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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 at just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
The governor of Illinois says President Trump is planning to
send National Guard troops to Chicago, Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Democrat JB. Pritzker told reporters he also believes other federal
officers from various agencies will also soon enter the city.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has
already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Pritzker made the comments just moments after Trump said he
plans to deploy the Guard to the windy city to
help fight crime. Pritzker once again says he does not
want troops on the streets of Chicago and takes offense
when Trump calls the city a hellhole. He vowns to
fight the troop deployments in court by Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Victims of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Gulen Maxwell
are speaking out on Capitol Hill today. It is the
latest chapter and what's turned into the contentious investigation into
the so called Epstein files, and it comes as the
House Oversight in Government Reform Committee as making public first
batch of documents related to Epstein. The committee says it
received tens of thousands of files from the DOJ in

(01:06):
response to a subpoena. A man in Texas is facing
murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing an eleven year
old boy who was doorbell ditching in Houston. Michael Casner
has details.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
Leon Gonzalo Junior has been arrested in charge with one
count of murder. Police responded to the reported shooting in
an East Houston neighborhood Saturday night. Investigator say somebody inside
the house came out and shot the boy in the
back as he ran away. He was pronounced dead at
a local hospital. Sunday. Police said the Ding Dong ditch

(01:38):
prank has been going viral on social media. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
Cardi B is being cleared of assault in her civil
trial in Los Angeles. The rapper was being sued by
a former security guard at a medical office. The guard, Emoniella,
says she was scratched on the face in twenty eighteen
during an altercation that started while she was recording Cardi B.
The star was four months pregnant at the time and
off her way to a doctor's visit. The jury took
only about an hour to clear the Grammy winner of

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the allegations. I'm Tammy Triheo. Iowa Senator JOHNY Yerst will
not run for reelection in twenty twenty six. Ryan Shuck reports.

Speaker 5 (02:13):
The Republican announced her decision to not seek a third
term in a video release Tuesday.

Speaker 6 (02:18):
This was no easy decision. I love my state and country.
It's the very reason why I decided to wear our
nation's uniform and run for elected office in the first place.

Speaker 5 (02:29):
Ernst was first elected in twenty fourteen. Democrats will look
to possibly flip the seat in the red leaning state
that once was seen as a swing state. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
A nasal spray may help in the prevention of COVID infections.
Trials carried out by German researchers found that the anti
histamine as a last team sold over the counter, significantly
lowered the rate of COVID infection. The study was published
Tuesday in jama Internal Medicine. American pessimism is growing as
a majority of people believe the American dream is no
longer true. That story from Matt Mattinson.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Polling from The Wall Street Journal Nork Research Center found
that when asked about the state of the economy, forty
five percent of responding said it will get worse over
the next year, while twenty nine percent said it will
stay about the same. According to the survey, sixty nine
percent of respondents are abandoning the so called American dream,
with less than a quarter of people saying they were
very confident they could buy a home if they wanted to.

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Findings also showed that thirty percent of people say the
cost of living is not a problem now, but it
will become one if the prices keep going up. I'm
at Mattinson.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
A new study says motion sickness while driving can be
relieved by putting on some soft music. Researchers at Southwest
University in China studied thirty volunteers who are prone to
motion sickness and monitored their brain activity during a simulated
driving task. The volunteers were given several different types of
music to listen to. They found soft and happy music
offered the most relief from motion sickness, while passionate music

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offered only moderate relief. Sad news that they found was
worse than no music at all. I'm Tammy Trho