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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Investigators in Minneapolis are still searching for a motive following
this week's deadly shooting at a Catholic school. Two children
were killed nearly twenty injured when Robin Westman started shooting
through the windows of the church Wednesday. Westman, whom reports
was a former student at the school, committed suicide after
the shooting. Chicago could be the next site of a

(00:30):
showdown between President Trump's immigration forces and city officials. Several
reports say ICE as Plenty expanded operations as soon as
this coming Friday, much like ones carried out recently in
Los Angeles. Illinois Governor JB. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon
Johnson have both said the stepped up enforcement is not
welcome in their cities, while Pritzker promises some sort of response.

(00:55):
The White House is entering into an eight hundred and
twenty five million dollar arms deal to supply eye weapons
to Ukraine, despite efforts to bring about an end to
the war with Russia. Nick Harper has.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
More, Donald Trump's efforts for peace in Ukraine have so
far been unfruitful. So now an eight hundred and twenty
five million dollar sale including three THY three hundred and
fifty extended range attack munitions. Those long range missiles can
hit far into Russia, something that so far Washington has

(01:26):
been wary of supplying with Moscow, warning doing so would
make the US a combatant of the conflict. It's the
first US package bought by NATO allies to help Ukraine,
with funding coming from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway. I'm
Nick Harper and Washington.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
The first full Saturday of college football is here. The
action kicking off with a bang is Number one Texas
takes on number two Ohio State in Columbus. Number eighteen
Tennessee faces off with Syracuse in Atlanta, while Florida State
will play host to number eight Alabam and number six
Clemson will host a game with number nine LSU. I'm

(02:05):
Scott Carr. The chief data officer at the Social Security Administration,
is resigning after filing a whistleblower complaint. Charles Borges said
in an email Friday he was leaving involuntarily because of
actions taken against him after he reported in June that
President Trump's doze staff had put personal information of millions

(02:25):
of Americans on a vulnerable server, NBC reports. Borges says
in an email he's experienced retaliation since that whistleblower complaint
became public for the second time in a year. Spirit
Airlines as filing for bankruptcy. Brian Chukas details.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
It comes after the airline failed to gain a better
financial backing when it came out of Chapter eleven protection
in March. Spirit said under this bankruptcy it will shrink
its fleet and reduce its network. The company said the
cuts will lead to a reduction of costs that comes
out to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. It
comes as costs remain higher and there's a weaker demand domestically.

(03:04):
I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
A flesh eating insect called the screwworm flies been migrating
northward through Mexico, and agriculture officials in Texas, like Commissioner
Sid Millers, says, especially cattle farmers in his state, aren
on high alert. It does kind of give a way
cup call.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
The number of blobstock infections is fifty percent from July
to August, so that's that's kind of a army.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Just one infection caused by the screwworm fly, he says,
can devastate cattle herds.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
That's kind of army that is beginning to spread, so
I'm very anxious.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
It was the Federal Food and Drug Administration that protected
farmers earlier this month by giving them ivermectin to treat
infestations well. Labor Day weekends arrived on the cost of
a traditional barbecue has moved higher the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
as grocery prices are up by an average of over
two percent from this time last year. Where the biggest
jumping costs for barbecues in New York City. He Spokane, Washington,

(04:01):
In Atlanta, Georgia. I'm Scott Carr.