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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, President Trump
can't seem to turn the page on the contentious Jeffrey
Epstein investigation. Today, Trump announced a lawsuit against The Wall
Street Journal its story that Trump sent Epstein a body
letter for Epstein's fiftieth birthday in two thousand and three,
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featuring typewritten texts surrounded by a drawing of a naked woman. Meantime,
the Justice Department is asking a federal judge to unseal
grand jury testimony in the Epstein case. There are reports
it was military style ordinance that killed three La County
Sheriff's deputies Friday morning. The explosion happened at a training
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facility and rocked the surrounding East LA neighborhood. Law enforcement
sources tell The La Times the device had been picked
up Thursday in Santa Monica. Sheriff Robert Luna says the
deputies were elite senior members of an arson investigation unit.
Between all three sworn members, they had served for seventy
four years. The Writer's Guild of America East and West
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is calling on New York Attorney General Letitia James to
launch an investigation into the cancelation of the Late Show
with Stephen Colbert.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
CBS says the final show will be in May. CBS
owner Paramount says the cancelation is due to financial reasons. However,
the Guild is accusing Paramount of offering a bribe to
the Trump administration, citing their recently reached settlement with the
President on his lawsuit filed against CBS News. The Guild
ads that cancelations are part of the business, but a
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corporation terminating a show and bad faith due to explicit
or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a
democratic society.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Kristin Marx reporting tech company Astronomer is launching an investigation
after its CEO was caught on camera snuggling up with
the head of human resources. Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot
were shown on the jumbo truck at a Coldplate concert
in Boston, and they immediately tried to hide their faces
from the camera. I'm Brian Shook. Texas Attorney General Ken
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Paxton has been blocked again from his effort to find
a New York doctor accused of shipping the abortion pill
across state lines. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.
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New York has a shield law protecting medical providers from
out of state court orders. Paxton refiled his case, which
was met with the same fate. The Ulster County Clerk
issuing a stern warning this week, saying that resubmitting the
same material doesn't alter the outcome. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
The man who broke the world record for highest skydive
when he jumped from the edge of space has died.
Police in Italy say Felix Baumgardner was killed in a
paragliding accident in the coastal town of Porto Santalpedo on Thursday.
Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian announced on Thursday that a new
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East Coast quarters is coming to Atlanta, Georgia. More from
Liz Kennedy.
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Plans call for the new HQ to open later this
year and expand into twenty twenty six. The project reportedly
aims to bring about one hundred new jobs by year
end and up to five hundred when fully operational. Governor
camp welcome Rivian, noting George's appeal as a location for
company headquarters, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens emphasized the city's leadership
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and ev Innovation. Previously Rivian Paul's plans for a five
billion dollar factory in Georgia, but received a six point
six billion dollar federal loan to support the halted project.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I'm Liz Kennedy, Lee Low, and Stitch has become the
first Hollywood movie of twenty twenty five to cross the
one billion dollar mark. Disney announced Thursday that the live
action remake of the popular animated film has made over
four hundred million dollars at the domestic box office and
nearly six hundred million overseas, for a worldwide total of
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over one billion dollars. I'm Brian Shuck.