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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 protested
military action against Venezuela outside the White House today. Demonstrators
chanted and carried signs demanding a hold to the build
up of US forces in the region.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Thy God kills by the hour?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
What do we do?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Come?

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Remember our next speaker.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
We'll have many avengements.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Today's protests come amid growing political fallout over the legality
of President Trump's order to target alleged drug traffickers in
Caribbean waters. Trump is at the White House today, where
he took part in the Kennedy Center Honors Medal presentation
in the Oval Office. Nearly nineteen million people across the
West and Midwest are under winter weather alerts as heavy

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snow and strong winds sweep across the regions. Snow is
falling over parts of the northern plains and rockies from
Montana to the Dakotas today, a wintery mix will spread
into Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin this evening. Star Wars will
celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in twenty twenty seven, with the
original version of the film returning to theaters. Details from

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Lisa Carton.

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Lucasfilm announced Friday that a newly restored version of the
classic nineteen seventy seven Star Wars theatrical release will hit
theaters on February nineteenth, twenty twenty seven. Fans have long
asked for a return of the original, unaltered version of
the film to be released. George Lucas first made changes
to the film with the nineteen ninety seventh twentieth Anniverse

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Respecial Edition re release, with numerous other changes being made
since then. I'm Lisa Carton.

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The FDA says a dog food company has recalled three
hundred cases of frozen food This week, Wisconsin based from
Family Foods voluntarily recalled the Bonhill Farm's Beef Bowls beef
recipe of gently cooked frozen dog food after getting complaints
of plastic contamination. There have been no reports of illness
or injury. I'm Rob Bartier. Federal health officials say a

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man died of rabies after getting an organ transplant from
someone who also died from the virus. According to the
CDC and Idaho, man was scratched by a skunk in
twenty twenty four and later died from a heart attack.
Triggered by Raby's symptoms, Several of his organs, including his
left kidney, went to transplant patients. A Michigan man received
the donated kidney and five weeks later began experiencing Raby's symptoms.

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He died a week later in the hospital. 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.

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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, Weedenhaffer asked his millions of TikTok
followers to help Babas. A video that racked up more

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than ten million views. Reports ave Bambis wiped tears from
his eyes as On Saturday, the twenty two year old
influencer presented Bambis with a check for one point seven
million dollars.

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The Tower of London is close after protesters threw custard
on a display case containing Britain's crown jewels. Poli say
four people were arrested this morning after activists smeared food
onto a case containing the state crown. Video posted on
x showed a group gathered around the display before dumping
yellow liquid on one side of the glass case. The
Tower of London closed to the public as British police

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investigate the vandalism. Several cities in California really know how
to relax. That's according to lawnstarter dot COM's new rankings
of the most relaxed cities in the United States. Among
large cities, San Jose ranks first, followed by San Francisco.
Citi's relaxation levels are scored by seven individual categories, including
mental health, sleep, commute time times, finances, and access to

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outdoor and wellness amenities. I'm Rob Martyre.