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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Current and former NBA players and coaches are facing charges
in connection with federal investigations in the gambling. FBI Director
Cash Battel announced investigations uncovered in an illegal gambling operation
as well as a sports betting rigging scheme.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Not only did we crack into the fraud that these
perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, but
we also entered and executed a system of justice against
La Casinosha to include the Bonano, Gambino, Genevesi and Luchase
crime families.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and former coach and player
Damon Jones are accused of using inside information to make
wagers on games. While Portland Trailblazers was coach Chauncey Billups
was arrested in connection with a poker scheme involving the
Italian American Mafia. President Trump says his administration's working to
re move international drug cartels. During a roundtable event on

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crime at the White House, Mister Trump said he's happy
to sign executive orders targeting cartels and notes the recent
destruction of Narco terrorist boats in the Eastern Pacific. Under
the Trump administration, we're finally treating the cartels as the
core national security threat that they really are. He says.
The cartels are the Isis of the West. Current New
York City Mayor Eric Adams is endorsing former Governor Andrew

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Cuomo to succeed him. It comes days before early voting,
in weeks after Adams dropped his reelection bid. Cuomo's rising
in the polls by at least ten percent. The endorsement
is an attempt to cut into Democrats socialist Zoran Mamdani's
double digit lead in the polls. An Oregon school is
investigating after students serve mistakenly served pretzels sprinkled with oven

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cleaner during a sixth grade lunch. Authority say the oven
cleaner was mistaken for salt after being crushed and left
on the counter. The school contacted the Oregon Poison Control
Center for guidance and effect. Students were instructed to rinse
their mouths, eat bland food, and monitor symptoms for twenty
four hours. I'm Jim Roop. Senate majority leader John Thune

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says President Trump is making a mistake by calling for
a significant increase in beef imports from Argentina. During an interview,
Thot acknowledged that Trump is trying to drive down beef
prices to help American consumers, but he argues that flooding
the US market with foreign beef doesn't make sense. Thune
says that's not the way to lower prices, and he

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believes it creates market uncertainty. Elon Musk says his Tesla
robotaxis will be unsupervised by the end of the year.
Mark Mayfield has details.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
The CEO made the claim on an earnings conference call
Wednesday and said the self driving taxis will expand to
up to ten metropolitan areas by the end of the
year and that safety drivers will be removed in two
months in Austin, Texas. Some of the new markets include Florida, Arizona,
and Nevada. The call ended with test stock being down
more than three percent. I'm Mark Neefield.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
If you like to pay money to be scared, well,
today's your day. Breed Tennis with more.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
We've traced the call. It's coming from inside the house.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
Here's Johnny.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
I see people.

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Those lines from famous scary movies either get your running
or asking for more. Today maybe a day of more.
Is It's National Horror Movie Day? You got pols? Twenty
five percent of us love them, more men than women.
Psychologists say freight triggers a release of adrenaline, and some
people crave that they must. The horror industry generates about
a billion dollars every year. I'm pre Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
In a related story, Johnny Depp is planning a return
to the big screen, as he is reportedly in final
talks to starring Ebenezer a Christmas Carol. Starring in the
adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic holiday story for Paramount
Pictures will mark his biggest role since this.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yes, they looked at papers. Maybe they're hearsay papers.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
His contention his defamation lawsuit with his ex wife Amber heard.
I'm Jim Roop.