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S District judge is holding a hearing today focused on
a mistakenly deported Maryland man. The hearing is in relation
to the status of the Trump Administration's efforts to bring
Kilmar Abergo Garcia back to the States from Al Salvador.
The judge ruled last week the Justice Department must provide
daily updates on Abergo Garcia status. More than two billion
dollars in grants to Harvard University of frozen as the

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school refuses to accept the Trump Administration's conditions to continue
federal funding. The White House claims those demands are aimed
at addressing anti Semitism on campus. They include auditing the
viewpoints of students and faculty, and punishing students who took
part in pro Palestinian protests on campus last year, Jerry
selections back underway, and the Karen Reid murder trial in Massachusetts.
Reid is accused by prosecutors of striking and killing her

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cop boyfriend John O'Keefe with her SUV in twenty twenty two.
Reid claims she's being framed for O'Keefe's killing, and her
first trial last year ended with a hunt jury. A
New Mexico man is facing federal charges in connection with
arson attacks at a Tesla dealership in the state's GOP headquarters.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi says forty year old Jamison
Wagner could be looking at a long sentence.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
This guy is looking at forty years in prison. I
have directed my prosecutors not to make any offers. He
is going away if convicted for forty years.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
The arsen attack the Tesla Albuquerque showroom happened in February,
while the Republican Party of New Mexico's office was hit
in an attack last month. In a post on x
FBI director Cash Bettel said evidence recovered suggest agents prevented
further planned arson attacks. President Trump has said he would
look to have attacks on Tesla treated as domestic terrorism.
Then Lil Nasek says he's okay. After losing control of

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the right side of his face. The rapper shared a
video of himself in a hospital bed on social media,
showing himself being unable to fully smile. He posted updates
to his Instagram story after fans left concern comments on
the video. Tuesday morning, he said his smile as getting
a little better, and also shared video of him roller skating.
I'm se tailor. American Airlines is planning to offer free

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in flight Wi Fi in twenty twenty six. The Dallas
base carrier announced today the complimentary service will be offered
on about ninety percent of its fleet starting in January.
America noted its free Wi Fi service will be sponsored
by AT and T and available for members of its
Advantage Loyalty program Ownies. Madier singer Sean Kingston is locked

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up in the Miami Federal Detention Center, not having paid
his one hundred thousand dollars bond. Kingston, whose real name
is Kashan Anderson, has been taken into custody. Its mother,
Janie Turner, is already there. The pair is expected to
be sentenced in July. After being convicted of wire fraud
and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A jury found they
never paid for more than a million dollars in luxury

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goods they obtained a homeless man who had been living
on the streets of San Luis Obispo, California, will soon
be a million dollars richer thanks to a Scratcher lottery ticket.
Michael Kessner reports.

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Wilson Simon, who works at Sandy's Deli Liquor where the
ticket was bought, says he was there when the man
discovered he had won.

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He's like, I'm not homeless anymore. I'm like manure at
the jack bar. He's like one hundred thousand, and I'm like, no, bro,
that's a million dollars. That's a million dollar ticket. Congrass brother, Yes,
we'll give each other high five.

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Some Moon says he drove the man to Fresno the
next day to start the process of cashing in the ticket.
The odds of winning the one million dollar prize on
the triple red Triple seven Scratcher are one in over
two million.

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Excuse me, down the hall and to the left eight.

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The director of Home Alone, two Lost in New York,
says he wishes he could remove President Trump's cameo from
the film. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle,
Chris Columbus said Trump's short role had become a curse
and an albatross for him. Columbus said he can't cut
the scene, and if he did, he would be sent
out of the country. Trump appears in the film when
Kevin McAllister played by Macaulay Culkin, runs into him at

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the Plaza Hotel and asks for directions. I'm li Se
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