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

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes. Former President Biden says the start
of the second Trump term has not been a good one.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
This the administration has made done so much dammages and
so much substruction.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's kind of breathtaking.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
You could happen that soon.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Speaking at the National Conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives
for the Disabled in Chicago on Tuesday, Biden advocated for
social Security, adding that Trump has taken a hatchet to
the Social Security administration. It marked the first time Biden
has given major remarks since his term ended in January.

(00:43):
There are now five hundred and sixty one measles cases
in Texas linked to an outbreak among members of a
Mennonite church that opposes vaccinations. The new numbers out today
show about two dozen new cases since Friday, bringing the
national total to well over seven hundred. Jury's selection got
underway today in the sex crimes retrial of former movie

(01:05):
producer Harvey Weinstein in New York City. Scott Pringle reports.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
The trial is expected to last six weeks. Weinstein is
facing one count of rape and two counts of criminal
sexual acts This is connected to alleged incidents involving an
actress in a hotel room, a production assistant, and another
woman who was not part of the original case. Lindsey
Goldbrum is the attorney for that woman.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
This was not consensual, This was sexual assault with force.
Her story is not mine to tell, but she will
tell it on the witness stand.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
Weinstein was convicted in twenty twenty, but that conviction was
tossed after an appeals court role the witness process was
handled incorrectly.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Scott Pringle. Reporting officials say four students are injured after
a high school shooting in Dallas today. Police responded to
a call of shots fired just after one pm local
time at Wilmer Hutchins High School. All four students were
transported to local hospitspitals. Dallas police have identified a suspect,
but have not arrested anyone. I'm Brian Schuck. The cost

(02:07):
of raising children is on the rise in the US.
Mark Mayfield has more.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
A new study estimates it costs nearly three hundred thousand
dollars to raise a child from birth to the age
of eighteen in twenty twenty five, as a twenty five
percent jump from twenty twenty three's projections. The Department of
Health considers childcare affordable if it takes less than seven
percent of a family's income, but there are currently no
states where the average cost of childcare is within that

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threshold for median income families. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
The FDA is outwith a warning about counterfeit semi gluetide,
better known as ozepic. The pharmaceutical company Novo nor Disc
manufactures the diabetes drug, and set on Monday that several
hundred units of a fake drug had apparently made their
way into the US drugs supply chain. New York City

(02:57):
Mayor Adams visited the Dominican Republic Monday to pay his
respects to those who died during last week's nightclub roof collapse.
Jonathan o'haleran reports.

Speaker 5 (03:07):
Mayor Adams visiting the site of the tragedy, flanked by
members of his staff and Dominican officials, offering his support
to the victims' families.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Your brother from America is here to be with you
during his time during crises and tragedies. Families pray, Families
lift each other up. Family hugged each other. My visit
today is My hug.

Speaker 5 (03:27):
It comes as New York City's large Dominican population remains
in mourning following the April seventh incident. Governor Hochel also
in the city Monday, delivering remarks at a vigil in
the Bronx for the victims.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
Jonathan O'Halleran reporting the girlfriend of former New England Patriots
coach Bill Belichick is going to compete for the title
of Miss Maine USA. Twenty four year old Jordan Hudson,
who was born in Maine, made the announcement on her
Instagram account earlier this week. Hudson has been dating Belichick,
who is now the head of the University of North

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Carolina football program, for roughly two years. I'm Brian Shook.