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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The Vatican
says a stroke caused the death of Pope Francis. The
Vatican released the eighty eight year old's death certificate today.
It says Francis died in his apartment at seven thirty
five am Local time from cerebral stroke, coma and irreversible

(00:25):
cardio circulatory collapse. President Trump will attend the funeral of
Pope Francis. The President made the announcement on truth Social Monday.
He also said that flags are to be flown at
half staff. He was a good man, worked hard, he
loved the world, and it's an honor to do that.
The College of Cardinals will meet tomorrow to discuss funeral plans,

(00:48):
reports A Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, shared more military
plans in a second signal group chat, this time with
family members. Heg Seth reportedly shared the military plans regarding
an operation against Hoothy's and Yemen with his brother, lawyer,
and wife. Heg Seth's brother and lawyer both have jobs
at the Department of Defense, although his wife does not.

(01:10):
Stocks are closing sharply lower to start the week on
Wall Street. More from Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Markets began the day in the red and extended losses
after President Trump called Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell a
loser and demanded immediate interest rate cuts. Big Tech added
to the pressure, with Tesla, Navidia, and Amazon falling in
a broad sell off at the closing bell. The Dow
lost nine hundred seventy one points, closing at thirty eight thousand,

(01:37):
one hundred seventy. The S and P five hundred fell
one hundred and twenty four points to fifty one fifty eight.
The NASDAK dropped four hundred and fifteen points, closing at
fifteen thousand, eight hundred seventy. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
The wife of former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, has
been found guilty in her federal bribery trial. Prosecutor say
Nadine Menendez was a partner in crime with her husband,
a go between demanding and collecting bribery payments. I'm Brian Shook.
Two men were hospitalized after gunfire erupted near student housing

(02:11):
at Norfolk State University in Virginia. The shooting happened on
Presidential Parkway, with one victim critically hurt and the others
suffering non life threatening injuries. The campus was briefly locked
down while police secured the area. The Seattle Department of
Transportation says it has fixed several crosswalk push buttons that

(02:31):
were hacked to play a message mocking billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Mark Mayfield explains.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
The department says cruise tracked down and repaired hacked crosswalk buttons.
The buttons were hacked to play an apparently AI generated
voice claiming to be the former CEO and founder of
Amazon with an important message. The voice goes on to say,
please don't tax the rich, otherwise all the billionaires will
move to Florida too, adding wouldn't it be terrible if
all the rich people left Seattle and then the normal

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people could afford to live here again? I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
A hit reality show in Sweden is live and offers
viewers great nature shots. More from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 4 (03:09):
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 remote cameras and drones as they
make their way through the forests and swim across the

(03:29):
Angerman River. Last year's Dream drew in nine million viewers.
I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Air taxis are in the works that United Airlines. Archer
Aviation shared last week that it's partnering with United to
develop an air taxi network in New York City. Passengers
will be taken from Manhattan to nearby airports by piloted
midnight electric air taxis that can carry up to four passengers.

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The service will eventually be available to book as an
add on to regular airline tickets or through Archers app.
I'm Brian Shook.