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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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President Trump wants the Justice Department to go after those
who burn the American flag. He signed an executive order
today ordering Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute those who
violate existing flag desecration laws.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
All over the country. They're burning flags all over the world.
They burn the.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
American flag, and as you know, through a verse said court,
I guess it was a five to four decision.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
They called it freedom of speech.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Trump said, burning the flag incites riots. The executive order
also calls on the DOJ to pursue litigation to clarify
the scope of the First Amendment relating to flag desecration.
President Trump is taking steps to eliminate cashless bail nationwide.
He signed an executive order today that would withhold federal
funding if cities don't comply. Trump said crime went up

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when cash l a bail began. This comes after the
White House moved to deploy armed National Guard troops to
fight crime in Washington.

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D c.

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Kilmar Brego Garcia has been taken back into ice custody.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Ahead of his arrival. His lawyers said it's expected that
he'll be sent to Uganda. They claim that Trump administration
offered to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleaded
guilty to human smuggling charges, but if he didn't agree
to the plea deal, they would deport him to the
African nation.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Abrego Garcia was residing in Maryland earlier this year when
he was deported to El Salvador in what the White
House admitted was an administrative error. Fayetteville police say there
haven't been any confirmed shots fired on the campus of
the University of Arkansas this after several calls came in
today reporting that indeed an active shooter was near the

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school's library. Several colleges across the United States have recently
reported fake active shooter swatting calls. It's not known yet
if the incident in Arkansas was indeed a hoax, but
Iowa State is also reporting that it was swatted.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Today.

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I'm Chris Karragio Cracker Barrel is hoping to see stock
prices rebound after the hit it took when the popular
restaurant chain unveiled a new logo. The revamped logo offers
a simple design that removes the old man and carefully
sketched barrel, but fans of the restaurant quickly rebuked the change.
Cracker Barrel's new design resulted in a nearly one hundred

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million dollar loss at one point last week. Despite widespread
criticism and economic uncertainty, the company has not signaled that
it'll return to the original design. There's something most people
do without even knowing they're doing it. Gree Tennis now.

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With more psychologists say about sixty percent of the population
hums a song, a melody, even gibberish. They say, keep
it up because it's good for you. Humming manages mood,
relieve stress, and sometimes it helps to get an earworm
out of your head. It has health benefits too, improve breathing,
lower blood pressure. It's not addictive, fat free, and if

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you hear someone humming, you'll most likely join it. So
it's kind of social.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Lots of national days today, including Banana Split Day. It's
also National Kiss and make Up Day and National Park
Service Founder's Day. Plus today is National second Hand Wardrobe Day,
and for those twenty one and over, today is National
Whiskey Sour Day. A Panalas County, Florida man is one
of the few who can say he survived a lightning strike.
Travis Kurtz was struck indirectly last Monday. He says it

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was raining just a little bit, and the strike came
out of nowhere. Kurtz says he felt an unbearable, painful,
burning sensation and he was incapacitated. He sticking to the hospital.
He was there for several days. A relative started a
GoFundMe page that has already raised thousands while he recovers
in missus work. Sopranos actor Jerry Adler has died at
the age of ninety six. According to an obituary from
the Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York, he died Saturday.

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No other details were given. Best known for playing Tony
Soprano's confidant, Adler was a theater veteran who got to
start working behind the scenes on some of Broadway's biggest shows,
including the original nineteen fifty six productions of My Fair
Lady and Annie. Adler later went on to appear on
popular TV series such as Quantum, Leap, Lawn Order, and
Hudson Street. I'm Chris Karaju