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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):
Game one of the World Series in the books and
the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers like they stole something.
Toronto trouncing La eleven four, Game two in Toronto again
tomorrow eight pm Eastern. President Trump heading to Asia tonight.
The trip includes a high stakes sit down with Chinese
President Jijing Ping in South Korea Thursday. Major US tech
companies and defense contractors such as Planeteer and Lockheed Martin

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are donating to President Trump's extravagant new White House ballroom.
Monica Nelson reports.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
The east wing of the White House is being demolished
to make way for the ninety thousand square foot ballroom.
Trump says the three hundred million dollars being spent to
construct the ballroom all comes from donations. CNN says the
ballroom donors include tech giants like Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft.
Billionaire donors include casino mogul Miriam Addelson, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzmann,

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and Cryptocurrent billionaires Cameron and Tyler winkelwass I'm Monica Nelson.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
The US has struck another alleged drug boat in the
Caribbean Sea. Secretary of Warpete Hegseth announced the overnight strike
in a post on x Friday morning. He said the
boat was operated by Trendy Aragua, which has been named
as a designated terrorist organization. All six people on board
were killed. This is the tenth strike by the US
military on alleged drug trafficking boats. New York Attorney General

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Letitia James defiantly says she is not guilty of mortgage
fraud charges.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
This justice system which has been used as a tool
of revenge and a weapon against those individuals who simply
did their job and who stood up for the rule
of law.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Federal grand jury in Virginia indicted the Democrat earlier this month.
James has said the charges are baseless and that Trump's
only goal is political retribution. James and President Trump have
traded public insults for years, especially after the Democrat won
a civil fraud case against him. I'm Jim Roope. The
US is sending its largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

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as strikes on alleged drug boats continue. The Pentagon, says
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Jerald R
four to the Caribbean to help dismantle transnational criminal organizations
and counter narco terrorism in defense of the homeland. The
strikes have drawn criticism from some Democrat lawmakers, as well
as the presidents of Venezuela and Colombia. The Department of

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Homeland Security meantime says an illegal immigrant is behind a
big rig crash that killed three people in the Los
Angeles area.

Speaker 5 (02:38):
Official say the twenty one year old driver of a
big rig accused of causing the crash in Ontario, California,
on Tuesday, was in the US illegally from India. In California,
Highway patrol suspects he was driving under the influence of drugs.
Earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his office
was withholding over forty million dollars in federal highway funds

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from California for failing to comply with federal English language
proficiency standards for truck drivers. I'm Michael Cassner, seeing pleaded
not guilty to several charges and some ammunition for your
next cocktail party. There are over thirty five hundred mosquito
species worldwide. Until recently, two places didn't have any breed

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tennis with more on a change.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Iceland and Antarctica were the only regions in the world
with no recorded mosquito population, but the designation has changed
after the Natural Science Institute of Iceland confirmed the discovery
of three mosquitoes, two females and one male near Raykovik. Iceland.
Scientists say the mosquito discovery is due to climate change.
Now Antarctica is the only place on Earth without mosquitoes

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for now, I'm pre Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
A new study finds that New Jersey is the safest
state for trick or treaters. The study by a Florida
personal injury firm based as conclusions on how states fared
when it comes to drug and narcotic violations. Wyoming was
found to be the most dangerous. I'm Jim Rupe.