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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
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.
It involves testimony he gave before the Senate in twenty

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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
South Jersey bowling alley owner who tried to have the

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prosecutors and judges in his case killed. Andrew Whitman has more.

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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.

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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. Officials in Cuba

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say black liberation activists and American fugitive Assada Shakur is
dead at the age of seventy eight. Jakor, who changed
her name from Joanne Chesimard and was born Joanne Deborah
Byron was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper
during a shootout in nineteen seventy three. She was serving
a life sentence at the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women

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in New Jersey, and escaped from the president in nineteen
seventy nine with the help of members of the Black
Liberation Army who posed as visitors. She lived underground before
being granted political as Simon in Cuba by Fidel Castro.
A well known Manhattan financier is facing sex trafficking charges.
Liz Warner has this story.

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Howard Rubin, a one time money manager who made millions
at Solomon Brothers and other Wall Street firms, was arrested
Friday in Connecticut. He is charged with sex trafficking and
transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts. Prosecutors
alleged Reuben orchestrated the operation for more than a decade,
participating in lurid sex acts at various hotels, and even

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building a so called sex dungeon inside a rented Manhattan penthouse.
If convicted, he could face anywhere from a minimum of
fifteen years to life in prison.

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The NFL is headed back to Brazil. On Friday, the
league announced the new commitment to play at least three
regular season games over five years in Rio de Janeiro.
The first of those games we played next year. The
NFL played games in Brazil last season and this season.
The teams and date for next year's game will be
announced at a later date, and the lineups for this

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year's iHeartRadio jingle Ball concerts have been revealed. Ed Charan
will be joined by Nelly, Renee Rapp, Alex Warren and
others in New York City on December twelfth. The concert
series will hit ten cities in December, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston,
and Miami. Other acts on the bill include Jelly Roll,
M g K, Jesse Murph, and Monster X. I'm Jim

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Forbes