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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes. A federal appeals court says an array
of tariffs issued by President Trump earlier this year are illegal.
On Friday, the court ruled Trump misused his authority when
he used emergency powers to issue tariffs on a number
of US trading partners. The court ruled only Congress as

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the authority to issue such measures. Despite this, the tariffs
will be allowed to stay in place as the case proceeds.
Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and the Gulf Coast twenty years ago. Today,
Katrina remains one of the most devastating natural disasters in
US history, killing over eighteen hundred people. Most of those

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deaths were in New Orleans, particularly in low lying areas.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city built back, better and stronger.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Orleans is truly position not only as we have evolved,
but for the next twenty years.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Plan on leaving before lunchtime if you're taking a road
trip during the long Labor Day weekend. According to Triple A,
the best times to drive to and from your Labor
Day destination are Saturday between six and ten am because
people don't want to take off work on Friday, also
Sunday before eleven am and Monday before noon. Consumer sentiment

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fell in August one worries about the economy. Matt Mattinson
has more.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
The University of Michigan's final reading for the month slipped
about six percent from July. The decline was noted across
all age and income groups, as inflation expectations rose for
the year ahead. The survey's chief economist said buying conditions
for durable goods dropped to their lowest level in a
year due to growing concerns about high prices. I'm at Mattinson, the.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
House will probably hold a vote related to releasing more
information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Speaker of the
House Mike Johnson indicated their likely to be a vote.
He also said he's not so sure the move will
be a priority. I'm Brian Shook. A lawsuit against Sean
Didty Combs for sex assault is dismissed by a New

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York judge because it allegedly happened too long ago. Sarah
Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
The suit, filed by a California man, allegacy was drugged
and assaulted by Combs back in twenty fifteen. He filed
in New York, where a rule was changed in twenty
nineteen extending the five year statute of limitations to twenty years,
but the judge has thrown out the suit, ruling the
law isn't retroactive to twenty fifteen. The rap star has

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been hit with about eighty sex assault suits dating back
to the nineteen nineties. Did He is currently jailed in
New York City awaiting sentencing on prostitution related charges after
he was acquitted of more serious sex trafficking charges. I'm
Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
A major six year trial involving Harvard University and twenty
three Spanish hospitals is providing more encouraging news about the
Mediterranean diet. Mark Mayfield has the story.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
It showed that older adults who combine the diet with
regular exercise at a thirty one percent lower risk of
developing type two diabetes. They study involved nearly five thousand
people ages fifty five to seventy five who were overweight
and had metabolic syndrome. The Mediterranean diet is heavy on
fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, olive oil and fish,
but a limited amount of meat. Another newly published study

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thought it also may protect against Alzheimer's disease. US News
and World Report has rated the Mediterranean diet the world's
best eight years in a row, including in twenty twenty five.

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A Mark Mayfield, one of the top offensive playmakers in
the twenty twenty six class, is changing his commitment. ESPN
reports that five star wide receiver Tristan Keys has flipped
his commitment from LSU to Tennessee. Keys is ESPN's second
ranked wideout and tenth ranked overall prospect in the class

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of twenty twenty six. I'm Brian Shuck.