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We bring you 5 stories that will get you up to speed and on with your day. Updates at 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm and 6pm Eastern, every weekday.

    5 Good Things: What if we Could Speak to Whales?

    5 Good Things: What if we Could Speak to Whales?

    Elementary school kids show us a few kind words can go a long way with their cheerful hotline. A chain of cafés that employs people with intellectual and development disabilities just opened a US location. Scientists had a conversation with a whale for the very first time. Some students cut loose at prom and supported a good cause, after a celebrity with a special tie to the school showed up. And, what if there was internet on the moon? 
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    • 10 min
    6 PM ET: Largest Ukraine aid package, menthol cigarette ban delay, noncompete ban lawsuit & more

    6 PM ET: Largest Ukraine aid package, menthol cigarette ban delay, noncompete ban lawsuit & more

    A new witness takes the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. Pro-Palestinian student encampments spread across the world. The U.S announces the largest aid package for Ukraine yet. A new report reveals Burkina Faso’s military murdered over 200 villagers. And the menthol ban cigarette expected to happen soon, might take longer than expected.
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    • 6 min
    3 PM ET: University campuses unite, unusual syphilis cases rise, Titanic auction & more

    3 PM ET: University campuses unite, unusual syphilis cases rise, Titanic auction & more

    We bring you the latest in the hush money trial against former president Donald Trump unfolding in New York. Calls for a ceasefire in Gaza grow across university campuses around the country and the world. Unusual syphilis cases are on the rise, according to Chicago doctors. A court in Romania gives the green light for the criminal case against Andrew Tate and his brother to proceed to trial. And a watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic heads to auction.
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    • 6 min
    12 PM ET: Ex-tabloid boss cross examination, China’s election interference, celebrity WH visit & more

    12 PM ET: Ex-tabloid boss cross examination, China’s election interference, celebrity WH visit & more

    FFormer President Donald Trump’s trial continues with the former publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker back on the stand for cross examination. Negotiations to remove a Pro-Palestinian encampment are ongoing at Columbia University. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US has evidence of Chinese attempts to influence the 2024 election. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge just moved in the wrong direction. Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris hosts a White House roundtable with a celebrity – we'll tell you what they spoke about.
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    • 6 min
    9 AM ET: Blinken meets Xi, ER wait times, Boeing spaceship & more

    9 AM ET: Blinken meets Xi, ER wait times, Boeing spaceship & more

    We start with a summary of the first witness' testimony in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this morning. ER wait times are leaving patients on gurneys in corridors for hours. The Central US is getting battered by a severe storm threat. Plus, Boeing's spacecraft is finally ready for passengers.
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    • 6 min
    6 AM ET: Campus protest wave, TikTok not for sale, Weinstein 'betrayal' & more

    6 AM ET: Campus protest wave, TikTok not for sale, Weinstein 'betrayal' & more

    There have been arrests, clashes and canceled events after a week of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the US. The Supreme Court doesn't seem convinced by former President Donald Trump's immunity plea. TikTok's parent company says the app is not for sale. The US military has started building a pier in the sea to get aid into Gaza. Plus, Harvey Weinstein's accusers say his convictions being overturned in New York is a "betrayal".
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