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Why is the Justice Department moving to drop charges over the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool damage?
They want the case thrown out. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. The Justice Department is moving to drop charges against David Hearn, who was charged with deliberately damaging the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial.
The reason the DOJ says in court... papers, the evidence was not originally known to prosecutors, and it suggests the installation of the new coating was botched, and that led to the damage. The DOJ alleges the Interior Department did not give prosecutors documents in a timely manner and withheld important information, arguing they wouldn't have sought an indictment in the first place if the Department of Interior was more forthcoming.
Fox's David Spunhern had pled not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of property destruction and has a trial date set for September. At a cabinet meeting at Camp David this morning, President Trump talked about the deal announced last night where Hamas would lay down their arms if Israel meets certain conditions.
What did President Trump say about the reported Hamas-Israel deal and regional strikes?
President Trump touting this really as a major achievement. He also said it's one that simply would have been impossible to get done without the success the U.S. had already in the war against Iran.
It's a great breakthrough. Nobody's ever thought that would nobody thought that would be possible to disarm Hamas. That shows you how much success we're having with Iran.
Here in the region, we've gotten back into that rhythm of attacks. One side striking the other the next night, the other side striking multiple drone attacks targeting U.S. bases in Kuwait. No casualties reported.
This is Steve Harrigan in Tel Aviv. The Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to survive after ejecting from the jet shortly before it crashed near Miramar Air Base in San Diego. Photos circulating online appeared to show heavy smoke coming from near the base.
What happened in the F-35B crash near Miramar and is the pilot expected to survive?
Marine officials initially confirming emergency crews were responding to an aircraft mishap. Fox's Christian Goodwin, America's Listening to Fox News.
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How did Anthropic's AI reportedly gain unauthorized internet access and what systems were affected?
Anthropic says their artificial intelligence model acted on its own to hack three different outside systems.
Anthropic, makers of the AI named Claude, said standalone models of the intelligence gained Internet access they weren't supposed to have and then gained unauthorized access to real systems. of three different organizations. The discovery comes as part of anthropic reviewing activity of its AI models. The incidents stem from an actual order given to test the AI to search for and retrieve data hidden somewhere. Due to misunderstandings between anthropic and partner organizations, the models carried out the task with connections to the Internet at large. In one of the three instances, the model realized it was searching outside the test environment and stopped the exercise.
Which frozen berry products did Publix recall and where were E. coli cases reported?
Eben Brown
The state of New York has sued prediction market platform Calchi, calling it an illegal, unlicensed gambling operation. Calchi and other prediction market platforms say they're federally licensed and regulated, and states have no authority to govern them. The public supermarket chain expands a berry recall.
Publix is recalling frozen GreenWise organic whole blueberries and whole mixed berries sold in eight states over concerns they may be contaminated with E. coli. Publix says it made the products unavailable for purchase in late June. It expands a recall earlier this month tied to a single lot of frozen blueberries based on the public health investigation. The Food and Drug Administration reports 12 E. coli cases in the outbreak in Florida and Georgia. The recalled berries were sold in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Chris Foster, Fox News.
A panel of United Nations officials warn that strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages and will likely spark even more wild weather as it grows.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is the Justice Department moving to drop charges over the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool damage?
0:02–0:58
2
What did President Trump say about the reported Hamas-Israel deal and regional strikes?
0:58–1:47
3
What happened in the F-35B crash near Miramar and is the pilot expected to survive?
1:47–2:15
4
How did Anthropic's AI reportedly gain unauthorized internet access and what systems were affected?
2:15–3:03
5
Which frozen berry products did Publix recall and where were E. coli cases reported?
3:03–4:10