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North Gaza Aid, VP Harris Courts Black Voters, Zillow Climate Score

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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A new Israeli military offensive in north Gaza has humanitarian organizations raising the alarm over the threat of starvation. Vice President Kamala Harris is on a push to shore up support among Black men. And a new feature on the real estate website Zillow will show potential property buyers climate risks on listings.

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A new Israeli military offensive in North Gaza has humanitarian organizations raising alarms.

0:08.6

The situation in North Gaza is like a catastrophe within a series of catastrophes.

0:14.0

What's behind the latest warning?

0:15.8

I'm Michelle Martin, that's A Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.

0:19.4

Vice President Kamala Harris is on a push to shore up support among a key group of voters.

0:26.4

Black men are no different from anybody else.

0:29.4

They expect that you have to earn their vote.

0:31.5

The push comes to support for Harris among black men waivers, including in swing states.

0:36.0

I look at what Harris is doing to earn back that vote.

0:38.9

And a new feature on the real estate website, Zilla will show potential property buyers the climate risks

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