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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.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Minutes, Didty's doing time? Rap mogul Sean Diddy Combs is
sentenced to just over four years in prison after being
found guilty in July on two prostitution related charges. Prosecutors
were asking for eleven years. Didy's lawyers were asking for
fourteen months, including time served, which has already been about
eleven months. He was facing twenty years. Colmes is also

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sentenced to five years supervised probation and five hundred thousand
dollars fine. Hamas is agreeing to release all hostages, living
and dead. NBC correspondent Richard engel As in Israel and
reports is the militant group's first response to President Trump's
plan to end the war between Hamas and Israel.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
This was presented to Hamas as a take it or
leave it deal. A Gaza city, which is the largest
city in the Gaza Strip, is completely surrounded by Israeli troops.
Israel has been destroying apartment buildings in Gaza. Israel has
been applying an extraordinary amount of military pressure while Hamas
has been mulling over this deal.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Hamas is agreeing to release the hostages, it says, in
an effort to start negotiating a full peace plan. The
Senate has denied both Democrat and Republican backed funding bills
to end the government shutdown. The GOP measure has already
made it through the House. The Chamber will be adjourned
until Monday, but there won't be another vote until the
following Monday. President Trump has promised federal layoffs and says

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he would use the shutdown to decide which Democrat agencies
to close. Taylor Swift's album is out number twelve. Life
of a Showgirl was released today. As Swift tells, iheart's
Elvis Duran, there are plenty of Easter egs.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
If you line up the titles of all the tracks
of this album in order, the shape makes the same
shape as the arabs to our stage.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Swift also says she pays homage to Elizabeth Taylor on
track number two. She says she relates to Taylor because
the late Hollywood legend did some of her best work
while also being a pull arising figure. The album also
features a guest appearance from fellow pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
I'm Jim Roop. Secretary of War Pete Haygseth says the
military killed four Narco terrorists on a boat off the

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coast of Venezuela this morning. Haygseth posted on x that
no US forces were injured during the operation. It marks
the latest strike on Narco trafficking vessels in the Caribbean
Sea and follows a declaration from President Trump that the
US is now in an armed conflict or war with
drug cartels. The Supreme Court is agreeing to decide if
states may bar people from carrying guns on private property

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without permission from the property owner. Michael Kessner explains.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
It's a case that stems from a twenty twenty three
law enacted in Hawaii in response to a Supreme Court
ruling that made it easier for Americans to obtain concealed
carry permits. Hawaii's law required unambiguous, written or verbal authorization
to carry a handgun into a store, but it also
barred the carrying of guns on beaches and in parks,

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as well as bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Three
gun owners and a gun rights group have challenged the law,
arguing that it rendered illusory the right to carry in public.
I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Metow will soon use your conversations with its AI chatbot
to hit you with personalized ads. Charlotte North.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
With more, Meta is taking another step towards its CEO's
vision of an AI augmented future. Meta AI will mind
chatbook conversations to determine which ads and recommendations show up
in your feed, while users won't be able to opt out,
The company said that the content of some conversations, for
example involving religious or political views, will be excluded. Experts
have raised concerns about Meta AI safeguarding for minors and

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privacy violations. Charlotte North, Washington.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Cracker Barrel is cutting ties with the consulting firm behind
its disastrous rebrand. The company announced it's ending its partnership
with Profit, the group hired last March to design a
new brand marketing campaign. The new logo drew swift rebuke
from Cracker Barrell customers, but it dropped its iconic picture
of an elder early man uncle Herschel leaning on a barrel.

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I'm Jim Rup