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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. Jeffrey Epstein's
associate says the deceased sex offender never had a client list.
In just released transcripts of her interview last month with
the Justice Department, Glaine Maxwell also says she never saw

(00:22):
President Trump get a massage from Epstein's young female victims
or do anything inappropriate. Maxwell is serving a twenty year
federal prison sentence in Texas for sex trafficking. Five people
are confirmed dead following a tour bus crash in western
New York Friday afternoon. Police say the bus overturned on

(00:42):
the eastbound side of the New York State Thruway in
the town of Pembrooke after the driver lost control. A
number of people were ejected from the bus upon impact
and others were trapped. The bus was carrying fifty two
passengers and was on its way back to New York
City from Niagara. Police say the driver was not impaired

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and is cooperating with the investigation. President Trump says he
may take on crime in the city of Chicago while
touting the use of the National Guard in Washington, d C.
Trump said the Windy City may be next.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
When we're ready, we'll go in.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
A world straight out Chicago, just like we did DC.
Nearly half of California voters support Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting efforts.
Chris Carraggio has more.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
The governor is seeking to secure Democratic congressional seats before
the mid term elections, and a new poll from the
University of California Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies found forty
eight percent of voters were in favor of the move.
Survey results also found that thirty two percent of respondents
were against it, and about twenty percent say they were undecided.
The vote on the measure is scheduled to take place

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on November fourth.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Aaron is no longer a hurricane and well out into
the Atlantic, but this storm will continue to affect New
York and New Jersey beaches through the weekend. A high
risk of rip currents remains through Sunday evening for the
Jersey Shore, New York City beaches, and the South shore
of Long Island. I'm Brian Shook. A rainbow crosswalk dedicated

(02:09):
to the forty nine victims of the twenty sixteen Pulse
nightclub shooting in Orlando is gone. Michael Casner reports.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Mayor Buddy Dyer turned to social media to announce the
Florida Department of Transportation painted over the crosswalk on Orange Avenue.
He calls it a callous action without safety data and
a cruel political act. He says, in fact, the state
installed it and followed national safety standards while serving as
a physical reminder of the Pulse nightclub attack that killed

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forty nine people. The Florida Department of Transportation has ordered
cities removed their rainbow crosswalks, claiming possible safety concerns. I'm
Michael Cassner.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Lawyers for open AI want to know what, if any
involvement Meta had in Elon Musk's attempted takeover. Open AI's
attorney's alleged Musk communicated with Mark Zuckerberg out Xai's bid
to buy the company. The lawyers say the conversation included
potential financing arrangements or investments. Starbucks is expanding its test

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of coconut water beverages. Tammy Trijello has the story.

Speaker 4 (03:15):
The coffee giant will be testing two new drinks, Cocoa
Macha and Coco Cold Brew. The drinks layer Macha foam
or cold brew foam over coconut water. More than four
hundred stores nationwide will carry the beverages as the company
leans into health and wellness. Meanwhile, it's almost PSL season
at Starbucks, with the iconic Pumpkins Spice Latte set to
return to menus this coming Tuesday. I'm Tammy Trio.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Three decades after the original Beatles anthology, an expanded version
is coming out this fall. Anthology twenty twenty five features
a near four hundred page book, another episode added to
the original nineteen ninety five eight part TV series, and
an additional disc to go with the original three double
album set. The additional disc includes the twenty twenty three

(04:02):
single Now and Then I'm Brian Shuk