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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 (00:09):
Sean Diddy Combs has been sentenced to just over four
years in prison fifteen months. Combs was found guilty on
two prostitution related charges in July. Prosecutors called for Combs
to get at least eleven years in prison, while defense
lawyers said the maximum should be fourteen months. He was
acquitted of the top racketeering in prostitution counts. NBC's Ellis

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reports just before the judge pronounced the sentence, he told
the court and Combs.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
And he said that there needed to be a significant
sentence to send a message to other women victims and abuses.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Did He's also being fined a half million dollars. Hamas
has agreed in part to the plan presented to it
by President Trump. NBC's Richard Engel reports, while there are
conditions that have to be worked.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Out, the key to this agreement that Hamas would give
up all of its hostages, free all of the hostages
living and dead, and give up power in the Gaza strip.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Hamas says it will do that.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Earlier today, mister Trump gave Hamas a deadline of six
pm Eastern Sunday to agree to the peace proposal. Looks
like the government shutdown will last at least until a
week from this Monday, October fourteenth. Speaker Mike Johnson has
reportedly officially designated the week of October seventh through the
thirteenth as a district work period, canceling previously scheduled sessions.

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The twenty twenty five Atlantic hurricane season has been week
so far for the US, but forecasters are warning people
not to let their guards down. A National Hurricane Center
is monitoring an area off the coast of South Florida
for possible tropical development. Forecasts suggest tropical moisture and a
stalled cold front could create widespread rainfall and an increased

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risk of flash flooding. Persistent rain is likely to build
the flooding threat through the weekend and peak on Monday.
Knowa's Whether Prediction Center has issued a Level one out
of four flash flood threat through Sunday for much of
Florida's Atlantic coast and parts of southeastern Georgia. I'm Jim Roop.
The CDC says about seventy million Americans are getting less
than seven hours of sleep per night and that is

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making us old pre tennis with more.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
Researchers in Sweden studied more than twenty seven thousand brain
scans and sleep patterns and found people with poor sleep
have older brains. Scientists say that lack of zase isn't
just minor sleep deprivation, it's aging your brain by about
a year. It also reduces attention spans and response time.
Men have worse scores than women, but experts in the

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study say to keep a younger brain, which should be
reaching for the pillow, not a cup of Joe. I'm
pre tennis.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Roory O'Neil reports that more families Roory O'Neal reports that
more and more families are struggling to pay for groceries.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Just under half of those surveyed in Naharis Axios Vibes
Poles say groceries are harder to afford than they were
a year ago. A third say they're about this, nineteen
percent say groceries are cheaper. More Democrats and independent voters
say costs are going up. Findings also show about eight
to ten Americans believe President Trump has significant influence over

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the economy, but just forty seven percent say that impact
has been positive I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Actor and singer Tyrese Gibson is facing legal trouble after
being booked on cruelty to animals charges in Atlanta. Please
Say His Cane Corso fatally mauled and neighbors King Charles
Cavalier spaniel during an incident September eighteenth. The actor has
been released on a twenty thousand dollars bond. Gibson says
the dogs have been rehoused and is cooperating with authorities.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Her name is Kiddy.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Taylor Swift is back pop Star's twelve album, The Life
of a Showgirl is now out. Some online expressed frustration
that Spotify appeared to be down as they try to
stream it at midnight. In her first social media post
after the album release, Swift wrote that she quote can't
tell you how proud I am. I'm to share this
with you, an album that just feels so right. End quote.

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I'm Jim Rupe