Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal
Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal. The KRAK 11 News hour: The World Desk, Criminal Intent, Happy Animals, Sports. Real stories from named sources, read by Chip Marlowe and Deb Sarkissian.
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KRAK 11 NEWS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. The top of the hour on KRAK 11 News.
This hour: The World Desk brings you tributes pouring in for an actress gone at thirty-six, with investigators still searching for answers.
Criminal Intent covers a midfielder who says Barcelona has always been the dream, and tonight that dream lands in Spain.
Happy Animals celebrates a track star who took home four golds and asked the crowd a very specific question.
That's a person, Chip.
And Sports rounds out the hour. All of that ahead, but first: tributes continue for actress Hayden Panettiere, who authorities say showed no signs of trauma. We'll have more on that in just a moment.
Stay with us.
Why is your car booted.
Clerical error.
How many tickets.
Allegedly nine.
Allegedly.
I dispute four of them.
That still leaves five.
Five is not nine, Gordo.
Five is still enough to boot your car.
I am busy reporting the news. Gordo, Pay the Tickets and I need to borrow your car at four thirty.
THE WORLD DESK
Good evening, I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian.
Gordo, is the map graphic loading correctly tonight? The Middle East overlay was rendering three pixels off-center yesterday and I would like that acknowledged before we begin.
We're beginning now.
We begin tonight with developing news from the Strait of Hormuz. The sixty-day window for peace negotiations in the Persian Gulf expired at midnight Eastern time.
President Trump threatened military action against Oman if that government interferes with U.S.-Iran negotiations. Oman has been conducting separate diplomatic talks to reopen the Strait.
Oman is strategically positioned near the Arabian Sea, which makes it central to shipping throughout the Mediterranean region.
The Arabian Peninsula. Oman borders the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea directly.
Which feeds into Mediterranean trade routes.
Through the Suez Canal, two thousand miles west. The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.
Downing Street is also dealing with a security breach tonight involving one of Britain's senior elected officials.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone posing as the White House Chief of Staff. The breach was first reported by Politico. Downing Street has declined to comment on the content of those messages.
Burnham oversees the Manchester metropolitan area, which is Britain's second-largest economic zone after London.
Greater Manchester is the third-largest metropolitan economy in the United Kingdom.
Birmingham has declined considerably.
Birmingham is second.
In the Middle East, White House envoy Jared Kushner described his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as, quote, very good, following separate talks with Hamas representatives on the Gaza peace plan.
Kushner is seeking Israeli backing for the U.S.-backed framework. No timeline has been announced for a formal agreement.
And the talks continue against the backdrop of the Oman situation, which affects the entire Arabian trade corridor.
The Strait of Hormuz.
Which is part of that corridor.
The Strait is twenty-one miles wide at its narrowest point. A fifth of the world's petroleum passes through it.
We are ninety seconds to break.
We are.
Deb. If someone were tuning in now, unfamiliar with the region, would you say the Mediterranean context clarifies the stakes.
I would not say that.
It connects the story to something people have heard of.
The Persian Gulf is something people have heard of.
Not in Wexler County.
Chip.
Still ahead on KRAK 11 News, a Wexler County man is charged with mailing himself across state lines. That story and more when Criminal Intent continues in just a moment.
We'll be right back.
Why does your mug say World's Best Dad.
It was on sale.
You don't have kids.
It's aspirational.
You're fifty-two.
Plenty of time.
For what, adopting a teenager?
No I am impregnating 27 women and will a full time Dad within the year.
what the fuck did you just say?
CRIMINAL INTENT
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Welcome back to KRAK 11 News.
Wisconsin law enforcement is tracking what they're calling a network collapse in real time, and the collapse isn't criminal — it's the surveillance system itself.
Multiple municipalities across Wisconsin have terminated contracts with Flock Safety, a license plate recognition company whose value depends on cities staying connected.
The cameras read plates, flag matches, and share data across jurisdictions. The network effect — more cameras, more coverage — runs in both directions.
As cities leave, the system covers less area, making it less valuable to the cities that remain. Some are now citing that reduced coverage as the reason to leave.
A surveillance grid that watches itself disappear. We'll stay on that.
Also national: a former federal prosecutor filed suit against the Justice Department Monday alleging unlawful termination tied to her prosecution of anti-abortion activists.
The complaint alleges she was dismissed for political reasons earlier this year. The Department of Justice has not yet responded to the filing.
And closer to home: New Hampshire State Police charged a driver with criminal operating under the influence and excessive speed after a pursuit on Interstate Ninety-Five ended in Waterville.
Troopers initiated the stop in New Hampshire. The suspect, according to police, continued into Maine before the vehicle was stopped without incident just after the state line.
Police said the driver was cooperative following the stop. The suspect is being held pending arraignment.
And law enforcement across the country is warning parents about what they're calling the door-kicking challenge, a social media trend that police say can turn a viral prank from funny to fatal.
Participants kick a stranger's door, film the reaction, and post it. What they are not filming is the homeowner on the other side who believes an intruder is breaking in.
Several jurisdictions have made arrests. Charges include trespassing, vandalism, and in two cases, assault after homeowners confronted participants.
Police are asking anyone who sees the video circulating to report it rather than share it, because every share is someone's address.
Still ahead: animals who are not kicking doors. That's next.
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Who gave you that.
The plant?
Yes.
A viewer.
Which viewer.
Does it matter?
I have been receiving some strange mail, and I am just protecting you.
Maybe you're just paranoid.
ya thats what they told me when I refused to become an alter buy. Look how that turned out.
HAPPY ANIMALS
Good news, after the break.
You moved the planter.
I rotated the planter six degrees counterclockwise so the leaves catch the studio light during the happy segment, which is tonally appropriate.
The planter does not have leaves.
It has the potential for leaves, Deb, and I am thinking ahead.
A capuchin monkey named Punch, rescued from illegal captivity three years ago, has begun what researchers are calling mutual grooming with other capuchins at the sanctuary.
The sanctuary says mutual grooming is the first clear indicator of social bonding, and Punch has been followed by four million people across six platforms who have watched his progress.
Three years is a long time to wait for a friend.
It is.
Anyway. A glass frog discovered in Ecuador has transparent skin allowing scientists to observe its internal organs without invasive procedures.
The frog is about an inch long, lives in cloud forest canopy, and researchers say the transparency may help it avoid predators in dappled light.
You can see its heart beating.
That is genuinely remarkable.
A mantis shrimp recorded off the coast of Australia has been clocked striking at fifty miles per hour, fast enough to boil the water around its claw and create a shockwave.
The shrimp has sixteen color receptors, compared to three in humans, and can see polarized and ultraviolet light invisible to most predators.
And the Oregon red panda named Maple has returned to her habitat after twelve days of veterinary care for a respiratory infection.
The zoo says Maple recognized her keepers immediately upon return, which tells you everything you need to know about the care she received.
Coming up, we have sports, and a question about whether dominance can be measured by anything other than the scoreboard.
The scoreboard is different, Deb.
That is what I just said.
So.
So what.
Nothing. Just a day. Like any other day.
Okay.
Although some days are more significant than others.
Is today significant.
I didn't say that.
Happy birthday, Chip.
How did you know.
You do this every year. I hope you have a wonderful day..
SPORTS
Sports.
Amy Hunt has entered what I would call the pantheon of track excellence after winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships. Four golds, Deb. In a single meet.
That is the correct number.
She called it entering stardom. Those are her words. The British press is comparing this to Olympic-level achievement, which it functionally is when you consider the depth of European competition in sprint events.
Great Britain's athletic federation released a statement calling Hunt's performance unprecedented in the modern era of championships. She won the hundred meters, the two hundred meters, the four-by-one hundred relay, and the four-by-two hundred relay.
She said, quote, are you not entertained, which is from Gladiator, the film, and which plays extremely well in a stadium setting where the drama is already built in.
College football. Fairmont State opens fall camp tomorrow at six a.m. Nineteen returning starters including the entire starting offensive line from last season.
Five and six last season, but that line is intact, which in my view is where championships are built. You protect the quarterback, you control the clock, and the scoreboard follows. That is football distilled to its essence.
The team lost its starting quarterback to graduation.
The line is what matters, Deb.
Professional football. The Rams are ranked fifth in ESPN's future power rankings, which projects franchise strength over the next three seasons based on roster construction, front office performance, and cap flexibility.
Fifth is exactly where you want to be in a projection like this. You are competitive, you are visible, but you are not carrying the pressure of being number one, which historically has caused teams to underperform relative to expectation.
The Chiefs are ranked first.
And they will feel that.
Mixed martial arts. Max Holloway has questioned why Islam Makhachev carries two championship belts into the octagon when one of those belts represents a theoretical pound-for-pound ranking with no official title defense attached.
Makhachev responded by saying the second belt represents something Holloway does not have, which is dominance across weight classes and rankings systems, and I think that is a legitimate point when you consider the optics of championship presentation.
The pound-for-pound ranking is a media construct. There is no governing body that awards a belt for it.
He has the belt, Deb.
He has a belt.
Basketball. The Buss family, which has owned the Lakers since nineteen seventy-nine, intends to sell the franchise, removing Jeanie Buss from her role as governor. Sources say the decision follows years of internal discussions about succession and valuation.
Is the scoreboard graphic still rendering three pixels off-center, because I am seeing it again.
The graphic is centered.
It is three pixels to the left of where it was on Thursday, and I have screenshots organized by date if that would help clarify — the Buss family sale is expected to close in the next fiscal quarter, which will mark the end of four decades of family ownership.
Coming up. The next KRAK 11 News, at the top of the hour.
We will have updates on the eclipse aftermath, weather impact across the county, and breaking developments from Washington. That is next.
Have a good night, Wexler County.
I won three hundred bucks.
On what.
Scratch ticket.
You play the lottery.
Sometimes.
The lottery is a tax on people who can't do math.
I just won three hundred dollars.
And how much have you spent.
I don't track that.
Exactly. and another thing why the fuck do people buying lottery tickets always take so long at the counter, they take forever picking, they pay for the tickets in multiple payments, and then they scratch and get right back in line until they are broke, I do not get it. But Congratulations on your loss.
Reporting behind this episode
- Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal
- Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump's chief of staff
- Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan
- As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
- Former federal prosecutor is suing DOJ for 'unlawful and retaliatory' firing
- 'Are you not entertained?' - Hunt enters stardom with iconic quadruple