April 17, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, two people are dead and six
injured in a mass shooting at Florida State University, and
the shooter, Phoenix Eichner, was no stranger to Tallahassee area
law enforcement. Read Shepherd reports.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
The gunman the son of a Leon County Sheriff's Deputy.
Sheriff Walt McNeil says Eichner was able to get hold
of one of his mother's weapons, which was found out
the scene.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
So he has been steep in the Leon County Sheriff's office.
Family engaged in a number of training programs that we have,
so it's not a surprise to us that he had
access to weapons.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Classes and other activities been canceled through the day Friday,
Read Shepherd.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Tampa Luigi Mangioni is now officially charged with murdering United
Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He was gunned down in broad
daylight on December fourth, outside of Manhattan Hilton. On Thursday,
off fave, federal jury in New York return to four
count indictment against the twenty six year old Maryland man.
President Trump is extending the federal hiring freeze for another
(01:09):
ninety days. He signed the executive order Thursday ordering no
federal government positions be filled until mid July and no
new jobs created unless directed by the administration. Chinese retail
sites Shean and Timu say their prices are going up
next week because of President Trump's tariffs. Correspondent Janice Mackie
(01:30):
Freyer reports several countries are negotiating with the Trump administration
to have tariffs reduced, but.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
China is not one of them.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
So when goods like this get exported to the US,
the people who want them are going to pay more more.
Congressional Democrats are joining Maryland Senator Chris van Holland to
call for the return of a man wrongly deported to
El Salvador Kilmar Abrago Garcia was deported from Maryland last month.
Van Holland attempted to visit a break go Garcia on Thursday,
(02:01):
but says he was stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint.
I'm Brian Schuck. With tax filings in and the tax
refunds season upon, US researchers say most Americans have already
planned on how to spend it. Katie Gray has.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
More data showing most tax filers will be getting a refund,
with around seventy seven percent planning on using that extra
cash for the essentials that according to a study from
Talker Research commissioned by tax Slayer, showed that around half
of the people polled so that they're going to put
it towards rent or utilities, seventy seven putting the money
towards groceries and essentials, and with thirty seven percent saying
(02:39):
that they're going to use that cash to pay down
credit card debt. I'm Katie Gray.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Bear sightings across the Northeast and New England are becoming
more common as temperatures rise, including one outside a Connecticut mall.
Andrew Whitman reports.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
The bear spotted in the barking lot of the West
Farms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut, last fear this Friday,
was not happy. He or she's seen on videos sprinting
towards the malled doors, which scent shoppers scattering, then away
from the doors, and even more scatter and screams. Officials
were finally able to show the bear into the woods
(03:15):
where else. They say it was probably just waking up
from hibernation and was looking for food or maybe a
new outfit for spring.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A planet some one hundred twenty light years away has
given the strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life. That's according
to researchers who found indications of a molecule that on
Earth has only one source living organism like algae. The
planet is called K two eighteen B and it's known
(03:43):
as a sub neptune, a planet larger than Earth but
smaller than the gas giants that orbit in our outer
Solar System. Researchers believe the planet may be covered with
a liquid ocean of water. The discovery was made using
the James Webb telescope to analyze light as it passes
through the planet's atmosphere. I'm Brian Shook.
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, two people are dead and six
injured in a mass shooting at Florida State University, and
the shooter, Phoenix Eichner, was no stranger to Tallahassee area
law enforcement. Read Shepherd reports.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
The gunman the son of a Leon County Sheriff's Deputy.
Sheriff Walt McNeil says Eichner was able to get hold
of one of his mother's weapons, which was found out
the scene.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
So he has been steep in the Leon County Sheriff's office.
Family engaged in a number of training programs that we have,
so it's not a surprise to us that he had
access to weapons.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Classes and other activities been canceled through the day Friday,
Read Shepherd.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Tampa Luigi Mangioni is now officially charged with murdering United
Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He was gunned down in broad
daylight on December fourth, outside of Manhattan Hilton. On Thursday,
off fave, federal jury in New York return to four
count indictment against the twenty six year old Maryland man.
President Trump is extending the federal hiring freeze for another
(01:09):
ninety days. He signed the executive order Thursday ordering no
federal government positions be filled until mid July and no
new jobs created unless directed by the administration. Chinese retail
sites Shean and Timu say their prices are going up
next week because of President Trump's tariffs. Correspondent Janice Mackie
(01:30):
Freyer reports several countries are negotiating with the Trump administration
to have tariffs reduced, but.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
China is not one of them.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
So when goods like this get exported to the US,
the people who want them are going to pay more more.
Congressional Democrats are joining Maryland Senator Chris van Holland to
call for the return of a man wrongly deported to
El Salvador Kilmar Abrago Garcia was deported from Maryland last month.
Van Holland attempted to visit a break go Garcia on Thursday,
(02:01):
but says he was stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint.
I'm Brian Schuck. With tax filings in and the tax
refunds season upon, US researchers say most Americans have already
planned on how to spend it. Katie Gray has.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
More data showing most tax filers will be getting a refund,
with around seventy seven percent planning on using that extra
cash for the essentials that according to a study from
Talker Research commissioned by tax Slayer, showed that around half
of the people polled so that they're going to put
it towards rent or utilities, seventy seven putting the money
towards groceries and essentials, and with thirty seven percent saying
(02:39):
that they're going to use that cash to pay down
credit card debt. I'm Katie Gray.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Bear sightings across the Northeast and New England are becoming
more common as temperatures rise, including one outside a Connecticut mall.
Andrew Whitman reports.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
The bear spotted in the barking lot of the West
Farms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut, last fear this Friday,
was not happy. He or she's seen on videos sprinting
towards the malled doors, which scent shoppers scattering, then away
from the doors, and even more scatter and screams. Officials
were finally able to show the bear into the woods
(03:15):
where else. They say it was probably just waking up
from hibernation and was looking for food or maybe a
new outfit for spring.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A planet some one hundred twenty light years away has
given the strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life. That's according
to researchers who found indications of a molecule that on
Earth has only one source living organism like algae. The
planet is called K two eighteen B and it's known
(03:43):
as a sub neptune, a planet larger than Earth but
smaller than the gas giants that orbit in our outer
Solar System. Researchers believe the planet may be covered with
a liquid ocean of water. The discovery was made using
the James Webb telescope to analyze light as it passes
through the planet's atmosphere. I'm Brian Shook.
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