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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour. In just four minutes, two children
are dead and seventeen other people are wounded after a
school shooting this morning in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Prye spoke
to reporters.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
They are families that have a deceased child. You cannot
put into words the gravity, the tragedy or the absolute
pain of this situation.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Police say a man started shooting through the windows of
the church filled with children during a mass at the
Annunciation Catholic Church in the south side of the city.
Minneapolis Police Chief brian O Harris as fourteen of the
wounded air children. He said the gunman killed himself. The
school teaches pre K through eighth grade. Images show countless
parents holding and hugging their crying kids while being reunited.

(00:47):
The Trump administration is taking over Union Station in Washington.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
D C.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made that announcement today and said
the station has fallen into disrepair. Duffy said they'll help
make the city safe and beautiful at a fraction of
the costs by reclaiming management of the station. Fifty percent
tariffs are being placed against India by the US as
punishment for buying oil from Russia. The tax on imports
from India when a new effect. Today, the US and

(01:12):
India have yet to reach a trade agreement. President Trump
has been insisting that India's stopped buying Russian oil on
negotiations or underway to end the war in Ukraine. A
man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington,
DC is reportedly not being indicted by a grand jury.
That's according to The New York Times. The US Attorney's
office in Washington had sought an indictment in a felony

(01:32):
assault case. Sean Dunn, who was seen on video striking
the officer in the chest with the sandwich after saying
they are not wanted in DC, admitted to the incident
after he was arrested. A Wisconsin man who faked his
own death and fled the country will spend eighty nine
days in jail. Ryan Borgwart pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor obstruction.
He staged his disappearance with an overturned kayak on a

(01:53):
Wisconsin lake, then traveled to Canada and Asia before settling
in the Republic of Georgia. Investigators say he escaped to
be with a woman he met on a dating app
leaving behind his wife and children in Wisconsin. I'm Chris Karagio.
The governor of Colorado was showing interest in the upcoming
marriage of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelcey. Governor Jared Polus
congratulated the couple on their engagement yesterday, using several references

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to Taylor Swift songs. In his social media post, Polus
invited the couple to get married in Colorado, saying they
should exchange rings and the majestic Rocky Mountains. He also
offered to marry Swift and Kelsey, calling himself a certified
Swifty Wedding Officiant. Today, we're celebrating the definitive and oldest
dispute settling game Bree Tennis now with more on Rock,

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Paper Scissors Day.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
The handgame dates back to about two hundred and six
BC in China. What we play today is very different
from the original, which used a slug, a snake, and
a frog. The rock is thrown the most, followed by paper,
then scissors. Women throw scissors, most men rock. There are
books on strategy and psychology as to what to play,
but it is just a simple game with three components scissors, lizard,

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spock five if you watch The Big Bang Theory.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
More performers are being announced for this year's MTV VMAs.
Tate McCrae, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, and Conan
Gray have all been added to the lineup. They joined
previously announced artists like Sabrinna Carpenter, Ricky Martin, and Buster Rhymes.
Lady Gaga is the most nominated artist this year, followed
by Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar. The MTV VMAs will
be held September seventh in New York. Signists say they

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have found a bright orange shark in the waters off
Costa Rica, the first time a shark that color has
ever been recorded. The researchers published pictures of the nurse
shark this month in the journal Marine Biodiversity. The shark's
skin is the result of a rare genetic condition. Nurse
sharks typically have light brown skin. A squirrel that interrupted
a Yankees Red Sox game recently is getting its own

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baseball card. The squirrel ran out onto the field during
the fourth inning of Friday night's game at Yankee Stadium
and interrupted play when it's scampered onto the mound and
got into a stare down with Yankee pitcher Max Freed,
now the Yankee Stadium Squirrel, as his own TOPS Baseball card.
The cards sold out quickly on the TOPS website. I'm
Chris Carragio.