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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The charges
came as expected this week against the former head of
the FBI. The Department of Justice says it has a
solid case against former FBI director James Comy. Thursday At
charged Comy with making false statements and obstruction of justice.

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It involves testimony he gave before the Senate in twenty
twenty on his handling of the investigation into possible Russian
collusion with President Trump in the twenty sixteen election. Todd Blanche,
the Justice Department's number two official, says the case was
investigated by the FBI and taken seriously by the grand jury.
In Virginia, ninety five years in prison for a former

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South Jersey bowling alley owner who tried to have the
prosecutors and judges in his case killed. Andrew Whitman has more.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
Stephen Smink, who owned a bowling alley in South Jersey,
was already in prison for person for trying to burn
down a rival bowling alley Friday. He was given almost
a century of prison time for hiring two men to
kill the prosecutors in judges from his Arson case. The
sixty two year old from Philadelphia was convicted on five
counts of attempted murder and other charges last month, as

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would be hitmen also from Philadelphia pleaded guilty to their roles.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Forecasters are tracking a disturbance in the Atlantic that's expected
to become a tropical storm this weekend. Millions of people
in the Southeast are being warned to prepare for a
possible hurricane. Potential Tropical Cyclone nine is expected to gain
strength and soon become tropical storm Immelda. And there's a
report the FBI has fired over a dozen agents who

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were photographed kneeling during George Floyd protests. Seeing Insight sources
saying that bureau has around fifteen agents who were associated
with the twenty twenty kneeling incident in Washington, d C.
The agents had been deployed to protect buildings and help
with crowd control during the protests. The FBI has not
commented on the firings. I'm Jim Forbes. Over one million

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countertop ovens are being recalled following reports of injuries. According
to a Consumer Product Safety Commission announcement, Sunbeam Products Incorporated
has issued a recall of auster French door countertop ovens
due to a potential burn hazard. The ovens were sold
nationwide from August twenty fifteen to July twenty twenty five
at Bedbatham, Beyond, Costco, and Walmart, as well as on

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Amazon dot com and overstock dot com. Impact ovens have
a spring loaded bilateral glassdoor, and the company said it's
received ninety five reports of the door's closing unexpectedly, which
results in burns to users. The NYPD says the teen
suspect in that deadly shooting of a thirteen year old
Queen's Boy has surrendered. Sarah Lee Kessler has this story.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
He turned himself in on Friday after police release surveillance
photos play He's sixteen years old and attends Campus Magnet
High School near the Cambria Heights Duncan Donuts where the
shooting occurred. On Monday. A bullet struck thirteen year old
Sanjay Samuel in the head, and he was declared dead
two days later. Police say it was a targeted attack

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involving a dispute between the teens. At this point, no
charges have been filed. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Delays and power outages are growing in the Las Vegas
area following a wave of thunderstorms that moved through the area,
and the Energy reports over thirteen thousand customers are without
power in Clark County. Nearly five hundred flights Friday were
delayed in and out of Harry Reid International Airport with
a handful of cancelations. The severe weather prompted a grounding

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of all departures for about eighty minutes, and one battle
after another is off to a good start at the
box office. It's expected to make between twenty and twenty
five million dollars in its debut weekend. Also new this
week is the Case Kids movie Gabby's Dollhouse, which is
projected to bring in between twelve and fifteen million dollars.
I'm Jim Forbes.