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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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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 3 (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 (01:28):
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 economists 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.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
The FBI has released one hundred and thirty pages of
documents detailing MLB legend Pete Rose's connections to bookie Ronald Peters.
The files include interviews and memos during an investigation into
Peter's book making operations in the nineteen eighties. I'm Brian Shook.
Microsoft is firing two employees who took part in a

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pro Palestinian protest inside the Redmond, Washington office of company
president Brad Smith. The tech giant announced the workers were
fired for violating the company's code of conduct. The protesters
were speaking out against Microsoft's ongoing work for the Israeli government.
Governor Gavin Newsom's office is criticizing a Republican led effort

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to split the state into two parts. Tammy Treheo reports.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
He's calling it a stunt that will go nowhere. Assembly
Republican leader James Gallagher says the new state won't necessarily
be a red state.

Speaker 5 (02:45):
It's Republicans, Democrats, independents. It's a very large Latino population, which,
as you know, has been voting different in these last elections.

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The proposal aims do separate the inland counties from the
more populated coast areas, with the line vertically straight down
the state. It was made in response to Newsom's plans
to redraw the state's congressional districts. To counter similar actions
in Texas, I'm Tammy Trhio.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
The CDC is ending long running smoking ads that were
designed to help Americans quit smoking. Mark Mayfield has.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
More what's called the Tips from Former Smokers campaign started
thirteen years ago and will go off the air at
the end of September due to funding cuts. The campaign
has featured people telling their stories about the negative impact
that smoking has had on their lives while urging others
to get help quitting. Data shows the campaign led to
millions attempting to quit, while more than one million did
so successfully.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
I'm Mark Mayfield, a longtime cast member of Saturday Night Live,
is leaving this show. Heidi Gardner joined SNL in twenty
seventeen and has been on the comedy show longer than
any other female cast member. Her celebrity impersonations have included
Kim Kardashian, Christy Nome, and Taylor Swift. Gardner is the

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fourth SNL cast member to announce their departure. I'm Brian Shuck.