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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
The government has partially shut down after Congress failed to
approve a new spending bill, the latest from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Democrats and Republicans had their own bills that failed to
get passed on the Senate floor on Tuesday. Tens of
thousands of federal workers will be furloughed as a result.
The government last shut down during President Trump's first term
in twenty eighteen and lasted thirty five days.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
A Mark Mayfield Hurricane Amelda has formed off the southeastern
coast of the US. The National Hurricane Center says it
could become a Category two hurricane as it heads toward
Bermuda later on this week. Even though landfall isn't expected
in the US, the impacts of Amelda are being felt
up and down the entire East Coast. A man died
in Florida after being pulled into the ocean by a
rip current. A meld and Hurricane Umberto, which is spinning

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further out in the Atlantic, are causing massive waves that
is leading to those dangerous rip currents. Americans will be
able to purchase certain drugs at a discounted price on
a new government website. Sarah Le Kessler has details. President
Trump unveiled the direct to consumer drug buying website at
the White House Tuesday. It's called Trump Rix, and the
President also announced to deal with Pfizer to lower drug prices.

(01:15):
Trump has been pushing pharmaceutical companies to bring prices down
in the US. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler. New laws take
effect in states across the country with the start of
the new month. In Florida, Trooper's Law makes it a
fellon need to tie up an abandon a dog outdoors
during a declared natural disaster or evacuation order. If you
write an e bike in Connecticut, you'll now be required

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to wear a helmet. Also when Connecticut, towns and cities
will have more power to take more action against street takeovers.
In Ohio, it's illegal now for police to use quotas
for arrests and tickets. And in California, companies cannot use
artificial intelligence systems to impersonate licensed healthcare professionals in video
calls or in online chats. The PBS show Reading Rainbow

(01:57):
is coming back with new episodes on October twentieth. The
announcement comes almost twenty years after the popular series ended.
I'm Tammy Trihello. A judge is ruling against a Trump
administration policy targeting international students engaged in pro Palestinian advocacy.
Chris Karagio reports.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
The Boston judge sided with groups representing university faculty and
found that the administration was in violation of the Constitution's
First Amendment by chilling free speech on college campuses. A
lawsuit was first filed in March challenging the administration's actions
after immigration authorities arrested recent Columbia University graduate Macmood Khalil.

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The judge's decision only assessed whether the administration had adopted
an unlawful policy, but a remedy will be determined at
a later phase of the case. Some Chris Caragio.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Cases of the common cold are increasing across the country.
The CDC reports common cold viruses are at the highest
level since twenty twenty two. Cold cases typically peak in
September before the flu season gets going. The CDC says
right now, flu cases remained low, but that could change soon.
Whether shifting combined with kids back in school could bring
on a very active flu season. US Postal Service is

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issuing a new Forever stamp honoring former President Jimmy Carter.
Jim Roup has details.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
Mister Carter died last year at the age of one hundred.
The Forever stamp features a nineteen eighty two painting of
Carter by artist Herbert Abrams. The stamp comes out on
the one hundred first anniversary of his birth. The Postal
Service calls the former president a fitting honoree, adding that
Jimmy Carter truly personified the best in America. I'm jim Roop.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
There's a winner in Alaska's Fat Bear Week competition. Thirty
two Chunk takes the crown after fans voted online for
their favorite bear at the cap May National Park and Preserve,
the bears have been bulking up for hibernation, feasting on
salmon from the Brooks River. Thirty two Chunk got more
than ninety six thousand votes too easily out distance runner
up eight fifty six Chunk one, despite having a broken

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jaw that he's thought to have suffered in a fight
with another bear. I'm Tammy Truhio.