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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. Sean Diddy
Combs could be looking at serious prison time when he
sentenced four prostitution related charges today in a Manhattan federal
court room. The judge who will soon announce Combs's fate
told the court that Combs is not remorseful for prostitution

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related conduct, and prosecutors are asking for eleven years in prison.
Defense lawyers for the disgrace to music moguls say the
maximum should be fourteen months. Both sides are making their
case before the judge makes his decision. Republican congressional leaders
say they won't be negotiating an end to the government
shut down with Democrats because there's nothing to negotiate. At
a news conference today, Senate Majority leader John Thune said

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his colleagues across the aisle are the reason that the
government is shut down.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
They have taken hostage the federal government and by extension,
the American people, who are the only losers in this.
Everybody's talking about who wounds and who loses and who
gets the blame.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
That's not what this is about. Ker Mike Johnson says
President Trump takes no pleasure in the shutdown, but does
enjoy trolling Democrats with memes and tools of social media.
Today is day three if the partial shutdown, and Democrats
are showing no signs of budgeting over their demands for
healthcare funding. Yesterday, the President said he would use the
shutdown to decide which Democratic agencies to close, and President

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Trump is setting a Sunday deadline for AMAS to get
behind a peace deal with Israel. In a truth social
post this morning, the President said the Palestinian militant group
must agree by six pm Eastern on Sunday or quote,
all hell like no one has ever seen before will
break out. The plan calls for an immediate end of
the war and the release of all remaining Israeli hostages
held by Hamas. Any California college that agrees to a

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new set of rules from the Trump administration will face
large cuts. That's the warning from Governor Gavin Newsom, who
says he'll cut billions of dollars in state funding if
schools agree to White House rules related to admissions, hiring,
free speech, teaching, and endowments. His warning comes after President
Trump said the colleges will lose access to federal funds
if they do not adhere to the rules. I'm Chris Karragio.

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Tourism is booming in Chicago. Choose Chicago the city's marketing
organizations as people book three point five to six million
hotel rooms from June through August, it generated nine hundred
and forty nine million dollars in revenue both figures or records.
The numbers were driven by huge events such as Lollapalooza,
the Downtown Chicago, NASCAR Races, several concerts at Soldier Field,

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as well as a number of conventions. The whose North
American Farewell Tour is officially over more now from Mark Mayfield.
The song is a.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
It's all behind. The band wrapped up the North American
leg of their trek Wednesday night and suggested that it
was their last show ever. While speaking to the crowd
in Thousand Palms, California, Pete Townsend said, I suppose you
know it's goodbye. He went on to say that he
and Roger Daltrey will continue doing things together, adding but
for this kind of thing, it's goodbye. When the duo

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announced their song is over shows in May, they indicated
that the track might not visit Europe or the UK.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
In Major League Baseball news, the Tigers, Cubs, and Yankees
are now moving on to the divisional series. In this
weekend's wildcard action, Detroit took two of three in Cleveland
to advance, The Cubs held off the Padres to win
two of three in Chicago, and the Yankees came back
after losing game one in the Bronx to take two
straight over the rival Red Sox to move on. Both
the ALDS and NLDS starts tomorrow. The Mariners' host Detroit.

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The Blue Jays welcome in the Yankees and the National
League Divisional Series. The Phillies are hosting the defending champion Dodgers,
and the Cubs will be in Milwaukee to take on
the Brewers and the NFL. We kicked off last night.
The San Francisco forty nine Ers made a stop on
fourth down and held off the Los Angeles Rams twenty
six to twenty three in overtime. The Niners are now
four and one. The Rams fell to three and two. Sunday,

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the Vikings face the Browns in London. The Broncos visit
the four and O Eagles, The Buccaneers and Seahawks square
off in Seattle, and the Patriots and Bill's battle on
Sunday Night Football. The week caps off with a Monday
night fie footballs show down between the Chiefs and Jaguars
in Jacksonville. I'm Chris Karagio.