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Lawrence, Kansas - 22 May 2025

1. Various of Chabad Center for Jewish Life Serving KU (University of Kansas) construction site

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Kansas:

"Sarah was a real people's person. She enjoyed people. She loved connecting with people. She always had a smile. She had a grace about her. When she came into the room, she sat at the table. You felt her presence. And that's something which is going to be missed. There's a void in the world right now because a beautiful smile is no longer with us. She was someone who connected with a lot of different people. She loved people. She loved bringing people together. She loved bridging the gap and helping people connect, even if they're different from each other. And that's why she dedicated herself and her career to doing exactly that. And that why it's so ironic that her life was cut short by somebody filled with hate, baseless hatred to somebody so full of love, so tragic."

3. Various of Chabad Center for Jewish Life Serving KU (University of Kansas) construction site

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Kansas:

"She's an active participant and an important member of our community. And now it feels like we lost part of our family."

5. Mid of the construction site

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Kansas:

"Yeah, I could see from the amount of calls I got today from so many of her friends back from college, how many people felt connected. And that's why it's so symbolic that we're standing in front of this new building, because this new building represents what the Jewish response is to hate. They try to crush us, we become stronger, bigger, louder. This new building is going to be in the same space where Sarah and Yaron gather on a regular basis. And now we're going to gather with young Jewish students and continue to perpetuate the legacy that she believed in, which is joy and celebration and connectivity. And we just announced today that we are going to dedicate a space in this new building for Sarah's memory. Because we want people to know. That the way we're going to respond to this is by filling that void with more light and every Friday night when Jewish kids will be celebrating here or people of all different faiths, we're gonna think of her. This is going to be her way of living on."

7. Mid of the construction site

STORYLINE:

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal.

But their interwoven lives were brutally cut short Wednesday evening, when the two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a young diplomats’ reception at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Milgrim was an American citizen, according to Israel's former ambassador to the U.S., Mike Herzog.

She hailed from Overland Park, Kansas, where a former youth director at Congregation Beth Torah remembers a brilliant girl with a perpetual smile and a sense of purpose.

Milgrim went on to the University of Kansas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies in 2021 and was a warm, uplifting presence at Shabbat dinners and holiday gatherings at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, according to Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel.

“She believed in connections, in building community and bringing people together,” Tiechtel said.

Tiechtel said a new building represents what the Jewish response is to hate.

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Los Angeles - 14 May 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian/executive producer

"Think about where we are right now. We think we're in a time unlike any other. There's people that are so anxious about it. And I think never has it been more important to understand history to know that we've been through the Civil War. We've been through the Great Depression. We been through World War II. And the people living then didn't know how it was going to end. They were as fearful as we are now. But we know that the Civil War ends with the emancipation. We know the Great Depression comes to an end. We know the Allies won World War Two. We know that the West finally got settled. We know that these people somehow made it over the Rocky Mountains and California was there and there was a gold rush. They were living in times of anxiety as we are now, but it gives us hope, I think, and solace to look back at the history, see how difficult it was, and somehow we emerged and the country got bigger and stronger."

SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Costner, actor/director:

"I wish we would have a giant shift in education where history dominated more than math, because the people that are really good at math, they're going to search out math anyway because that's who they are. They're just built that way, but everybody can understand where they come from."

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San Diego - 22 May 2025

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Eliott Simpson, NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator:

“So, the airplane was a 1985 Cessna 550 Citation, registration number November 666 Delta Sierra. It departed Teterboro last night at about 11.15 PM and made a fuel stop in Wichita and then was inbound, we presume, based on the flight path for landing. Into Montgomery field runway 28R. It struck power lines about two miles southeast of the airport, then collided with a house. We have an unknown number of occupants on board, and an unknown amount of fatalities on board the airplane. No fatalities on the ground. We do have a few ground injuries.”

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eliott Simpson, NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator:

(Reporter: “What kinds of things are you finding on the ground as far as parts of the plane?”)

“So we found fragments of the airplane that are not yet to be identified underneath the initial power lines and then we do have a wing on the road just on the other side here and the remainder of the wreckage appears to be on the street just behind you.”

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

Authorities are investigating why a private plane crashed just before 4 a.m. Thursday in San Diego, killing an unknown number of passengers on the plane, damaging homes and igniting cars in the U.S. military's largest housing neighborhood.

Several residents were injured while trying to flee as flames raced down a single street and others were treated for smoke inhalation. No one was injured too severely to need to be transported to a hospital, authorities said.

At least 100 residents were moved to a nearby elementary school serving as an evacuation center, the San Diego Police Department said.

The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees, including co-founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private plane.

Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Shapiro also owned a flight school called Velocity Aviation and a record label, Velocity Records, according to his LinkedIn page.

The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who died.

The crash is under investigation by the federal National Transportation Safety Board.

Debris from the scene indicates that the plane clipped power lines before slamming into the house, according to NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator, Eliott Simpson.

The plane was headed from New Jersey to San Diego after a fueling stop in Kansas. It crashed about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive airport.

Authorities still are not able to provide information about the pilot or possible black box recordings.

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San Diego - 22 May 2025

1. Wide of a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) assessing damage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eliott Simpson, NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator:

“So, the airplane was a 1985 Cessna 550 Citation, registration number November 666 Delta Sierra. It departed Teetabura last night at about 11.15 PM and made a fuel stop in Wichita and then was inbound, we presume, based on the flight path for landing. Into Montgomery field runway 28-Right. It struck power lines about two miles southeast of the airport, then collided with a house. We have an unknown number of occupants on board, and an unknown amount of fatalities on board the airplane. No fatalities on the ground. We do have a few ground injuries.”

++BLACK FRAMES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eliott Simpson, NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator:

(Reporter: “What kinds of things are you finding on the ground as far as parts of the plane?”)

“So we found fragments of the airplane that are not yet to be identified underneath the initial power lines and then we do have a wing on the road just on the other side here and the remainder of the wreckage appears to be on the street just behind you.”

4. Pull-out of fire truck behind microphone

STORYLINE:

Authorities are investigating why a private plane crashed just before 4 a.m. Thursday in San Diego, killing an unknown number of passengers on the plane, damaging homes and igniting cars in the U.S. military's largest housing neighborhood.

Several residents were injured while trying to flee as flames raced down a single street and others were treated for smoke inhalation. No one was injured too severely to need to be transported to a hospital, authorities said.

At least 100 residents were moved to a nearby elementary school serving as an evacuation center, the San Diego Police Department said.

The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees, including co-founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private plane.

Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Shapiro also owned a flight school called Velocity Aviation and a record label, Velocity Records, according to his LinkedIn page.

The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who died.

The crash is under investigation by the federal National Transportation Safety Board.

Debris from the scene indicates that the plane clipped power lines before slamming into the house, according to NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator, Eliott Simpson.

The plane was headed from New Jersey to San Diego after a fueling stop in Kansas. It crashed about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive airport.

Authorities still are not able to provide information about the pilot or possible black box recordings.

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San Diego - 22 May 2025

1. Wide aerial of a home in a residential area damaged by a plane crash, charred cars and debris

2. Mid aerial of damaged home and cars

3. Wide aerial of damaged home and cars, debris scattered and people walking on the street

4. Mid of damage car, debris on the ground and a person walking

5. Wide of damaged home and cars

STORYLINE:

The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.

The private jet crashed early Thursday into a neighborhood of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego during foggy weather, igniting at least one home and numerous vehicles parked on the street.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the dead include Dave Shapiro, the agency’s co-founder. Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license.

Sound Talent Group has represented artists including Hanson, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton. The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who died.

The National Transportation Safety Board now says the total number of fatalities is unknown, but the plane could hold as many as 10 people.

Several people were injured while trying to flee as flames raced down a single street after the crash just before 4 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon, the largest neighborhood of Navy-owned housing in the country. Others were treated for smoke inhalation, authorities said.

At least one home was destroyed with its front heavily burned and its roof partially collapsed. About 10 others suffered damage at the site where half a dozen vehicles were melted and scorched into burned shells.

At least 100 residents were evacuated, police said, with surrounding blocks cordoned off with yellow police tape and checkpoints.

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Fort Cavazos, Texas – 22 May 2025

1. Various of soldiers loading up tanks

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army:

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“The Army is celebrating its 250th birthday on June 14th, and one of the things that we want to do is talk about the rich history and heritage of the United States Army. And part of that is showcasing not only our amazing soldiers, but some of the platforms, some of vehicles that we have in our inventory.”

3. Various of soldiers loading tanks

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army : ++COVERED++

We loaded up 90 pieces of vehicles and heavy tracked vehicles that are going to be in the parade. A couple of them will be static displays on the National Mall and then we loaded up some support vehicles as well. So some fuelers, some mechanics, maintenance and some other vehicles to kind of move things around.

5. Various of army loading up tanks

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army Colonel:

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“This happens on a weekly basis. So the soldiers receive a class on how to ground guide the vehicles, how to chain them down, how to do the blocking and bracing, how to be safe about it as well. Because the M1A2 Abrams May battle tank, it is approximately 80 tons of weight. So it's a very slow, deliberate process.”

7. Wide of tanks being loaded for transportation

STORYLINE:

The Army on Wednesday started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation's capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month, which will feature hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers.

The event has grown extensively in scope and size since Army planners started working on a festival two years ago to mark the day and have now added a military parade — which President Donald Trump had unsuccessfully tried to do during his first term.

The Army's anniversary celebration is set for June 14, which also happens to be Trump’s birthday.

It will include concerts, fireworks, NFL players, fitness competitions and displays all over the National Mall for daylong festivities. The Army expects as many as 200,000 people could attend and that putting on the celebration will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.

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Fort Cavazos, Texas – 22 May 2025

1. Various of soldiers loading up tanks

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army:

“This is the U.S. Army's 250th birthday, so we are celebrating a rich history and a rich tradition of heritage that we live and embody every day in the U-S Army, all the way from the Revolutionary War to World War I, World War II, the global war and terrorism. All those time periods are going to be represented during the parade.”

3. Various of tanks being loaded

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army:

“The Army is celebrating its 250th birthday on June 14th, and one of the things that we want to do is talk about the rich history and heritage of the United States Army. And part of that is showcasing not only our amazing soldiers, but some of the platforms, some of vehicles that we have in our inventory.”

5. Various of military vehicles being loaded

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army:

We loaded up 90 pieces of vehicles and heavy tracked vehicles that are going to be in the parade. A couple of them will be static displays on the National Mall and then we loaded up some support vehicles as well. So some fuelers, some mechanics, maintenance and some other vehicles to kind of move things around. "

7. Various of soldiers loading tanks for transportation

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Kamil Sztalkoper, U.S. Army:

“This happens on a weekly basis. So the soldiers receive a class on how to ground guide the vehicles, how to chain them down, how to do the blocking and bracing, how to be safe about it as well. Because the M1A2 Abrams May battle tank, it is approximately 80 tons of weight. So it's a very slow, deliberate process.”

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

The Army on Wednesday started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation's capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month, which will feature hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers.

The event has grown extensively in scope and size since Army planners started working on a festival two years ago to mark the day and have now added a military parade — which President Donald Trump had unsuccessfully tried to do during his first term.

The Army's anniversary celebration is set for June 14, which also happens to be Trump’s birthday.

It will include concerts, fireworks, NFL players, fitness competitions and displays all over the National Mall for daylong festivities.

The Army expects as many as 200,000 people could attend and that putting on the celebration will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.

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Los Angeles - 14 May 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Costner, actor/director:

"The status in my mind, I've already made it and I keep making it and I'm ready to make it. And so I will work to that end. I'm kind of going west myself. I'm in Hollywood, but I guess in Hollywood I'm going west out to a place where not a lot of people are wanting to go. And I'm just gonna go there because I I feel like I can make a home out of it."

(Reporter: "Do you feel, I feel like you kind of have that trailblazing spirit that you like in these Westerns you know like even willing to do that, does that resonate with you?")

SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Costner, actor/director:

"Well, I don't do things on purpose. Like, you know, I'm not like a thrill seeker. I just kind of-

SOUNDBITE (English) Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian/executive producer

"But you do sort of thrilling things."

SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Costner, actor/director:

"Yeah, I go where I feel moved to go. I don't know what makes me tick."

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - 13 April 2025

1. Victoria Font y sus amigos cantando el feliz cumpleaños a su perra Venus

2. Font sopla la vela del pastel

3. Venus

4. SOUNDBITE (Español) Victoria Font, duena de Venus:

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"Yo siento que ella es muy humana, esta muy humanizada. Siento que se va a dar cuenta que es su cumpleaños y se va a sentir protagonista. A ella le encanta que le den atención, obviamente."

5. People at the dog bakery

6. Dog wearing tie

7. Photos of dogs celebrating birthdays

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - 5 May 2025

8. SOUNDBITE (Español) Marcos Díaz Videla, psicologo especializado en vinculo humano-canino:

++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 5-9++

"Creo que hoy apoyamos la vinculación con animales. Tradicionalmente se podia cuestionar subir a tus animales a la cama o festejarles el cumpleaños, humanizarlos. Hoy por el contrario hoy lo que se cuestiona es tener animales sin formar vínculos de familia con ellos."

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - 11 April 2025

9. Carolina Morales holds her 4-month-old son Benjamin as her husband Alejandro Tirachini holds the family pet Thay

10. Dog Thay kissing baby Benjamin's hand

11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carolina Morales, owner to Thay and mother to Benjamin:

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"Para nosotros Thay es un hijo mas. De hecho en el embarazo le deciamos, Thay vas a tener un hermanito, va a venir un hermanito. Y a él le decimos, quedate con tu hermanito. Para nosotros es así."

12. Pintura de un perro que representa a Lionel Messi sosteniendo la copa de campeon del mundo

13. Thay y Benjamin

14. Various de paseador de perros León Sipes

15. Perros mirando por una ventanta

STORYLINE:

Venus observa desconcertada al grupo de personas que a su alrededor golpea las manos y repite varias veces la misma melodía. De repente, hacen silencio y se quedan mirándola. La vela de un pastel en el centro de la mesa está a punto de consumirse.

Pero Venus, con un bonete rosa que se bambolea sobre su cabeza, no puede soplarla. Los perros no saben. Al lado, su dueña Victoria Font apaga la vela, toma un trozo de la torta y se la da en la boca. Los invitados vuelven a aplaudir.

“Para mí Venus es como mi hija, se merece que le festeje el cumpleaños”, comentó Victoria un domingo reciente en el Barto Café, en un suburbio al sur de Buenos Aires, que ofrece un servicio de pastelería y cumpleaños para perros.

La escena que hubiera resultado disparatada años atrás describe una nueva forma de vincularse de los humanos con los animales. En Buenos Aires —una de las ciudades del mundo con más perros (2.463) por kilómetro cuadrado—, cada vez más personas eligen tener mascotas antes que niños.

“A ella le encanta que le den atención... Quiero que ella sienta que es el centro de la escena en un lugar público, con invitados... Así como un nene cuando festeja su cumpleaños”, acotó la joven veinteañera en plena celebración de los 5 años de su “perra-hija” de raza mixta y color negro. “Ella es como muy humana, literal. En casa duerme con la cabeza en la almohada, sabe abrir las puertas, sabe comer en la mesa, entiende absolutamente todo lo que le digo”.

Según cifras oficiales, en la capital argentina hay un estimado de 493.676 perros y 368.176 gatos, mientras que la población humana de 0 a 14 años asciende a 460.696. Esto significa que hay una mascota en casi 8 de cada 10 hogares porteños.

En España, hay 1,8 millones de niños menores de 4 años frente a 10,4 millones de animales de compañía.

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