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This hour in just four minutes. President Trump says he
plans to patrol the streets of Washington, d C. Tonight
with law enforcement. In an interview, he said, I'm going
to be out tonight. I think with the police and
with the military. This comes after Trump ordered a federal
takeover of the city's police as part of his crackdown
on crime. A White House officials said the details are

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still being ironed out. California Democrats are planning to counter
Texas redistricting efforts by redrawing their own congressional maps. The
Texas State House approved redistricting legislation yesterday after weeks of
trying to do so, with Democrats leaving the state to
break korm before eventually returning. Today, California lawmakers will take
up three bills that would create a special election to

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pass an amendment to replace current congressional maps through twenty thirty.
An appeals court is tossing President Trump's penalty in his
New York civil fraud case. The ruling was made today
In the case involving Trump being accused of lying on
financial statements to lenders, had been ordered to pay three
hundred and fifty five million dollars in penalties, which had
grown to more than five hundred million with interest. An

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active shooter alert has been sent out for the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus. The alert says run, Hide, fight,
more info forthcoming. The campus is on lockdown and police
said they have not located any victims on campus. Parts
of North Carolina are being hit with coastal flooding as
Hurricane Aaron moves across the East coast. The storm is
a Category two with maximum sustained winds of one hundred

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miles an hour and is about two hundred and sixty
miles east of Cape Hatteras. The Beatles' Anthology is expanding
more recordings a book in a ninth episode to the
nineteen ninety five docuseeries or planned for release this fall.

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The thirteen demo recordings are expected to be added to
the existing three part compilation as Anthology four on November
twenty first, The eight part documentary following the band metis
Rise to start them. We'll get a capstone ninth episode
when it hits Disney Plus on November twenty sixth. I'm
Chris Kragio. A class action lawsuit has been filed against
Atlanta based Delta Airlines and Chicago based United Airlines by

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passengers who claim the carriers sold them premium window seats
without actual windows. Liz Kennedy reports.

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The lawsuit alleges that some seats are next to air
conditioning ducks and electrical systems, with the airlines failing to
disclose this information, leading passengers to pay extra for seats
beside a blank wall. The plaintiffs argue that the airlines
misrepresented the seats they sold, despite resources like seat Guru
providing some seat details. I'm Liz Kennedy.

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Starting today, it'll now cost gamers more to buy a
PlayStation five. Sony says prices for each model of the
popular video game console are going up by fifty dollars
in the US. In a statement, the company said, similar
to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging
economic environment. The standard PS five model will cost five
hundred and fifty dollars, while the Digital edition will be

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priced at five hundred bucks and the psfive Pro will
cost seven hundred and fifty dollars. Sony noted the prices
for PS five accessories remain unchanged. Cheap Trick is adding
more dates to their twenty twenty five tour, including four
dates with Heart more now from Mark Mayfield.

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The new shows run from October the twelfth through December
the seventh, as Cheap Trick joins Heart on their Royal
Flush tour. In addition to the tour of frontman Robin Xander,
tills the Tampa Bay Music News they're finishing up a
studio album with the working title All Washed Up. Sander
says it's got some good, bad, and ugly on it,
just like our other records. He added, they don't plan
on playing anything from the upcoming album during the current tour.

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Archie and the Gang will soon make the jump from
comic books to the big screen. Universal Pictures is developing
a movie based on a long running comic book franchise.
It's set to be produced by Spider Verse producers Phil
Lord Christopher Miller, with a script from comic book writer
Tom King. I'm Chris Kraji