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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. Pope Francis
is dead from a stroke at age eighty eight. The
Vatican released an announcement saying the stroke led to a
coma and to irreversible cardio circulatory collapse. More than one

(00:20):
billion Catholics are thinking about the future of the church.
Natalie Migliore reports.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Pope Francis is being remembered for his more modern philosophy,
often speaking for the less fortunate and calling for environmental protections.
As Catholics mourn the loss, they're also looking to the
future leader of the church.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Hopefully somebody replaces him that is flexible with the rules
of the church, somewhat similar to Pope Francis.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
After a period of mourning, eligible cardinals from dozens of
countries will be part of what's known as the Conclave,
a secret series of votes in the Sistine Chapel that
leads to the election of a new Pope.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Harvard University is suing the Trump administration in an effort
to block the government from freezing funding to the school.
The lawsuit, which was filed in a US district court
in Massachusetts against multiple federal agencies. Is looking to block
the administration from withholding funding for what it calls leverage
to gain control of academic decision making at Harvard. The

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Texas man who killed almost two dozen people at an
El Paso walmart has agreed to a plea deal that
includes a life sentence. District Attorney James Montoya says the
decision to not seek the death penalty was made after
consulting with the victims' families. Republicans are defending the recent
deportation of illegal immigrants, some of which have been sent

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to a notorious prison in l Salvador. To listen to
some of my Democratic colleagues talk, one would think that
Christy nom is deporting grandmothers.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, this couldn't be further.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
From the truth.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Senator John Cornyn of Texas says the numbers don't lie.
The Department of Homeland Security has made more than third
two thousand arrests in just fifty days. Nearly half are
convicted criminals. I'm Brian Shook. While Meazl's cases have been
spreading in parts of the Southwest, three more states are
reporting their first cases, including Louisiana, Missouri, and Virginia. Rossia

(02:17):
Rivera reports.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
The Virginia Department of Health is sounding the alarm after
a child contracted the illness and may have exposed others
at various hospitals in Woodbridge and Fredericksburg. The child is
a four year old and reportedly visited two Kaiser Permanente
hospitals last Tuesday from ten am to one thirty pm
and Wednesday from about noon to five pm. The Virginia
Department of Health is advising anyone that was at the
hospital during those times to contact their doctor. Measles is

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highly contagious and if you've never received the vaccine, you
may be at risk of developing it. Health experts say
to watch for symptoms up to twenty one days after
being exposed and isolated if you get sick. I'm Rosia Rivera.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Two people are facing drug charges after allegedly pointing lasers
at Iowa National Guard helicopters on two separate occasions. In
a Facebook post, the Dundee County Sheriff's office as John
Paul Weber pointed lasers at the helicopters multiple times, and
they also received complaints from hunters in the area. Congestion

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pricing is still in place in New York City. Despite
the federal government's Easter deadline to end the controversial toll,
Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
Governor Kathy Hochl has made it clear she's not about
to turn off the traffic cameras despite federal demands, so
drivers who enter Manhattan below sixtieth Street are still paying
the nine dollars average toll that Hochal and the MTA
claim is needed to upgrade mass transit. Trump Transportation Secretary
Sean Duffy initially imposed a March twenty first deadline to

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rescind the toll, and then pushed it to Easter Sunday
again without success. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
Spring Skies bring skywatching spectacles as the annual Lirid meteor
shower returns. Astronomers expect a meteor shower to reach its
peak tonight late going into early tomorrow morning. I'm Brian Shook.