August 2, 2025 • 4 mins
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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.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Minutes, President Trump has fired the Labor Department Statistics chief
after a week jobs report. More from Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Not only did the report fall well below expectations for
job editions, it also revised the May and June numbers
downward by more than two hundred thousand jobs combined. Trump
took to social media and implied the Labor Statistics Chief
manipulated the data for political purposes and ordered the Biden
appointee be fired.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Hunger strike at Alligator Alcatraz is in its ninth day.
Detainees are protesting the poor living conditions at the facility.
A group of Democrats held an emergency town hall this
week demanding better conditions and more transparency into the oversight
of the controversial facility. Deportation flights began last week. Police
and Tennessee are looking for a man accused of killing
(00:57):
four family members and leaving their babies wrapped in a
car seat. Authorities say Austin Robert Drummond is considered armed
and dangerous. They believe Drummond killed thirty eight year old
Courtney Rose and her two children, along with her daughter's
twenty one year old boyfriend on Tuesday. The victims were
found along a road in Lake County, Tennessee, near the
state's borders with Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky. The Texas Lottery
(01:20):
Commission will pay almost forty six million dollars to a
woman who has denied her winnings for months. Court records
show that an agreement between the Lottery Commission and Kristin
Moriarty were filed on Thursday. The Lottery Commission said the
settlement was reached with help from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office.
Moriarty will receive forty five point eight million dollars before
(01:41):
taxes and a single lump sum. The payout comes after
the agency refused to pay her, citing its investigation into
the lottery courier service that sold the winning ticket to her.
In February, a teaser for Spider Man Brand New Day
has been released. It shows a close up of Tom
Holland's new suit that he will wear in the film.
All you fans will have to wait. The release date
(02:02):
is July thirty, first of next year. I'm Lisa Carton.
Tesla is being ordered to pay three hundred and twenty
nine million dollars in damages related to a fatal autopilot crash.
More from Lisa Taylor.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
A jury in Miami found that the company should be
held partly liable for the twenty nineteen crash and should
compensate the family of the person who died, as well
as an injured survivor. The decision includes one hundred and
twenty nine million in compensatory damage and two hundred million
impunitive damages. In the lawsuit, the Tesla driver admitted to
dropping his phone and was distracted while he tried to
(02:35):
pick it up when the car drove through an intersection,
hitting a parked car. One woman was killed and her
boyfriend was injured. I'm Lisa Taylor.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
A man is under arrest after Colorado State Patrol trooper
say he pointed a laser at the cockpits of commercial jetliners.
David Kale has.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
More troopers in a State Patrol aircraft reported to ground
cruisers they were also being targeted.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Hey, I want to working this op We're getting lasered
by a dude with a little green laser pointer and
we're trying to get somebody to go over there and rest.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
These days the aircraft patrol was able to follow a
vehicle in Commerce City, tracking it to troopers on the ground.
Forty one year old Jose Alonzo Duarte Campos was arrested
on felony charges. I'm David Kuo.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
American Eagle is defending a recent ad campaign featuring Sidney Sweeney.
Jim Forbes explains.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
The actress appeared in various commercials with the tagline quote
Sidney Sweeney has great Genes as a biology pun around
the phrase great genes. Its sparked criticism online, with some
users even comparing it to quote Nazi propaganda. However, American
Eagle defended the ad campaign and shared a statement on
(03:48):
social media noting that the company will quote continue to
celebrate how everyone wears their aejens with confidence their way.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
American Eagle also adding quote that great gene look good
on everyone. I'm Lisa Carton.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour In just four.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Minutes, President Trump has fired the Labor Department Statistics chief
after a week jobs report. More from Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Not only did the report fall well below expectations for
job editions, it also revised the May and June numbers
downward by more than two hundred thousand jobs combined. Trump
took to social media and implied the Labor Statistics Chief
manipulated the data for political purposes and ordered the Biden
appointee be fired.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Hunger strike at Alligator Alcatraz is in its ninth day.
Detainees are protesting the poor living conditions at the facility.
A group of Democrats held an emergency town hall this
week demanding better conditions and more transparency into the oversight
of the controversial facility. Deportation flights began last week. Police
and Tennessee are looking for a man accused of killing
(00:57):
four family members and leaving their babies wrapped in a
car seat. Authorities say Austin Robert Drummond is considered armed
and dangerous. They believe Drummond killed thirty eight year old
Courtney Rose and her two children, along with her daughter's
twenty one year old boyfriend on Tuesday. The victims were
found along a road in Lake County, Tennessee, near the
state's borders with Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky. The Texas Lottery
(01:20):
Commission will pay almost forty six million dollars to a
woman who has denied her winnings for months. Court records
show that an agreement between the Lottery Commission and Kristin
Moriarty were filed on Thursday. The Lottery Commission said the
settlement was reached with help from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office.
Moriarty will receive forty five point eight million dollars before
(01:41):
taxes and a single lump sum. The payout comes after
the agency refused to pay her, citing its investigation into
the lottery courier service that sold the winning ticket to her.
In February, a teaser for Spider Man Brand New Day
has been released. It shows a close up of Tom
Holland's new suit that he will wear in the film.
All you fans will have to wait. The release date
(02:02):
is July thirty, first of next year. I'm Lisa Carton.
Tesla is being ordered to pay three hundred and twenty
nine million dollars in damages related to a fatal autopilot crash.
More from Lisa Taylor.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
A jury in Miami found that the company should be
held partly liable for the twenty nineteen crash and should
compensate the family of the person who died, as well
as an injured survivor. The decision includes one hundred and
twenty nine million in compensatory damage and two hundred million
impunitive damages. In the lawsuit, the Tesla driver admitted to
dropping his phone and was distracted while he tried to
(02:35):
pick it up when the car drove through an intersection,
hitting a parked car. One woman was killed and her
boyfriend was injured. I'm Lisa Taylor.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
A man is under arrest after Colorado State Patrol trooper
say he pointed a laser at the cockpits of commercial jetliners.
David Kale has.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
More troopers in a State Patrol aircraft reported to ground
cruisers they were also being targeted.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Hey, I want to working this op We're getting lasered
by a dude with a little green laser pointer and
we're trying to get somebody to go over there and rest.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
These days the aircraft patrol was able to follow a
vehicle in Commerce City, tracking it to troopers on the ground.
Forty one year old Jose Alonzo Duarte Campos was arrested
on felony charges. I'm David Kuo.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
American Eagle is defending a recent ad campaign featuring Sidney Sweeney.
Jim Forbes explains.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
The actress appeared in various commercials with the tagline quote
Sidney Sweeney has great Genes as a biology pun around
the phrase great genes. Its sparked criticism online, with some
users even comparing it to quote Nazi propaganda. However, American
Eagle defended the ad campaign and shared a statement on
(03:48):
social media noting that the company will quote continue to
celebrate how everyone wears their aejens with confidence their way.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
American Eagle also adding quote that great gene look good
on everyone. I'm Lisa Carton.
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