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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour In just four minutes, the Senate
has failed once again to push forward a House passed
GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown that
follows the thumbs down earlier today in the Senate on
a Democratic backed funding bill. Republicans and Democrats are blaming

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each other for the shutdown that started just after midnight.
Federal workers deemed to be essential, including air traffic control
and TSA officers, will stay on the job. Investigators are
trying to figure out the cause of an explosion that
led to the partial collapse of a Bronx apartment building
this morning. It's got Pringle reports the corner.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Of the twenty story building came crashing down, sending bricks
everywhere around eight in the morning. It was the ventilation
chaft leading to the boiler that collapsed that the Mitchell
Houses in Madhaven has followed an explosion. Bronxboro President Vanessa
Gibson visited the scene.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
This is an all hands on deck moment, and we
avoided a major disaster here. Although there is a lot
of cleanup. I'm so grateful that no one lost their life.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
No reported injuries either. Officials say there was an active
work perman on the boiler, but still unclear what caused
the explosion.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
The Supreme Court is letting a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa
Cook keep her job for now. The Court announced today
that it'll hear arguments in the case involving her firing.
In January, President Trump urged the High Court to allow
him to fire Cook immediately. He let her go in
August over mortgage fraud allegations. Cook sued Trump in August
over her firing. Hurricane A Milda is getting stronger. The
now category two storm didn't make landfall in the US,

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but its impacts have been felt up and down the
East Coast. One person in Florida died earlier this week
after being pulled away by a rip current, and at
least six homes in North Carolina were washed away yesterday.
Primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of ninety one.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced her death on social media.
She was in California as part of a speaking tour.

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Goodall started her research on chimpanzees in the wild in
nineteen sixty and through observation was able to prove that
primates a bunch of similar behaviors like humans. The institute
said she died of natural causes. I'm Chris Kragio. AOL
is shutting down its dial up internet service. The company,
originally known as America Online, announced the end of an

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era for a technology that once to find the early
Internet experience. At its peak, AOL had ten million customers. However,
as technology advanced, most users transition to faster broadband connections,
shrinking current usage down to under one hundred and sixty
five thousand households. The company's decision will also discontinue the

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AOL dial Er software and AOL shield browser, which were
optimized for older systems and dial up connections. The Hollywood
Actors Union is condemning reports that an AI generated actor
is seeking representation from talent agents. Tami Trahio has details.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
SAG after a sid in a statement that Tilly Norwood
is not really an actor, but a character generated by
a computer program with no life experience and no emotion.
The statement claims the AI creation uses stolen performances to
put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing
human artistry. The company that made Tillanor woodsays several talent

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agencies are looking to represent the AI creation and caster
in various films and shows.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Fran Drescher is the latest celebrity with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actress who's best known
for her role in the TV show The Nanny, got
her star yesterday. It's very gratifying, Larry justifying, Larry tallented,
and I should say and then Mary Grant. Her acting
careers started with a part in the hit nineteen seventy

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seven films Saturday Night Fever. She's currently featured in the
movie's spinal Tap two. The end continues. The sixty eight
year old just wrapped up a term as president of
the Actors' Union SAG after any music history news on
this day. Back in nineteen fifty six, a test audience
watching the Elvis Presley film Love Me Tinder reacted negatively
to him dying at the end. The king was then

(03:58):
called back to Rea shoot the scene for a new
ending where the hero lives. I'm Chris Karragio.