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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. President Trump
says he wants the death penalty for any murders in Washington,
d C. Anybody murders something in the capitol, capital punishment,
capital capital punishment. He made the comment while touting the

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National Guard intervention in DC during his cabinet meeting today.
Trump then called it a very strong preventative measure. Universities
across the country have been dealing with a rising number
of shooting hoaxes. Active shooter alerts have been set out
to students at schools like the University of Arkansas, the
University of Colorado Boulder, Iowa State University at Northern Arizona University,

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and Kansas State University. The FBI's assisting as police say
most cases were hoaxes involving the use of a temporary
phone number and apps to mask their voice to cause
a panic. Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook will challenge
her removal by President Trump and court. An attorney for
Cook says he's filing a lawsuit that claims Trump has
no authority to fire her and the move lacks any

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factual or legal basis. Cook's removal follows a Justice Department
investigation after she was accused of making false statements on
home mortgage applications. Legal experts say the case could go
all the way to the Supreme Court. Taylor Swift and

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Travis Kelsey are engaged. The superstar singer songwriter made the
announcement in a post on Instagram. The caption reads, your
English Teacher and your Gym teacher are getting married. The
couple started dating in twenty twenty three. Swift is preparing
to release her twelfth studio album, while Kelsey is getting
ready to play his twelfth season for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Phoenix is sweeping up after a massive dust storm hit

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the area last night. A gigantic wall of dust made
its way across the Phoenix metro area, knocking out power
to thousands unstein storm also caused flight delays at Phoenix
Sky Harbor International Airport. I'm Chris Kraschio. The Powerball jackpot
is rolling over again with no grand prize winner last night.
The jackpot now jumps to a staggering eight hundred and

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fifteen million dollars. The next drawing takes place tomorrow with
the cash option just shy of three hundred and sixty
eight million. According to the CDC, forty nine percent of
US had a lofty goal of losing twenty pounds before
summer arrived pre tennis. Now, with how we're.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Doing, add one to two pounds of weight loss per week,
twenty pounds is a ten week plan, and that success
right is between ten and thirty three percent. But the
agency says all is not lost. That summer plan can
become a holiday weight loss plan, and we might just
make it. Health officials say cold weather makes your body
work harder, which makes weight loss easier.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
The new Women's Pro Baseball League is ramping up for
twenty twenty six. Open tryouts were held last weekend in Washington,
d C. And about six hundred athletes from ten different
countries it turned out to show off their skills. One
big name at the tryouts was Milan Davis, who rose
to national fame in twenty fourteen when she became the
first girl winning pitcher in Little League World Series history.

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A pair of ninety year olds who also played in
the All American Girls Pro Baseball League back in the
forties and fifties, made appearances as ambassadors the Pumpkins Spice
Ltte is back on the menu at Starbucks today. The
coffee giant calls the fall favorite its most popular seasonal
beverage of all time, and also says the PSL will
be priced the same as it was last year. You

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can expect to spend anywhere from five to seventy five
to seven to twenty five for a grande at most locations.
The annual Burning Man Festival is underway in black Rock City, Nevada.
Burners and staff members spent part of the weekend repairing
camps and art installations after strong wins and a dust
storm moved through the area. Whether nature isn't done yet,
sweltering heat, and the possibility of rain and flooding are

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all on the forecast in the coming days. Enemies of
History news on this date. Back in nineteen eighty seven,
Sonny Bono announced the he was running for mayor of
Palm Springs. He was elected mayor in nineteen eighty eight.
I'm Chris Krajio.