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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Secretary of Defense Pete haig Seth has reportedly shared more
detailed military plans across a second group chat in the
signal app, this time with members of his family. CNN
is reporting that multiple sources told them hegg Seth shared
the military plans regarding an operation against UTIs in Yemen
with his brother, lawyer, and wife. Heg Say's brother and
lawyer both have jobs at the Department of Defense, although

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his wife does not. The report comes following an incident
last month where top members of President Trump's cabinet sent
operational plans and classified information about US military strikes on
Yemen to a group threat on signal to which a
reporter had accidentally been added. The Trump administration is asking
the Supreme Court to allow deportations to continue under the
Alien Enemies Act. This weekend, the ACLU filed an emergency

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request to pause the Act. The Supreme Court approved and
said the administration must not deport Venezuelan's all litigation continues now.
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to
reverse that ruling. A fatal rare brain disorder similar to
mad cow disease, has killed two people in Oregon. Details
from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
The deaths were confirmed by the Hood River County Health
Department on April fourteenth. Health officials say in the last
eight months, there's been one confirmed case and two possible
cases of the illness kreutz Feld Jakob disease. Out of
the three cases, two have died. The health department said
that there is currently no identifiable link between the three
cases and the risk of getting the disease is extremely low.

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I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
Luigi Mangioni will be arraigned next week in the murder
trial of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The twenty six
year old Ivy League gred is set to be reigned
at one pm local time Friday, after a federal grand
jury in Manhattan returned to four account indictment against him
this last week. Mangioni is being charged with murder, which
makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Ag

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Pambondi has already ordered federal pross secutter to seek the
death penalty against Mangioni, which is lawyer's claim is a
political stunt. I'm Chris Caroncio. A new report suggests there
won't be nearly as many dyed eggs appearing on this
Easter Sunday. A wile at Hub survey found that forty
seven percent of Americans say they're ditching dying eggs due

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to costs. The report claims that almost two and five
Americans went into this weekend expecting tariffs to affect their
Easter spending. Today is for twenty the unofficial Weed Holiday. Marijuana,
both medical and recreational, is now legal in over half
of the United States, so on this Sunday, April twentieth,

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expect many marijuana dispensaries to have extra deals to celebrate
the occasion. Some food businesses may also take advantage of
today's unofficial holiday by offering deals on munchies. Bumping a
Minecraft movie from the top spot at the American box
office this weekend seemed like a tall task, but it happened,
and a vampire flick did it. Scott Carr now has more.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan, is in a tight race
with a Minecraft movie at North American theaters.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Who We're gonna kill every last morning?

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Are you taking the lead Saturday, after pulling in about
forty five million dollars, the animated film about a popular
video game meantime, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, continues
to do well, making another nearly forty one million dollars
just on Saturday.

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I'm Scott Carr, Sweden's hit reality show is live and
offers viewers great nature shots. The Great Moose Migration began
airing Tuesday on Sweden's public service television SVT. The live
stream follows the moose migration on a path they have
taken for thousands of years to summer grazing pastures. The
show airs NonStop for twenty days, following the moose with

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remote cameras and drones as they make their way through
the forests and swim across the Angerman River. Last year's
stream drew in nine million viewers. I'm Chris Garagio