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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):
FBI Director Cash Battel says a potential terror attack has
been thwarted. In a post on x this morning, Battel
said multiple suspects have been arrested in Michigan who are
allegedly plotting a violent attack this weekend. Battel added that
more details will be forthcoming and thank the men and
women of the FBI and law enforcement for, in his words,

(00:30):
standing guard twenty four to seven and crushing our mission
to defend the homeland. The government shutdown is now in
its thirty first day and will continue at least until Monday.
Tammy Trahio with details.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
The Senat adjourned on Thursday and won't meet again until
after the weekend. There continues to be no clear end
in sight, as millions of lower income Americans will soon
feel the pain of the ongoing shutdown. The foodstamp benefit program,
known as SNAP is set to expire on Saturday for
roughly forty two millillion people. A federal judge in Massachusetts
on Thursday took a couple lawsuit brought by twenty five

(01:05):
states to compel the Trump Administration to release contingency funds
to keep SNAP funded. There's been no ruling yet. I'm
Tammy Trujillo.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
At least two people are dead in New York City
connected to yesterday's intense rainfall. In New York, Scott Prinkle.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
A man was trapped in a basement apartment trying to
rescue his dog in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. A fire department's
scuba team had a rescue his body late Thursday afternoon.
These neighbors are reacting.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
To save one dog, try to save the act.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Then we last thing it.

Speaker 5 (01:32):
So my heart goes out to him and his family.

Speaker 4 (01:35):
Another man's body discovered inside a flooded boiler room in
Washington Heights. A number of local businesses, streets, and subway
stations all got flooded, including this guy's shop.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Two feet minimum outside. We are merchandise got swept away.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
We got water in our basement.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
The fall classic has entered the winner go home face.
If the La Dodgers don't win tonight in Toronto, the
Blue Jays well capture the world series. Stockfe are on
the rise after upbeat tech earnings reports. I'm Michael Cassner.
Prince Andrew is being stripped of his title and will
now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Oli Barrett

(02:13):
reports the change comes amid growing scrutiny over his ties
to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 5 (02:20):
The Royal family, I think is worried about further allegations
and revelations coming in the future.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Buckingham Palace made the announcement Thursday. The Palace said a
formal notice had been served for Andrew to leave his
home at the Royal Lodge close to Windsor Castle. A
Harvard Medical School study shows that COVID during pregnancy is
linked to a higher risk of autism. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 5 (02:46):
Researchers studied more than eighteen thousand berths in Massachusetts during
the early days of the COVID nineteen epidemic, before vaccines
were available. The study, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology,
showed that of the eight hundred and six d you
won pregnant women who contracted coronavirus, one hundred and forty
gave birth to children diagnosed with autism, spectrum disorders, or

(03:08):
other neurodevelopmental issues by the age of three. Doctor Andrea Edlow,
co author of the study, and emphasizes it While the
findings don't prove that COVID during pregnancy causes autism, it
shows an association. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
iHeartMedia has been named the exclusive audio partner for next
year's Winter Olympics by NBC Universal. More from Matt Mattinson.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
The coverage will include play by play audio channels, as
well as the original iHeart podcast, Two Guys, Five Rings
with Bowen Yang and Matt Rodgers. The twenty twenty six
Games will be held in Milan and Courtina, Dompezo, Italy,
with the opening ceremony taking place February sixth. The Winter
Games will see the return of NHL players in the
hockey tournament for the first time since twenty fourteen. Meanwhile,

(03:56):
former Olympic champion skier Lindsay Vaughn is attempting a comeback
to get impede in Italy after retiring in twenty nineteen.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
I'm Michael Cassner.