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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. The
ceasefire in Israel appears to be over as Israel hit
Gaza with what is being called a series of extensive strikes. Overnight.
Israeli warplanes are carrying out airstrikes in the Gaza strip
right now. Ministry of Health officials have told ABC News

(00:25):
that over one hundred and thirty people were killed in
the widespread attacks. At least forty two people have been
killed in severe storms that struck parts of the South
and Midwest over the weekend. Many states woke up this
morning to damage left behind by wildfires, rain, tornadoes, and
dust storms. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the

(00:46):
US will not be returning the Statue of liberty to France.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
They should be very grateful to our grade country.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Levitt took shots at Rafael Gluxman, a member of France's parliament,
during a briefing. Gluxman made the comment at a convey
in protest of federal firings of scientific researchers and Americans
siding with quote tyrants New York's congestion pricing battle, pitching
President Trump against Governor Kathy Hokeel is far from over.

(01:14):
Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
President Trump's Transportation Department has ordered the governor to turn
off those tolling gantries by this Friday, but Hockel says
she made it clear to Trump when they met at
the White House last Friday she won't do it. Trump
had vowed to eliminate congestion pricing on day one of
taking office. Friday will be day fifty seven, but Hopel
says she told the President the federal dot doesn't have

(01:39):
jurisdiction to end what it already approved.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
It is working. It was a state decision. We had
the proper federal approvals for this.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
It's like a chess game, this whole thing, the next move.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Trump's Billy Eilish is taking home the Album of the
Year award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. That's thanks to
her twenty twenty four album hit Me Hard, Aay and Soft.
She accepted the iHeart Award with her brother Phineas, who
helped make the album I'm Brian Shook. Retail sales came
in weaker than expected. In February, the Commerce Department reported

(02:12):
retail sales rose two tenths of a percent for the
month as consumer spending slowed. Online spending, however, helped boost
sales figures for the month. New York City Central Park
saw upgrades begin today to make it a safer experience
for users. Scott Pringle has.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
More official say Cruise will be creating wider lanes, better
separation between the lanes, and adding new traffic lights and
crossing signals. This is for the six miles Central Park
loop that is very busy with pedestrians and cyclists. Rika
Sofa with the Central Park Conservancy.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
We're going to keep walkers all the way in towards
the interior.

Speaker 4 (02:48):
Bikes moving at like a regular pace, or wheel devices
moving at like a regular pace will be in a middle.
She says. Those faster e bikes and e devices they're
going to be placed on the outside of the loop.
There's more than one hundred collisions a year Central Park
and officials are hoping all these changes will reduce that number.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Scott Pringle reporting in Irish culture, there are symbols that
are said to bring luck. Pre Tennis has some ideas
on how to bring the luck of the Irish your
way today.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Keep your ice peeled for a four leaf clover. It
said they bring nothing but good luck, but your odds
of finding one of those is about one in ten thousand.
You can kiss the Blarney Stone, but that's in Ireland.
You could try kissing an Irish person. That'll bring you luck,
but you better get permission first, or you could wind
up with a black eye and knocking out what twice
is said to invite good luck your way, You might

(03:34):
try all of those. I'm bre Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Pepsi is getting into the prebiotic soda business. The soda
giant announced Monday it's buying Texas based pre biotic soda
company Poppy. The deal is worth nearly two billion dollars.
Major soda brands have been eyeing the growing pre biotic
soda market as consumers turned to the drinks for a
healthier alternative. Coca Cola launched its own own prebiotic soda,

(04:01):
simply Pop last month. I'm Brian Shook
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