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Today is Tuesday, March 5th. It's

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been decided. We'll tell you about the highly

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anticipated ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court over

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whether states can remove former President Trump from

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their ballots. Also, 16 states go

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to the polls today, and the presidential race isn't the

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only one voters will have a hand in. We

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have a preview of Super Tuesday. Plus,

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Y1 Florida Beachtown is breaking up with

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spring breakers. What happens now that a

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major airline merger has been called off?

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And how a new chat bot promises

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to be better than chat GPT? Those

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stories and more news to know next. Welcome,

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welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's

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news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair,

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fun, and on the go. I'm Erica

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Mandy. Thanks so much for being here.

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You ready? Let's do this. The

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U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a key question hovering

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over the 2024 presidential race. Should

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Americans be able to vote for former President

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Trump in all 50 states? Well,

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this week, the court unanimously said yes. And

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that's big. Not since the landmark Bush v.

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Gore case has the court played such a

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central role in a presidential race. This

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time, it was specifically weighing in on

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the Colorado Supreme Court decision that removed

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Trump from ballots in that state, saying

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he's not eligible under provision of the

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Constitution that prevents those who engaged in

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an insurrection from holding office. If

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you need a refresher on what this case was

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all about, head back to our special edition episode

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from February 3rd. But in

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the end, the high court's justices said

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it's not up to Colorado that only

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Congress can enforce that provision against federal

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candidates. And the high court's ruling

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won't just impact Colorado. It will also end

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efforts in Illinois, Maine, and elsewhere to kick

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Trump off the ballots. Now, keep

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in mind, this is just one of several

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cases involving former President Trump that could impact

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his chances of becoming president again. For

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example, next month, justices will hear

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a case about whether he can be

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criminally prosecuted on election interference charges. So,

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to be continued. Today...

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It is the biggest day of this year's

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presidential primary season. 16 states

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vote during Super Tuesday, meaning it's the day

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with the most delegates at stake. Of

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course, President Biden and former President Trump are

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far and away front runners already. In

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fact, Trump won again yesterday in North

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Dakota. But strong performances today could move

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both Trump and Biden much closer to

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becoming their party's official nominees. Keep

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in mind, even though most of the

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attention will be on the presidential contest,

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there are actually other important elections happening

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today too. One of the

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biggest is the California primary for the U.S.

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Senate seat left open when Senator Dianne Feinstein

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died. Two Democratic members of Congress

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and a Republican ex baseball player are running

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for her spot. California has several

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competitive U.S. House seats up for grabs as

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well. Texas is also making

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headlines since today's voting could be influenced

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by the state's attorney general, Ken Paxson,

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who survived an impeachment led by his

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own party last year. Paxson, with

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the help of former President Trump, has

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been targeting the dozens of Republican state

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lawmakers and Republican judges who voted against

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him. So today is seen as

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a test of how much their support impacts

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Texas Republican voters. Also, North

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Carolina is gearing up for what could be a

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heated governor's race. And because of

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redistricting, two Republican Congressmen from Alabama are

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facing off against each other today. Of

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course, those are just a few of the many

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decisions voters will have a hand in today. We'll

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bring you some of the results right here tomorrow

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morning. The

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Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen accused of leaking

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U.S. government secrets will be spending more

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than a decade in prison. Jack

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DeShara pleaded guilty yesterday as part of a

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plea deal and he agreed to brief officials

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on exactly what he leaked. In return,

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the Justice Department agreed not to charge him with

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any more violations of the Espionage Act. Combined

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with the other charges he already faces, it could have

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meant a sentence of up to 60 years

3:47

in prison if convicted. Now the sentencing range is

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11 to 16 years instead. During

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yesterday's hearing, prosecutors explain the crimes, saying DeShara

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made sure no one was around when he

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printed out classified documents and posted them to

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the social media platform Discord, but they

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say it seems he really just wanted

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to impress people he met online and

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didn't find evidence of espionage. In

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the end, Ashero said he did not disagree with any

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of the facts shared, and now the judge still has

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to decide whether to sign off on the deal. But

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she is expected to do so since top

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American intelligence and law enforcement officials already approved

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it. Well,

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Haiti has declared an emergency in the wake

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of a national crisis. Over the

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weekend, gangs led a mass prison break,

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allowing thousands of dangerous inmates to escape.

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Officials say they're seriously concerned about the

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safety of judges, prosecutors, victims, attorneys, and

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others. And yesterday, gangs tried

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to seize control of the country's main

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international airport, exchanging gunfire with police and

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soldiers. It was the biggest attack

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in Haiti's history involving the airport. But

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as of this morning, it's not clear whether the

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gangs actually did take control. They already

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were estimated to control up to 80%

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of the capital per de Prince. But things got

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even more violent in recent days as Haiti's

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prime minister went to Kenya, trying to get

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support for a U.N. backed security force to

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help stabilize Haiti. One gang leader

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says his goal is now to capture Haiti's

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police chief and government ministers and keep the

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prime minister from returning home. The U.S.

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embassy has already stopped all official travel to

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the country, and it has urged all American

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citizens to leave as soon as possible. Tens

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of thousands of service members are taking part

5:22

in the largest set of military exercises NATO

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has carried out since the Cold War. The

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troops come from 13 countries, including

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the U.S. and NATO's newest members, Sweden

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and Finland. For the next couple of

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months, the drills are meant to rehearse NATO's execution

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of the first defense plan the alliance has drawn

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up in decades. It details how NATO

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would respond to a Russian attack throughout Europe

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all the way up to NATO's border with

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Russia. In fact, this week,

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one of the key drills started in

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NATO's newly expanded Nordic territory. It's happening

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from the land, air and sea in

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the northern regions of Finland, Norway and

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Sweden. Commanders say with the

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current security situation in Europe, the exercises

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are quote extremely relevant and more important

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than ever before.

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More news is

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still coming up, like a spring break cracked

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down in several Florida cities. What's next now

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that a major airline merger did not work

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to the news. Florida

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is preparing for spring break. Cities have

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announced new restrictions and extra police presence.

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Miami Beach even launched a spring break

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breakup campaign in which it outlined some

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stricter rules for tourists. It will

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no longer have sidewalk seating for cafes along

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Ocean Drive, beach access will be limited, and

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there will be back checks, DUI checkpoints, and

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expensive parking fees. The new restrictions will

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be in effect every Thursday through Sunday this

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month. They come on the heels of last

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year's chaotic spring break that brought two deadly shootings and

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nearly 500 arrests. Fort

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Lauderdale is another Florida city that's bringing on

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extra law enforcement to look for things like

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fake IDs and public disturbances. It's

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also offering free roofie tests to make sure drinks

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are drug-free and ride share zones to limit the

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number of cars and cut down on drunken driving.

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Plus, it's banning alcohol, coolers, live

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music, electric scooters, and tents on

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beaches. And there will be more lifeguards

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and jet ski patrols. Other Florida cities

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that have announced spring break crackdowns include Daytona

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Beach, Key West, and Panama City. A

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major multi-billion dollar airline merger has

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officially been scrapped. JetBlue and Spirit

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Airlines announced they're ending their deal

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weeks after losing a federal antitrust

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lawsuit. Remember, a judge sided

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with the Justice Department determining the merger

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would reduce competition and give airlines more

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leeway to raise prices. JetBlue

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and Spirit appealed that ruling, but appeared to have

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decided that they would be better off just walking

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away. Now, under terms of the

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deal, JetBlue has to pay Spirit a breakup fee

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of $69 million and

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Spirit's shareholders $400 million.

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Still, the merger collapsing could be difficult

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for Spirit to bounce back from. Spirit

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is heavily indebted and has not turned

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a profit since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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So investors saw the JetBlue merger as

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a lifeline. Now, it's not clear

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if another company might want to acquire

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Spirit or if it will try to continue

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as a standalone company. Artificial

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intelligence startup Anthropic is rolling out

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new chatbot models that are said

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to outperform competitors. They're called Clod3,

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Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, with Opus being

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the most powerful and Haiku being the

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lightest and quickest. The company

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says all three are twice as likely as

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previous versions to offer correct answers to questions

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and less likely to make things up. They

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will also soon start citing reference materials to

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back up the responses they generate. Anthropic

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was created by former employees of

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OpenAI who have always emphasized developing

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AI safely and responsibly, but

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in the past, that has limited its performance.

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Like older versions of Clod3 refused to

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respond to even harmless questions because the

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software viewed them as problematic. The

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company says the new models are less likely to

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do this. The Clod3 models will also be able

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to analyze images as well as text. So, for

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example, it can do things like identify the breed

9:54

of a dog in a photo. Of

9:56

course, that's something Google's Gemini and OpenAI's

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chat GPT already offers. her. And

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unlike those competitors, Claude still will not be

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able to generate its own images. The

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new middle tier model, Claude Threasonnet, is

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now powering the publicly available version of

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version as well. NFL

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star Jason Kelsey decided he's moving on

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from his Hall of Fame worthy career.

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Kelsey spent his entire 13 season

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NFL career with the Eagles, and that includes

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2018 when he helped lead

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the team to a Super Bowl win. He

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is a seven time Pro Bowler, and as

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many reports pointed out, he's likely a future

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Hall of Famer. Kelsey held an emotional news

10:37

conference yesterday to announce his retirement. During

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his announcement, he paid tribute to his

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former coaches and teammates, the fans in

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Philadelphia, and his family, notably his famous

10:46

football player brother, Travis Kelsey. As

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he put it, quote, It's only too poetic. I

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found my career being fulfilled in the city of

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brotherly love. I knew that relationship all too well.

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Jason Kelsey says he hasn't decided what retirement

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may hold for him. But we can

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pretty much guarantee you'll keep seeing him rooting

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for his brother at Kansas City Chiefs games,

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where he's become a viral sensation. That's

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it for the main news today. So now it's time

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along with us in our weekly roundup email that comes out

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each Friday. As for last week's trivia

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question, how many folds are in a chest

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hunt? The answer is 100. It

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all started long ago when the 100 folds represented

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100 different ways to cook an egg.

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Traditionally, a good chef who wore one knew

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at least 100 egg recipes, so the hat

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was evidence the chef was experienced. The

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height mattered too. Typically the taller the hat,

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the more a chef knew. For example,

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a great celebrity French chef in the 1800s wore a hat

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18 inches tall, so tall

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it actually needed cardboard support. In

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modern day kitchens, most experienced chef hats ranged from 9

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to 12 inches tall. Otherwise,

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they haven't changed too much and are still

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meant to represent the professionalism and seriousness of

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the team in the kitchen. All

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right, thank you so much for listening today and

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for sharing the show. We'll be back with another

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news roundup tomorrow. Thank you again.