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This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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The Department of Homeland Security says a man from Maryland
could be deported a second time if he returns to
the US. The government has admitted to wrongly deporting Kilmar
Abrego Garcia to a prison in El Salvador has been
order to facilitate his return to the US. Shortly before
hearing over the matter, a DHS official said if Garcia
shows up at a US port of entry, he'd be

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detained and possibly deported again. A judge has ruled not
to hold the government in contempt of court for now,
but as a second hearing set for April twenty third.
The federal government is stopping over two billion dollars in
grants from going to Harvard University. The move comes after
the school said it wouldn't accept the Trump administration's conditions
to continue federal funding. Demands the White House claims or

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aimed at addressing anti Semitism on campus, including auditing the
viewpoints of students and faculty, and punishing students who took
part in pro Palestinian protests on care aampus last year.
In a post on truth social Tuesday, President Trump said
maybe Harvard should lose its tax exempt status if it
keeps pushing political ideology. A report says one of Defense

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Secretary Pete Hegsas's top advisors was escorted out of the
Pentagon after an investigation to leaks Brian shuk has More.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Senior advisor Dan Caldwell was placed on administrative leave Tuesday
for an unauthorized disclosure. Caldwell is a Marine veteran and
served in the Iraq War. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
The case against the man accused of driving drunk and
killing NHL star Johnny Goodrow and his brother is moving forward.
Sean Higgins has been indicted by a grand jury for
the crash that killed the Gadroux brothers as they rode
their bikes alongside a New Jersey roadway in August of
twenty twenty four. On Tuesday, Higgins' attorney asked that the
indictment be thrown out, claiming their client is being treated

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unfairly because of Gadreu's celebrity status as a Columbus Bluejacket star.
The judge denied that request. Pagan's face as charges of
manslaughter and vehicular homicide. I'm Tammy Trichillo. New Mexico's public
Health department is releasing more information about rodents infected with
hantavirus at the late actor Gene Hackman's home. Sarah Lee

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Kessler reports.

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They found ratness and dead rodents in eight outbuildings at
the Santa Fe house where Oscar winner Gene Hackman and
his wife, Betsy Arakawa were found dead in February. Federal
health officials previously confirmed that Arakawa, who is sixty five,
died from a respiratory illness linked to hantavirus. It's believed
that Hackman, who was ninety five, had advanced Alzheimer's disease

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and died a week later. New Mexico has reported one
hundred and twenty nine cases of hantavirus between nineteen seventy
five and twenty twenty three, more than any other state,
with fifty two deaths. I'm Sarah Lee Kissler.

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Karen Reid says she's ready and loaded for bear now
that a jury in Massachusetts has been seated in her
murder trial. Reads accused of striking in care billing her
Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe with her SUV in
twenty twenty two, Reid claims she's being framed for O'Keefe's killing.
Her first trial last year ended with a hung jury.
Opening statements will start next week. Open Ai is apparently

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getting into the social media game. That story from Matt Mattinson.

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That's according to The Verge, which reports that it's in
the early stages of development and would be based on
chat Ept's image generation. Whether the network would be a
separate app or be a part of Chatchept is unclear.
This comes after ex owner Elon Musk made a bids
a purchase open Ai for around ninety seven billion dollars
earlier this year. The AI Research Group's co founder Sam

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Altman declined and instead made a counter offer for Musk's
platform for the same price. I'm at Mattinson, the.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Season two premiere of The Last of Us, is up
thirteen percent from the first season's debut. The new season
debut on Sunday and brought in five point three million viewers.
This season one premiere in twenty twenty three, hit four
point seven million viewers. Last week, the show was renewed
for US third season. I'm Tammy tr Hillo