December 25, 2025 • 4 mins
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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.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Much of southern California is under a state of emergency
as the region gets slammed with heavy rain. Millions of
people are under flood watches tonight. Evacuation orders have been
issued for certain communities in the San Bernardino Mountains. Los
Angeles gets about fourteen inches of rain each year, but
the storm has already brought over eleven inches to some
parts of La County. The Justice Department has more than
(00:30):
a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case
have been found, Sarah Lee Kessler reports.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
In a Christmas Eve statement. The Justice Department made the
announcement saying those documents were unearthed by the US Attorney
for the Southern District of New York and the FBI.
The DOJ says lawyers who are working around the clock
to review them and to make legally required reactions to
protect victims. It says it could take a few weeks
(00:56):
to release the documents. The latest batch released Tuesday includes
the twenty twenty email from an assistant US attorney noting
Donald Trump had flown on the convicted pedophiles plane eight times.
I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
PLAO is agreeing to take up to seventy five migrants
the US can't send home. The Pacific Island nation will
receive seven and a half million dollars another eight in return.
Palao says the asylum seekers have not been charged with
crimes and can live and work there to help fill
labor shortages in certain needed occupations. The deal comes as
the Trump administration steps up efforts to deport migrants to
(01:33):
third countries, including nations where they have no ties. Palao's
lawmakers had previously rejected the agreement, but signed it Wednesday
after negotiations with US officials. A single winning powerball ticket
worth one point eighty two billion dollars has been sold
in Arkansas. The Christmas Eve drawing had a cash value
of just shy of eight hundred and thirty five million.
(01:54):
Winning tickets worth one million dollars were sold in seven states, California, Indiana,
mission in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. I'm Tammy Trhillo.
Ukraine is making concessions in order to reach peace with Russia.
Mark Mayfield reports.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
President Volodimir Zelensky said he is praying for the nation's
children to finally stop crying after almost four years of
fighting against the Russian invasion. As part of the plan,
Ukraine would agree to demilitarize thirty percent of the Dunbas
region it still controls in eastern Ukraine if Russia agrees
to stop fighting and except a US packed peace plan.
I'm Markneyfield.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Prescription stimulants like Riddlin and adderall seem to work on
the brain differently than previously thought. That's according to a
new study that finds that the ADHD medications make people
more alert and interested in tasks. Rather than improving their
overall focus. The drugs activate the parts of the brain
that make a task a child otherwise struggles with more rewarding.
Researchers also found that stimulants mimic the effect of good sleep,
(02:55):
canceling out the effects of sleep deprivation. That study was
published in the journal The average Christmas dinner in the
US comes in at thirty six hundred calories. That's higher
than every other Western nation except the UK. Michael Kassner
has details it's figin to look good legs.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
According to Healthy Eating platform Life Song, which looked at
meals across the Americas. In Europe, both the US and
UK tend to have meals high in sugar and fat.
The company recommends focusing on protein and fiber to avoid
blood sugar spikes and fatigue. The Czech Republic was found
to have the healthiest Christmas meal, with lots of fish
(03:36):
and vegetables but no mention of plucking. I'm Michael Kassner.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
A new holiday is Shopping Analysis as the number of
returned purchases could go up by thirty five percent during
the six day period following Christmas as compared to the
shopping period before the holiday, which shows about a two
percent decline in returns as compared to last year. Adobe
Analytics says the number of returns is expected to remain
high through the first two weeks of January. I'm Tammy
(04:03):
Trheo
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Much of southern California is under a state of emergency
as the region gets slammed with heavy rain. Millions of
people are under flood watches tonight. Evacuation orders have been
issued for certain communities in the San Bernardino Mountains. Los
Angeles gets about fourteen inches of rain each year, but
the storm has already brought over eleven inches to some
parts of La County. The Justice Department has more than
(00:30):
a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case
have been found, Sarah Lee Kessler reports.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
In a Christmas Eve statement. The Justice Department made the
announcement saying those documents were unearthed by the US Attorney
for the Southern District of New York and the FBI.
The DOJ says lawyers who are working around the clock
to review them and to make legally required reactions to
protect victims. It says it could take a few weeks
(00:56):
to release the documents. The latest batch released Tuesday includes
the twenty twenty email from an assistant US attorney noting
Donald Trump had flown on the convicted pedophiles plane eight times.
I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
PLAO is agreeing to take up to seventy five migrants
the US can't send home. The Pacific Island nation will
receive seven and a half million dollars another eight in return.
Palao says the asylum seekers have not been charged with
crimes and can live and work there to help fill
labor shortages in certain needed occupations. The deal comes as
the Trump administration steps up efforts to deport migrants to
(01:33):
third countries, including nations where they have no ties. Palao's
lawmakers had previously rejected the agreement, but signed it Wednesday
after negotiations with US officials. A single winning powerball ticket
worth one point eighty two billion dollars has been sold
in Arkansas. The Christmas Eve drawing had a cash value
of just shy of eight hundred and thirty five million.
(01:54):
Winning tickets worth one million dollars were sold in seven states, California, Indiana,
mission in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. I'm Tammy Trhillo.
Ukraine is making concessions in order to reach peace with Russia.
Mark Mayfield reports.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
President Volodimir Zelensky said he is praying for the nation's
children to finally stop crying after almost four years of
fighting against the Russian invasion. As part of the plan,
Ukraine would agree to demilitarize thirty percent of the Dunbas
region it still controls in eastern Ukraine if Russia agrees
to stop fighting and except a US packed peace plan.
I'm Markneyfield.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Prescription stimulants like Riddlin and adderall seem to work on
the brain differently than previously thought. That's according to a
new study that finds that the ADHD medications make people
more alert and interested in tasks. Rather than improving their
overall focus. The drugs activate the parts of the brain
that make a task a child otherwise struggles with more rewarding.
Researchers also found that stimulants mimic the effect of good sleep,
(02:55):
canceling out the effects of sleep deprivation. That study was
published in the journal The average Christmas dinner in the
US comes in at thirty six hundred calories. That's higher
than every other Western nation except the UK. Michael Kassner
has details it's figin to look good legs.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
According to Healthy Eating platform Life Song, which looked at
meals across the Americas. In Europe, both the US and
UK tend to have meals high in sugar and fat.
The company recommends focusing on protein and fiber to avoid
blood sugar spikes and fatigue. The Czech Republic was found
to have the healthiest Christmas meal, with lots of fish
(03:36):
and vegetables but no mention of plucking. I'm Michael Kassner.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
A new holiday is Shopping Analysis as the number of
returned purchases could go up by thirty five percent during
the six day period following Christmas as compared to the
shopping period before the holiday, which shows about a two
percent decline in returns as compared to last year. Adobe
Analytics says the number of returns is expected to remain
high through the first two weeks of January. I'm Tammy
(04:03):
Trheo
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