It's Friday with Neil Saavedra & the morning crew! The unemployment numbers are in and they don't look good. Los Angeles has implemented the highest sales taxes in the country. Dr. Jim Keany joins the show to talk about the two failed lethal injections in the case of Tennessee death row inmateChrista Pike. 

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Neil Saavedra fills in for Bill and discusses new details about the attempted Flydubai hijacking. The Culver City Bus is on hiatus after a driver was shot by a passenger in an altercation. El Niño has given us the first hurricane-free September in decades. 

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Cigarettes are having a cultural comeback.. So how bad is the occasional smoke? How Airbnb is fighting for its place on California's coast. Lower mileage standards, higher pump costs: What President Trump's auto move means for California. Will AI make your brain lazy? Here's what new research shows. 

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President Trump looms large in Becerra-Hilton governor debate. Christa Pike still alive, snoring' after 2 lethal injections as Tennessee governor halts all executions. US workers spend nearly $7,000 per year to show up at the office. New laws tweak California's mental health court. 

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Gov. Newsom signs bill to end child marriage in California. LA asks 2028 Olympics organizers to buy insurance in case disaster cancels the games. 4 rescued, 1 missing after medivac helicopter crashes off Catalina Island. 

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GLP-1s are rewriting the story of weight loss and mental health. OpenAI scraps release on new AI model over safety concerns. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany speaks on scientists growing human cerebral cortex inside mice, nicotine becoming a wellness supplement, and big pharma going psychedelic

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The gap between the rich and the very, very rich is getting wider. Trump, tech bosses sign voluntary pact pledging 'robust' AI safeguards. McDonalds is pushing to have AI price your Big Mac. Florida legislature has labeled 90 groups as terrorist organizations. 

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Dubai-Tel Aviv flight lands in Saudi Arabia after pilots brawl in cockpit, triggering hijacking alert. After two decades, US leaves Iraq. Venomous African viper in SoCal neighborhood was AI-generated.

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Amy King joins Neil Saavedra for Handel on the News while Bill is in Africa on a safari vacation.

Pentagon breach exposed sensitive data on nearly 3 million people. Justice Alito won’t participate in Supreme Court on climate change. UK releases suspects in terror plot at base hosting US forces.

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