News Headlines 7/29/25

Here's what is going on in the news today.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning Christine, and good morning Covey. Thank you. Here

(00:02):
in New York, authorities still trying to figure out the
motive for a mass shooting yesterday that left four people
dead plus the gunman, and that happened at Skyrise Building
around fifty second Street and Park Avenue. NYPD Commissioner Jessica
Tish says the shooter, identified as twenty seven year old
Shane to Mora, is believed to have had a history

(00:22):
of mental health issues, and word is that he did
leave a suicide note behind. NYPD officer was killed as
he was trying to protect people. Died a hero and
he was off duty at the time. Glaine Maxwell calling
on the Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction.

(00:42):
This is a new brief filed Monday. Lawyers for the
longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein argued that there was an
agreement made between Epstein and the US government that should
shield her from prosecution. So we are dealing with the
heat waves. You know, a big part of the country
is under what is being called a heat dome, which
is bringing life threatening temperatures to millions of people across

(01:05):
the southeast it's been crazy. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
And did you see though, here's some good news this
weekend coming up. We're looking way ahead here, but Saturday
and Sunday seventy eight maybe eighty Oh wow, low humidity.
I mean it's gonna feel good this weekend. We have
to get through this.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Week, right, these couple of days, just be really really
careful to you know, because the air quality is not good.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah, it's off the chart.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
In sports, the Mets lost to the Padres seven six,
Yankees lost to the Rays four to two. Liberty lost
to the Wings ninety two eighty two. And how many
friends do we need in order to feel fulfilled and happy?
Psychologists say we need five good friends. Okay, And then
they did a study. The people with five good friends
reported the best well being. People who had three close

(01:53):
friends were not as happy. So it doesn't seem like
a big difference, but according to research, it is basically
having five close friends gives you more peace of mind.
It's the feeling there's always someone there that you can
call and count on.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
All right, it's not Facebook friends, real friends, real life friends. Yes,
I think we are very lucky that we have that here.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes, and we have each other have you right here,
that's right, have a couple of more down the hall too,
I think about you're good, you're right your quota, Yeah,
thank you too.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yes, Sonny hot, you've been hearing about it. I don't
need to tell you how to day of ninety eight degrees,
we're at eighty already. LIGHTFM