasive species, wildfire, climate change and other existential threats loom over the state's southeastern public lands, revoking the rule would be a missed opportunity.

It's really important to not only those lands, wildlife and watersheds in eastern Oregon, but for the multitude of recreationists, communities, regional economies that depend on those resources.

The BLM manages nearly 15 million acres of public land in Oregon.

I'm Isabel Charlet.

And manufacturers have recalled millions of cars in 2025 due to safety defects. alone has issued more than 100 recalls so far in 2025, affecting more than 8 million vehicles.

Yet, new rules this year in the Golden State made it harder to get a defective car fixed or replaced.

Rosemary Shahan with Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety says Assembly Bill 1755, which took effect in January, primarily benefits car manufacturers.

It requires you to give formal written notice directly to manufacturers if you Want to use the lemon law?

Ford did not respond to a request for comment, but the firm's CEO has said a shortage of mechanics is affecting the company's ability to make repairs in a timely fashion.

I'm Suzanne Potter.

Next to Indiana where housing woes continue according to the 2025 State of Fair Housing in Indiana report, Executive Director Amy Nelson says despite 24,000 new multifamily units built in Indianapolis between 2020 and 25, the supply is not solely to blame for Indiana's housing crisis.

These units simply aren't affordable to most renters unless you're at middle or higher income.

The study also indicates half of all renters in Marion County are cost burdened, meaning they spend nearly a third of their monthly income on rent and utilities.

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As the federal government reopens after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, Ohio food banks say the effects are still rippling across the state.

Our Farrah Siddiqui reports delayed SNAP benefits and paused USDA programs pushed more families toward emergency food assistance in recent weeks.

More than 716,000 Ohio households were set to receive November SNAP benefits, but many initially received only partial payments under early federal guidance.

Full benefits were authorized statewide last Thursday.

The gap left food banks scrambling to absorb a surge in need.

Jason Aldrich with the West Ohio Food Bank says they recorded a sharp rise heading into November.

Between September and October, we here at the Food Bank have seen an 11 percent increase in the number of folks seeking food assistance from us, and those numbers are staying up, if not getting higher.

SNAP typically injects $13 million per day into Ohio grocery budgets from the 2nd to the 20th of each month.

When payments are delayed or reduced, food banks become the backup system for families waiting on benefits.

Next to Illinois, where mental health advocates say the impacts of federal policies are further compounding increasing mental health crises for kids.

They warn ongoing resource cuts will make it hard for schools and organizations to keep up with the demand for mental health support.

In Chicago, the nonprofit Juvenile Protective Association serves hundreds of mostly pre-k through eighth grade students with individual school-based programs.

About 70 percent have Medicaid coverage.

The struggling with limited resources are now facing additional challenges as mental health issues among children continue to worsen.

Then you layer on top food cuts, you layer on top of that ice rage, you layer on top of that the news cycle and social media and I give kids enormous credit for even showing up and trying.

I'm Judith Ruiz Branch reporting.

Finally with New York housing prices on the rise advocates are eager for the housing access voucher pilot program to store.

Using $50 million, the four year program provides rental assistance for people who are or at risk of becoming homeless.

A bill in the state legislature would have made this program permanent, but Governor Kathy Hockel opposed it, saying it was too expensive.

Juan Diaz with the Children's Defense Fund of New York says this program is a good first step, but must be more inclusive.

Oftentimes a 200 percent poverty level for some vouchers or even with H.A.B.P.A., 50 percent A.M.I.

It's good, but we know oftentimes households are left out of vouchers because of their income.

This comes as Department of Housing and Urban Development cuts will leave more people rent burdened.

Congress is developing a HUD budget which includes multi-billion dollar cuts to rent assistance programs.

Along with this the White House's 2026 budget proposal calls for a 46 percent cut for New York's federal rental assistance funds.

I'm Edwin J. Viera.

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