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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour at just four minutes. One hundred
million Americans from Texas to New York are under the
threat of severe weather today. Northern Texas and Oklahoma were
hit with severe storms this morning for a tenth straight day.
Meteorologist Angie Lastman with more on the areas at the

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highest risk. It's stretching from essentially Pennsylvania all the way
to Texas.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Tornado threat is low. We could see maybe a couple
of those, but it's more so the hail and the
damaging winds that we're going to look and essentially across
parts of Texas.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Is where we could see those largest hailballs. Forming President
Trump plans to strip Harvard University of its tax exempt status.
Trump made the announcement in a post on truth Social
and added, it's what they deserve. It comes after the
White House asked the IRS to take away the school's
status last month, after Trump threatened to stop funding at
top schools to pressure them to get rid of DEI programs,
among other things. Seven people are dead after a tour

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van and a pickup truck collided near Yellowstone National Park
in Idaho. Police say the craft happened last night near
Henry's Lake. There were fourteen people in the tour van
and six of them died, while the driver of the
pickup truck died as well. Last month's jobs report is
better than most analysts expected. The Labor Department says one
hundred and seventy seven thousand new jobs were added last month.
The forecast had been for somewhere in the neighborhood of

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just over one hundred thirty thousand. Jury selection is set
to start Monday in Shan Didycombe's sex trafficking trial. Jennifer
Pulsoni reports the.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Fifty five year old hip hop mogul has pleaded non
keilty to federal charges of sex trafficking, transportation to engage
in prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy, all connected to allegations of
abuse that span almost twenty years. Did He also rejecting
a last minute plea deal that would have avoided a
trial set to detail allegations of coercing victims to take

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part in drug fueled sex encounters called freak offs. Did
He has been held for the past several months in
the notorious Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center. If convicted, he faces
life in prison. The trial is expected to last eight
to ten weeks. I'm Jennifer BULSONI.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Stocks are up on Wall Street with a dow up
over five hundred points in midday trading. I'mly Se tailor.
Prince Harry says he's been cut off from his father,
King Charles. In a new interview with the BBC, Harry
confirmed a strained relationship with his family.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
I don't know how much longer my father has. You know,
he won't speak to me because of this security stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
The security stuff he's referring to is Britain's High Court
ruling against him to have full time security protection. Harry's
protection was downgraded in twenty twenty when he stepped down
from the royal family and moved to the US with
his wife, Megan Markle. Harry says the rift with his
family began after they tried to keep us under their roof,
and he's now seeking a reconciliation. King Charles has been

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battling cancer. The money transfer service zell is experiencing an outage.
According to down detector, users reported not being able to
send money from bank to bank around six a m. Eastern,
although some issues were being reported on Thursday night. In
a statement, Zell said they're aware that certain use users
at some financial institutions are not able to use the service.
The company shut down at standalone app on April first,

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but can still be used within and between a number
of major banks and credit unions. There's just one game
on the NBA Playoffs late tonight. The Houston Rockets take
on the Golden State Warriors in Game six. The Warriors
sold a three to two series lead. If the Rockets win,
Game seven would be played on Sunday, while the Warriors
will move on to the second round to face the
Minnesota Timberwolves if they win tonight. The upcoming film Begonia

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will premiere ahead of schedule Happening.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
What's Happening, You're a Disgrice.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
It's the latest collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthemas and actress
Emma Stone, who work together on Pretty Things. It will
open nationwide October thirty first. This is slightly earlier than
the original release date of November seventh. Bogonia is a
remake of the South Korean sci fi comedy Save the
Green Planet, which tells the story of two conspiracy obsessed
friends who kidnap the high powered CEO of a major

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corporation because they're convinced she's an alien intent on destroying Earth.
I'mly S Taylor,