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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
is honoring one hundred past Purple Heart recipients in a
Thursday ceremony at the White House on National Purple Heart Day,
Trump said the nation gives the recipients and their families
everlasting thanks. A Miami federal judge has ordered a temporary

(00:24):
pause on construction at the immigration detention facility known as
Alligator Alcatraz. Elise Bennett is an attorney with the Center
for Biological Diversity and says legal arguments will continue next week.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
We'll also hear case from the Mikassupi tribe of Indians
who have joined US plaintiffs in this case as well,
and following all of those.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Presentations and arguments, the judge will make a decision. District
Judge Kathleen Williams issued at temporary order blocking any construction
at the site for two weeks after hearing two days
of testimony. Pennsylvania officials say the man who ambushed two
police troopers Thursday is dead. The shooting happened on Route
one seventy one in Susquehanna County in the northeastern part

(01:07):
of the state. The troopers were fired upon as they
responded to a domestic dispute. The US Air Force is
denying early retirement to some transgender service members. That's according
to a report from Reuters, which says all transgender service
members with between fifteen and eighteen years of service will
not be granted early retirement. Uber is talking with banks

(01:31):
and private equity firms to get the cash at once
to expand its robotaxi business. Matt Mattinson reports the company
has been making partnerships with automakers to build its footprint
in the self driving taxi industry. In the meantime, Uber
says it will use some of its annual seven billion
dollars in cash flow to deploy robotaxis. It currently offers

(01:51):
rides in Austin and Atlanta. Comic book fans have more
DC films on the way to look forward to Warner
Brothers Discovery If I did shareholders with an update on
the schedule of DC movies on Thursday, I'm Brian Shook.
Former TV superman Dean Kaine says he's joining Ice. Cain

(02:11):
became famous in the nineteen nineties for starring in Lois
and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman. Wednesday night, Kane
revealed on Fox News that he signed up with Immigration
and Customers Enforcement to help carry out the Trump administration's
mass deportation of immigrants in the US. Animal rights activists
protest after a New York City carriage horse collapsed and

(02:34):
died Tuesday afternoon. Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Reports protesters demonstrated outside of Manhattan's stable on Wednesday after
a fifteen year old carriage horse named Lady suddenly collapsed
and died in Hell's kitchen following her Central Park workshift.
They're protecting abuse. They're letting this abuse. Horses literally be
worked to death. Protesters want to shut down the carriage

(02:59):
horse industry, but union representative Christina Hansen says it's an
overreaction to what happened with Lady.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Our horses are happy, healthy in friving here.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
There's no word on what caused Ladies death, and neckruptcy
will determine that. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Sho hey Otani now has one thousand hits in his
Major League baseball career. Daniel Martindale has more.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
He did it with a two run home run and
the third inning of Wednesday's game against the Saint Louis Cardinals.
He was also the starting pitcher, allowing one run on
two hits and striking out a season high eight batters.
The visiting Cardinals rallied late to beat the Dodgers five
to three. Otani is now the third Japanese born MLB
player with a thousand hits, joining Hedeki Matsui and Hall

(03:42):
of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. I'm Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Today is National IPA Day, so cheers to those who
will be celebrating with the cold India pale Ale beer.
It's believed to have gotten its start back in the
seventeen hundreds as brewers loaded their beers up with hops
for long voyages shipping to places like India. I'm Brian
Shook