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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is nominating Mike Waltz to become US ambassador
to the United Nations. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce talked
about Trump's involvement with his cabinet.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
He his hands on when it comes to making things happen,
when it comes to the implementation of policies, etc.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
The move comes after reports surface that Waltz would resign
as his National security advisor. The Trump administration is asking
the Supreme Court to revoke legal protections of thousands of
Venezuelan immigrants. A judge in California had blocked the White
House's move to remove the migrants protected status. Now, President
Trump wants the High Court to decide if they can

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reverse a decision made during the end of the Biden
administration that offered the protections under a federal temporary protected
status program. Severe weather is threatening millions from Texas up
to Pennsylvania. A storm system may bring heavy winds, hail,
and possible tornadoes to several states. Tens of thousands of
demonstrators are gathering in cities across the US to push

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back against Trump policies. May first is May Day, which
is celebrated around the world as International Labor Day. In
the US, Mayday rallies are focusing on the thousands of
federal workers who lost their jobs because of DOGE cuts
and other concerns about the Trump administration, including immigration raids
and DEI rollbacks. The start of the Atlantic hurricane season

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is just one month away. Lisa Taylor has.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
More The latest models are predicting a slightly above average
season with seventeen named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes.
The season begins June first and runs through November.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Legislation that would require age verification on app stores is
being introduced by Republican lawmakers. The App Store Accountability Act
would require app stores to verify the ages of all users,
signaling the latest congressional push to boost online safety for kids.
I'm Brian Shook. Four people are dead in North Carolina

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after a dump truck drove into a utility crew working
on a power line. Authority say. Sixty six year old
Michael Ray Vernon was charged Wednesday. Last week, he allegedly
drove a city dump truck through a stop sign in
the town of Eden and plowed into a group of
people working on a power line, killing four. The Los
Angeles City Council is considering taking legal action against Southern

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California Edison in connection with the Hurst fire in Silmar.
Daniel Martindale reports.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
On Wednesday, the LA City Council voted to instruct the
city attorney to explore potential legal action. The Hurst fire
burned nearly eight hundred acres of land in Silmar. It
started a mid extreme sent Anna wins on the night
of January seventh, which was the same day the deadly
Palisades and Eaton fires started. The Los Angeles Fire Department
says the Hurst fire originated in an area where so

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kel Edison has a transmission tower. In a regulatory filing
from February, so l Edison acknowledged that its equipment may
have been linked to the ignition of the Hearst fire.
I'm Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
A British boy nicknamed Seagull Boy is holding on to
his title. Mark Mayfield explains.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Dressed in a seagull costume, Ten year old Cooper Wallace
took first place in the youth division Sunday at the
European Championship. Goal Screeching contest in Belgium. It's his second
year in a row as seagull champion. Walla says he
started his career when he was bitten by one of
the birds. He contests saw seventy people from thirteen countries
do their best to imitate the sounds and behavior of

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the birds. I'm Mark Mayfield.

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An Iowa woman thinks she's broken the Guinness World Record
for the biggest collection of spoons. Cammie Poll owns the
Mississippi Spoon Gallery in Davenport and says she now has
thirty eighty, one hundred and sixty two spoons in her collection.
It took nearly two dozen people more than five hours
to count them all. I'm Brian Shook.