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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update, the
latest use this hour.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
President Trump is thanking all of the parties, all of
the countries involved in brokering a potential peace deal between
Israel and Hamas. He posted a video on truth Social.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
It is unprecedented. But thank you all, and thank you
all to those great countries that helped. We would give
it a tremendous amount of help. Everybody was unified and
wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the
Middle East, and we're very close to achieving.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Then this comes after Hamas released a statement saying it
has agreed to release all of its hostages, although under
certain conditions. On an earlier post, mister Trump also said
Israel must immediately stop bombing Gaza so that the hostages
can get out quickly and safely. The Senate has denied
both Democrat and Republican backed funding bills to end the

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government shut down. The GOP measure has already made it
through the houses. You may know, there's likely no vote
though until a week from Monday, October fourteenth, as the
House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled all sessions for next week.
President Trump has promised federal layoffs since that he would
use the shutdown to decide which Democrat agencies to close.

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The twenty twenty five Atlantic hurricane season has been a
no show so far for the US, but forecasters are
warning people not to let their guards down with only
two months left in the season. This is the first
time in ten years a hurricane has not made landfall
in the US through the end of September. In a
new forecast, researchers at Colorado State predict above normal activity

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for the next two weeks with an above average amount
of Caribbean accumulated cyclone energy. Sean Diddy Combs has been
senced to just over four years in prison. Combs was
found guilty on two prostitution related charges back in July.
Prosecutors were calling for Combs to get at least eleven
years in prison, while defense lawyers were looking for a

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maximum of fourteen months. He was acquitted on the top
racketeering in prostitution counts that he's also being fined a
half million dollars. I'm Jim Roop. Secretary of War Pete
Haygseth says the military killed four Narco terrorists on a
boat off the coast of Venezuela. This morning, Hayseth posted
on x that no US forces were injured during the operation.

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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 without permission from the property owner. Michael Kessner explains.

Speaker 2 (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 restaurant 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 1 (03:10):
Metow will soon use your conversations with its AI chatbot
to hit you with personalized ads. Charlotte North with more.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
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 privacy violations.

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Charlotte North, Washington.

Speaker 1 (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 when it dropped its iconic picture
of elderly man uncle Herschel leaning on a barrel. I'm

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Jim Rupe