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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 1 (00:09):
Officials in Canada say a number of people are dead
after a car plowed into a crowded street festival in Vancouver.
Police say a black SUV drove into the Lapoo Lapoo
Day block party in Vancouver at about eight o'clock last night.
One reporter tells the CBC the drivers slammed the pedal
down and rammed into the crowd. Police say a thirty

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year old Vancouver man has been arrested. They have not
given a motive, but they say they're confident it was
not an act of terrorism. President Trump says American watercraft
shouldn't have to pay to travel through the Panama and
Suez Canals. Jim Forbes has that.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Trump made a post on social media asking Secretary of
State Marco Rubio to quote immediately take care of and
memorialize the situation. The President has been saying for months
that he wants to take control of the Panama Canal
from Panamawe, claiming the trade route is secretly controlled by China.
In his message, Trump added that US military and commercial

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ships should be able to travel through Egyptsiuez Canal free
of charge. I'm Jim Forbes.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Three people are dead after a plane crashed in East Tennessee.
Police say the single engine craft crashed as it was
attempting to land at the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Sparta,
east of Nashville. They say all three aboard the plane
were killed. Air traffic control officials say they lost communication
with the plane shortly before it went down. A new

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study by researchers at the University of Oxford finds that
heart disease in children is more likely if the mother
suffered from anemia during pregnancy. The study analyzed data from
over sixteen thousand mothers. It found if a mother was
anemic in the first one hundred days of pregnancy, the
chances of having a child with congenital heart disease was

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forty seven percent higher. The study estimates that a third
of that women globally have anemia, which is usually caused
by a lack of iron. I'm Scott Carr. Following a
meeting this weekend in Oman, the US and Iran are
set to hold another round of nuclear talks. We get
more from Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
The White House described Saturday's talks as positive and productive.
President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff and Iron's foreign minister
led the two delegations, with the discussions lasting about four hours.
The talks come after a massive chemical explosion in a
major Iranian port killed at least eight people and injured
hundreds more. The next meeting is scheduled to take place

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in Oman on May third.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
In sports, the waiting is over for award winning quarterback
Shadur Sanders.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
The former Colorado quarterback has been drafted in the fifth
round by the Cleveland Browns. Sanders, whom any thought could
go in the first round, slid all the way down
to the one hundred and sixty six pick overall. Shadur
is a son of Hall of Famer and Colorado head
coach Dion Sanders. He was stunningly passed over in the
first four rounds. Cleveland traded up to make the pick.

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The selection ended months of chowder over where the notable
quarterback prospect would begin his pro football career. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
The magic stayed alive an NBA playoff action against defending
champs to Boston Celtics by eking out a ninety five
ninety three win Friday in Orlando. The Magic now trailed
two games to one in the series. Head coach Jamal
Moseley says their home fans gave him a big lift Friday.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
You talk about how loud this building was, the energy
that we had to have.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Orlando hosts Game four today. Cleveland's Cavaliers are on the
brink of the second round after blowing out the Heat
last night one twenty four to eighty seven in Game
three of their best of seven series. Kev's head coach
Kenny Atkinson says his players critically stepped up at the
start of the second.

Speaker 5 (03:45):
Half, and we weren't making shots, and that's usually when
the game goes evens out and we just kept it
kind of kept it where it is because we didn't
react to misshots.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Cleveland leads that series three nothing now they hoped to
complete the sweet when they visit Miami for Game four
Monday night. I'm Scott Carr