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This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
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Hour in just four minutes.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says her city is being
used for an experiment. Temi Trehio reports this.
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Is the federal government brings in the National Guard and
Marines to counter immigration protests.
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This kind of atmosphere.
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It creates a chaos in our city.
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People not sure whether they should go outside, whether they
need to stay inside. We did not need this, says.
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It makes her feel like it's a test for what
happens when the federal government moves in and takes the
authority away from the state or away from local government.
She pushed back against commons describing the city as being
invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals, calling it
a despicable description.
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President Trump visits Fort Bragg in North Carolina today to
help kick off the Army's two hundred and fiftieth Birthday celebration.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to join him at the base,
home to about fifty seven thousand. The event is set
to feature military demonstrations, musical performances, and speeches from top
military leaders. New York lawmakers have approved a measure to
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legal assisted suicide across the state. The controversial legislation, dubbed
the Medical Aid in Dying Act, was designed to allow
a doctor to prescribe life ending drugs to people with
six months or less to live. Its future with Governor
Kathy Hokeel remains unclear. Like US, the shares Bet Awards
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took place Monday in Los Angeles against the backdrop of
antiized protests in the city and National Guard troops nearby
in the streets. Kendrick Lamar led the nominees list with
a total of ten nods and ended up winning in
four of those categories. Best Female Hip Hop artist Doci
addressed the elephant outside of the room in her acceptance speech,
asking the crowd to consider what kind of government it
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appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic
right to protest, the military is deployed against US stock
features are little changes. Investors are awaiting details on the
US China trade policy. I'm Michael Kassner. The liberations continued
Monday in Harvey Weinstein's retrial, as signs of a divided
jury continue to come to light. Jonathan o'haleran with more.
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One juror asking to speak to the judge regarding a
quote situation that isn't very good, and another note from
the jury requesting the rules of a hung jury. Meanwhile,
Weinstein's defense is calling for a mistrial. Attorney Arthur Idalla
says things are being discussed in the jury room that
aren't a part of the trial and that there is
a quote tainted juror. The judge denied that motion. Jonathan
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o'haller in New York.
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President Trump is threatening to cut funding for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor,
impacting writers throughout the entire region. Or from Natalie Migliori.
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New York Congressman George Lannimer, who represents parts of the Bronx,
says he can't get behind the proposal that would pull
funding for the nation's busiest rail corridor that runs between
Boston and Washington, d C.
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This is an essential service that compliments the other transportation
options that exist, and the willingness to cut the Northeast
Car to by twenty five percent is a bad business decision.
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Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, echoing the sentiment, adding the
proposed cuts threatened to undermine reliability and delay modernization projects.
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People are expected to spend twenty four billion dollars this
year for Father's Day, Matt Mattinson with more That.
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Would be a record amount. According to the National Retail Federation,
more than seven percent from last year, Three out of
every four people surveyed said they planned to celebrate the
event in some way this year. On June fifteenth, average
spending is expected to come in at just under two
hundred dollars. I'm at Mattinson.
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Eminem is suing Meta, arguing this social media company allows
the use of his songs without permission. The lawsuit was
filed Friday in federal court by the rappers music company
eight Mile Style. It accuses the company behind Facebook and
Instagram of storing and reproducing his music without a life license.
He's looking for about one hundred and ten million dollars
in damages. I'm Michael Kassner.