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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, five people are dead, including a
New York City Police officer, after a gunman opened fire
inside a midtown Manhattan office building. YPD Commissioner Jessica tich
SA's twenty seven year old suspect, Sean Timura of Las Vegas,
and in a Park Avenue building at fifty second Street
with a high powered rifle and began firing shots in

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the lobby. A married, thirty six year old NYPD officer
who's the father of two inexpecting a third child, was killed.
Two men and a woman were also killed after the
suspect went up to the thirty third floor, eventually fatally
shooting himself in the chest. The motive remains unclear. President
Trump is separating himself from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Mark
Mayfield has the details.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
While in Scotland, Trump again called the issue a hoax
and said the people in charge before him would have
released the files if they had anything on him. He
also claimed he once turned down an invitation to Epstein's
infamous private island, and Trumph also deny a report from
the Wall Street Journal that he sent a birth date
greading to Epstein that included a drawing of a nude woman.
The Trump administration has faced pressure from both sides of

(01:09):
the aisle after a memo from the FBI and Justice
Department that an Epstein client list doesn't exist. I'm mark Nephew.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Heat Dome is bringing life threatening temperatures to millions across
the nation's southeast. Portions of the southeast coast, including parts
of the Carolinas, Georgia, and northern Florida under extreme heat warnings,
and according to the National Weather Service, sea states could
experience feels like temperatures of over one hundred and ten degrees.
According to forecast, dangerous conditions are likely to persist until

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a cold front slowly advances in on Friday. Officials encourage
anyone who's spending time outdoors to take steps to avoid
heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Thousands of NASA employees are
taking advantage of early retirement opportunities. NASA recently announced three
thousand employees have accepted offers of early retirement or resigned.
That amounts to about a fifth of its workforce, leaving

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the Space agency with about fourteen thousand civil servants. I'm
Tammage for RHEO. Twenty. Democratic led states are suing the
Trump administration over an attempt to gather sensitive information on
people who receive food stamps. Brian Shook reports.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
The States allege that the Department of Agriculture is improperly
trying to get sensitive personal information after the department demanded
social security numbers and home addresses of SNAP recipients. Agriculture
Secretary Brooke Rollins has previously said President Trump is rightfully
requiring the federal government to have access to all programs

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it funds. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Investors will be keeping an eye on whether the Federal
Reserve decides to cut interest rates this week. President Trump's
been putting the pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to
cut rates, but most investors are expecting Powell will hold steady.
The Fed begins a two day meeting ahead of a
decision on US interest rate levels on Wednesday. Spirit Airlines
is doing more belt tightening that story for Matt Mattinson.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
The Florida based discount carrier said Monday it'll furlow two
hundred and seventy pilots this fall as it reduces its
off season schedule to cut costs, The airline will also
downgrade more than one hundred pilots from captain to first officer.
As of October, First Spirit has struggled to turn a
profit since it emerged from Chapter eleven bankruptcy in March.
Industry analysts say overall travel demand has been softer than

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expected this year. I'm at Matt and Sen.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
A new study suggests eggs can help lower cholesterol. That
runs counter to decades old advice to limitate consumption because
it can raise your risk of heart disease and stroke.
But now a paper published in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition adds to the growing evidence that eggs are
actually good for you. Researchers say while the popular breakfast
food may be high in cholesterol, they're low and saturated fat,

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which is believed to be the real driver of cholesterol elevation.
The study suggests that eating eggs as part of a
low saturated fat diet can boost your health. The first
trailer for Avatar Fire and Ash is out. Disney released
it online Monday, after first debuting it in theaters over
the weeksekend I'm Tammage for he O