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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. Hurricane
Aaron is moving further into the Atlantic Ocean and away
from the US Erin is a large storm with maximum
sustained winds of one hundred miles per hour and is
roughly three hundred seventy miles east of Cape Hatteras. Democrats

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in California are moving forward with their own redistricting efforts.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure Thursday that calls for
a special election aiming to redraw state maps that would
most likely give Democrats five additional House seats. The statewide
vote will be held in November. President Trump is huddling
with law enforcement in Washington, d C. He thanked officers

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for cooperating with the federal takeover of the city's police
as part of his crackdown on crime.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
When people come in from the airport all the way
to the Capitol, of.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
The White House, or any place else they going, they're
going to say, what this place is spotless. The president
of Villa Lenova University outside Philadelphia says reports of an
active shooter on campus are a hoax. Students were told
to move to a secure location and lock and barricade doors.
Video posted to social media appears to show students running

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from an outdoor event on campus. Over a dozen US
Senators are calling for the Trump administration to pressure Israel
to grant protection and access to journalists covering the war
in Gaza. Michael Kassner reports a.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Group of seventeen senators sent a letter to Secretary of
State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, saying the US must make
it clear to Israel that banning and censoring media organizations
and targeting or threatening members of the press is unacceptable
and must stop. Last week, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza
killed at least four journalists from Al Jazeera.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I'm Michael Casner, the man accused of arranging for the
killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph, has been found not guilty.
The jury reached its verdict Thursday, and as Govin was
facing charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
I'm Brian Shook. Luigi Mangioni's lawyers are accusing New York
prosecutors of reviewing the accused murderer's medical records improperly.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Mangioni, who's pleaded not guilty to gunning down United Healthcare
CEO Brian Thompson in broad daylight last December, and Midtown
Manhattan is getting a boost from his legal team. They're
now demanding a hearing into how the Manhattan DA obtained
and accessed Mangioni's medical records, ETNA turn them over after

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being hit with a subpoena, and now the accused gunman's
lawyers are claiming ETNA provided too much info, including diagnoses
and statements Mangioni made to healthcare providers. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
A woman reportedly throwing things and shooting arrows at beach
goers in Malibu, is under arrest. The arrest ended a
nine hour standoff as La County Sheriff's deputy tried to
get her to come out of a beachfront home. Neighbors
say it's not the first time the woman has acted strangely.
It will now cost gamers more to buy a PlayStation five.

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The details from matt Mattinson.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Sony announced prices for each model of the popular video
game console will go up by fifty dollars in the
US starting Thursday. In a statement, the company said, quote
similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a
challenging economic environment. The standard PS five model will now
cost five hundred fifty dollars, while the digital edition will
be priced at five hundred bucks and the PS five

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Pro will cost seven hundred fifty dollars. Sony noted the
prices for PS five accessories remain unchanged. I'm at Mattinson.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
The Powerball jackpot keeps getting bigger. With no grand prize
winner in last night's drawing, the already massive jackpot now
stands at seven hundred million dollars, with the next drawing
set to take place on Saturday. There were a couple
of million dollar winners, however, in Michigan and Oak Oklahoma,
as well as a two million dollar winner in Tennessee.

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I'm Brian Shook.