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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. President Trump
doesn't think Europe can bring an end to the Iran
Israeli conflict. Speaking from New Jersey today, he threw cold
water on the meeting today between Iran's foreign minister and
top diplomats from Britain, France, and Germany in Geneva. Now,

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rand does who want to speak to you? They want
to speak to does? Europe is not going to be
able to help in this. Trump says he hopes people
come to their senses soon. He went on to contradict
his intelligence communities claims about Iran's nuclear capability, saying they
can develop a bomb much sooner than reported. Trump said
yesterday he'll give negotiations a chance and decide within two

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weeks if the US will enter the conflict. A heat
dome is causing more than two hundred million Americans to
have to deal with extreme heat. Extreme heat watches, warnings,
and advisories are already in effect for parts of the Southwest,
the Rockies Plains, upper Midwest and northeast to Ay Nebraska, Colorado,
South Dakota, and Iowa could see new temperature records. Extreme
humidity will hit the Gulf Coast through western Minnesota as well.

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Harvard can once again enroll international students. A federal judge
granted a preliminary injunction that halts the Trump administration's withdrawal
of the university's ability to host the students. The injunction
prevents the White House's revocation of these school's Student and
Exchange Visitor Program certification until the judge makes a decision
on a lawsuit brought by Harvard. However, the judge didn't

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address Trump's entry ban on holders of Harvard's sponsored visas.
Jurors from the retrial of Karen Reid aer coming forward
to discuss the case. Jurors four and eleven spoke out
yesterday and both said they were convinced that Reed did
not strike her former Boston cop boyfriend John O'Keefe with
her suv in twenty twenty two. Juror four is a
woman who says she was leaning towards guilty of manslaughter

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at first, then as the evidence was presented, she was
convinced Reid did not kill O'Keeffe. The jury acquitted Read
of second degree murder, manslaughter and live the scene of
a deadly crash. However, Reid was found guilty of driving
under the influence. I'm Chris Caracio. July fourth travel is
shaping up to be a record breaker. Triple A is
predicting over seventy two million people will venture at least

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fifty miles from home over the Independence Day holiday period
from Saturday, June twenty eighth to Sunday, July sixth. That's
an additional one point three million road travelers compared to
last year. It also says five point eight four million
will be flying to their destination, also a new record.
With the holiday falling on a Friday, Triple A says
travelers have the option of making it a long weekend

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or taking the entire week off. The blockbuster movie Jaws
opened on this day back in nineteen seventy five, and
the location used as the fictional Amity Island is celebrating
the iconic film's release. You're going to need a pick

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up coach. Martha's Vineyard has a big lineup of events
and exitmbis for the movie's fiftieth anniversary. They are walking
tours of filming locations, family friendly activities, and talks about
shark conservation. A new study claims chat GBT may be
doing more harm than good when it comes to writing.
A new study from the MIT Media Lab reports when

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people use the artificial intelligence tool to help write SAT
style essays, they consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.
In fact, over time, chat GBT users got lazier with
each essay, many times resorting to copy and paste methods.
Another group was found to exhibit more brain function when writing,
especially around creativity, when not using technological aids. The Boston

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Calling Music Festival will not be held this year. In
a statement released today, organizer said the festival will take
a short break, but no reason was given. Organizers said
the festival will return in June of twenty twenty seven.
This year's event was going to feature acts like Luke Combs,
Megan Maroney, Fallout Boy, Havri Levine and Dave Matthews Band.
The first edition of the festival was held in twenty thirteen.

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I'm Chris Karagio.