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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. Geelane Maxwell
says she never saw President Trump get a massage from
Jeffrey Epstein's young female victims or do anything inappropriate. In
just release transcripts of her interview last month with the

(00:21):
Justice Department, Maxwell also said there is no Jeffrey Epstein
client list. Maxwell did describe President Trump's relationship with Epstein.
What about mister Epstein's relationship with him?

Speaker 2 (00:32):
I don't know, having met, and I don't know how
they became friends. I certainly saw them together, and I
remember a few times I observe together.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Chicago. Maybe next on the list of cities President Trump
will target crime in. While touting the use of the
National Guard in Washington, d C. Trump went on to say,
when we're ready, we'll go in and we'll straighten out Chicago.
A New York hospital says they're treating over twenty patients
from the tour Bush in the western part of this state.

(01:02):
Doctors from the Erie County Medical Center say they've been
treating everything from blunt trauma to head injuries and more.
Wall Street is closing sharply higher to end the week.
Kristin Marx has the details.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Stocks rallied, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an
all time high after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powells signaled
the Central Bank could begin cutting interest rates next month.
Big tech share sword on Powell's comments, with Meta, Alphabet
and Amazon all advancing more than two percent. At the
closing bell, The Dow gained eight hundred and forty six points,

(01:36):
the SMP five hundred rows ninety six points, the NASDA
climbed three hundred and ninety six points. I'm Kristin Marx.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
South Carolina is being sued by Planned Parenthood over its
medicaid funding ban. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Governor
Henry McMaster's order blocking medicaid funding from clinics. Planned Parenthood
South Atlantic is at asking a federal judge to block
the policy and allow it to receive the funding. I'm

(02:05):
Brian Shook. New York Attorney General Letitia James is vowing
to appeal the tossing of President Trump's massive penalty in
the civil fraud case she brought against him. Kristen Marx reports.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
And Appeals Court ruled Thursday that the penalty, which topped
five hundred million with interest, is excessive and violates the
Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. Trump took to social
media claiming total victory, but James points out that the
appeals court judges still found Trump, his company, and two
of his children liable for fraud. It was a narrow ruling,
but it means a president as well as Donald Junior

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and Eric Trump are limited when it comes to doing business.
In New York, judge Arthur and Goron ruled last year
that Trump lied on financial statements to lenders and ordered
him to pay three hundred and fifty five million plus interest.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
YouTube Music is adding a new feature on its tenth anniversary.
The platform appears to be ramping up its rivalry with
Spotify by adding what it calls taste match playlists. Tech
Crunch reports these are playlists that combine multiple users overlapping interests,
much like Spotify Blend. Today is National Tooth Fairy Day

(03:13):
pre Tennis with more on a day designed to get
kids brushing, but it's really about the tooth fairy swapout.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
The Chicago Tribune claims to have invented the tooth fairy
in nineteen oh nine as a way for kids to
dispose of their lost teeth for about five cents a tooth.
But according to Norse legend, we've been exchanging teeth for
a fee since the thirteenth century. Delta Dental says the
average child loses twenty teeth from ages six to twelve.
The price per tooth in twenty twenty five is about

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five bucks, and that's a mouthful of cash. I'm bre Tennis.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
The WNBA has set a new all time attendance record
this season. The league announced that more than two point
five million fans have attended games this season as of Wednesday.
That number was reached faster than the previous record. The
u NBA's regular season will wrap up September eleventh. I'm
Brian Shook.