Thursday Morning Politics; Long Island Traffic Fatalities; Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza; Raising Awareness of Life with Breast Cancer

On today’s show:

Newsday reporters Arielle Martinez and Lorena Mongelli discuss the surge in traffic fatalities on Long Island.

In the wake of the Hamas attacks, Israel has cut off the water, fuel and electricity that it normally supplies to Gaza. Avril Benoît, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in the United States, discusses how hospitals in Gaza are not able function without these critical supplies, like electricity to power hospital generators and clean water for infant formula.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but often, the act of becoming more aware is simplified to sporting a pink ribbon.  Rebecca Weiss, senior listener services associate at New York Public Radio and founder of Bob’s Boxes, a 501c3 nonprofit that sends post-mastectomy care packages to women with breast cancer — and listeners — shed light on aspects about the experience of the disease that are not often discussed but patients and survivors of breast cancer wish we all knew.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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