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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes. Crowds are
protesting military action against Venezuela outside the White House today.
Demonstrators chanted and carried signs demanding a halt to the
build up of US forces in the region.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
We are starting to see Republicans saying I'm not so
sure about the blowing up of those votes. We are
starting to see Republicans say I'm not so sure about
this idea of getting involved in another war.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Protests come amid growing political fallout over the legality of
President Trump's order to target alleged drug traffickers in Caribbean waters.
President Trump is handing out the medals to this year's
Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office presentation today, Trump
awarded medals to actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, and
the rock band Kiss. Each of you.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Has made an indelible mark on American life, and together
you have defined entire genres and set new standards for
the performing arts.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
You have set new standards. Also among the honorees are
singer George Strait and actor Michael Crawford. Tonight, Trump is
attending a dinner at the State Department alongside the honorees
ahead of the awards ceremony Sunday. A new study says
marijuana extract could help sue aggressive dogs. Researchers reported in
the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science that dogs given CBD

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supplements long term have less aggression than other dogs. Researchers
say the behavioral change shows the potential of CBD as
a therapy for dogs with behavioral issues. A former NASCAR
driver and winner of the Exfinity Series has died. JR
Motorsports confirmed Michael Annett's death in a social media post.
The thirty nine year old was a native of Des Moines, Iowa.

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It's unclear how and when Annett died. NASCAR said it
was deeply saddened to learn of and its passing, calling
him a respected competitor. College football Championship weekend continues tonight
with the two top ranked teams squaring off, and they're
both in the Big Ten. Indiana and Ohio state play
for the Big Ten title. I'm Rob Bartier. The Trump
administration is changing the days Americans can visit national parks

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for free. The changes take effect next year and remove
Martin Luther King Junior Day and Juneteenth, while adding President
Trump's birthday, which falls on Flag Day. In announcing the changes,
Department of the Interior called those twenty twenty six dates
resident only patriotic fee free days. Other changes include adding
the fourth of July weekend and President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday

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to the list, while removing the anniversary of the Great
American Outdoors Act. In August, the Trump administration said it
will waive an eleven million dollars fine on Southwest Airlines.
The announcement focuses on a one hundred and forty million
dollars settlement over the Texas based carrier's meltdown in December
of twenty twenty two during a holiday travel period. Southwest

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in December twenty twenty three agreed to over three years
pay a thirty five million dollar cash fine and ninety
million dollars in travel vouchers of seventy five dollars or
more two delayed passengers. An eighty eight year old grocery
store employee in Michigan has received a check for nearly
two million dollars after his story went viral on social media.
Scott Carr has that.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Ed Bambas of Brighton, Michigan, met Australian social media influencer
Sam Wiedenhoffer during his grocery store shift about two weeks
ago and told Weedenhoffer how he couldn't retire because his
General Motors pension had been wiped out in twenty twelve
following the company's bankruptcy. Reports say Bambis wiped tears from
his eyes as on Saturday, the twenty two year old

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influencer presented Bambis with a check for one point seven
million dollars.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Federal health officials say a man died of rabies after
getting an organ transplant from someone who also died from
the virus. According to the CDC in Idaho, man was
scratched by a skunk in twenty twenty four and later
died from a heart attack triggered by Raybe's symptoms. A
Michigan man received his donated kidney, and five weeks later
he began experiencing Rabie's symptoms. He died a week later

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in the hospital. I'm rob Martyr