The Latest: 08/25/2025 12:58pm ET

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Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour In just four minutes. President
Trump will host the president of South Korea soon. It'll
be the first time Trump has met Lee j Mejung.
Trade and security are on the agenda. The two nations
reached a trade deal last month that will see fifteen
percent tariffs on South Korea. President Trump says Kilmar Abrego

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Garcia is an animal. He was asked today about ICE
taking Garcia back into custody when he went for a
scheduled check in to its Baltimore field office. Trump said
he's a threat, referring to allegations that he beat his wife,
and added that Democrats are only standing behind Garcia because
they think he's good for votes, and the President is
looking to put an end to cashless bail across the country.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
That was when the big crime in this country started.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Trump signed an executive order today that threatens to withhold
federal funding of cities don't end the policy. He also
signed a separate order focused on the practice in Washington,
d C. This comes after the White House move to
deploy armed National Guard troops to fight crime in the district.
The Southwest is watching for flooding. His heavy rain is
expected to move through this week. Forecasts indicate a surge

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of a monsoonal moisture we'll push westward after a ridge
of high pressure shifted toward the central planes over the weekend.
With high school football season now here, the Cleveland Clinic
is offering tips on how to lower the chances of
getting a concussion. Sports medicine specialist doctor Maurice Schaeffer recommends
strengthening muscles in the head, neck, and upper back, wearing

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a mouthguard, and to stop playing after being hit when
experiencing concussion type symptoms.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
If you have a head injury and then you get
another hit, your brain could actually swell and you become
unconscious and it could lead to death. So that's what's
very important to report these as soon as you feel
the symptoms.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Schaeffer is urging football players to report concussion like symptoms
right away. She said, athletes get themselves into trouble by
continuing to play after getting hit and experiencing concussion symptoms.
I'm Chris Kraji Cracker Barrel is hoping do you see
stock prices rebound after the hit it took. When the
popular restaurant chain unveiled a new logo. The revamped logo

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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 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, Pree

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Tennis Now with more.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
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 to improve breathing, lower blood pressure.
It's not addictive, fat free, and if you hear someone humming,

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you'll most likely join in. Oh, it's kind of social.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
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 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 KARRAGEIO