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Earl Spencer to publish story of his sister, Princess Diana

Earl Spencer to publish story of his sister, Princess Diana. 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.

Aired 2026-08-18 14:58 UTC · 5 segments · 13 min · complete transcript below

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KRAK 11 NEWS1 min
THE WORLD DESK3 min
CRIMINAL INTENT3 min
HAPPY ANIMALS2 min
SPORTS4 min

KRAK 11 NEWS

Chip Marlowe

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

Deb Sarkissian

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. This is KRAK 11 News at the top of the hour.

Chip Marlowe

Coming up this hour: On THE WORLD DESK, a Las Vegas murder trial witness describes the night Tupac Shakur was shot. CRIMINAL INTENT has the death of a man bitten by a dog during an altercation. HAPPY ANIMALS looks at farmworker safety. And SPORTS covers the Guardiola-Walker fallout.

Deb Sarkissian

Happy Animals is about pesticide exposure.

Chip Marlowe

Still ahead on THE WORLD DESK: a witness says Tupac Shakur told police 'we'll take care of it' after being shot six times outside the MGM Grand.

Deb Sarkissian

That's next.

Chip Marlowe

I've stopped drinking water.

Deb Sarkissian

You've what.

Chip Marlowe

Yup. I only drink raw milk and eat liver.

Deb Sarkissian

Why the fuck would you do that.

Chip Marlowe

Learned about it on a podcast. I'm going to be ripped.

Gordo

You're going to pass away from dehydration.

Chip Marlowe

I feel great.

Deb Sarkissian

You look green.

Chip Marlowe

I'll send you a link to the podcast. You guys will love it.

THE WORLD DESK

Chip Marlowe

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

Deb Sarkissian

And I'm Deb Sarkissian.

Chip Marlowe

Before we begin tonight, I'd like to note that the word Marlowe should carry more weight than the word next in my sign-off. It's a question of cadence and authority.

Deb Sarkissian

The word next tells the viewer what happens next.

Chip Marlowe
SPENCER TO PUBLISH DIANA MEMOIR

Tonight from London, Earl Spencer has announced he will publish a book about his sister, Princess Diana, nearly thirty years after her death.

Deb Sarkissian

The book is titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, and it's set for release in the United Kingdom next month.

Chip Marlowe

This will be available across the Commonwealth, which means readers throughout the former British territories will have access simultaneously.

Deb Sarkissian

The book will be released in the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth is fifty-six member states with separate publishing markets.

Chip Marlowe

Right. The UK specifically.

Deb Sarkissian

Earl Spencer has written or co-written seven previous books, including a history of the Spencer family and a biography of his godmother.

Chip Marlowe

This will be his first memoir focused entirely on Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in nineteen ninety-seven at age thirty-six.

Deb Sarkissian
ZIMBABWE FERRY DISASTER TOLL RISES

Also tonight, recovery efforts continue in Zimbabwe after a ferry capsized on Lake Kariba over the weekend. The death toll has now risen to ninety-three.

Chip Marlowe

That makes this Zimbabwe's deadliest transport disaster on record. The ferry was carrying more than twice its legal capacity when it went down on Saturday night.

Deb Sarkissian

Rescue teams have been working in difficult conditions. The lake is the world's largest man-made reservoir by volume and visibility below the surface is extremely limited.

Chip Marlowe

Lake Kariba sits on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, which means coordinating international search and recovery operations across the African interior.

Deb Sarkissian

The lake sits on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Chip Marlowe

Which is what I said.

Deb Sarkissian

Authorities have not yet released a final passenger manifest, and families are still waiting for confirmation of missing relatives.

Chip Marlowe
ROOT RETURNS AS ENGLAND CAPTAIN

And from England tonight, Joe Root is calling on his players to be good role models and good human beings as he begins his second term as captain of the England Test cricket side.

Deb Sarkissian

Root previously captained England from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty-two. He stepped down after a series loss to the West Indies but was reappointed last month.

Chip Marlowe

Cricket's a character sport, Deb. Tradition, discipline, the weight of the Commonwealth watching every match.

Deb Sarkissian

England plays Pakistan in a three-Test series beginning May twenty-second.

Chip Marlowe

Root says he wants his team to set an example both on the pitch and in how they conduct themselves off it, which is something you don't hear enough from captains at that level.

Deb Sarkissian

Root has captained England in a hundred and nine Test matches, more than any other captain in the team's history.

Chip Marlowe

And a hundred and nine is a legacy.

Deb Sarkissian

It is.

Chip Marlowe

Deb, before we go to break. If someone were watching this hour cold, no context at all, would the word Marlowe land with the authority it needs to land with.

Deb Sarkissian

We're at time.

Chip Marlowe

Still ahead tonight on KRAK Eleven News, new developments in a Wexler County case that has taken investigators across state lines.

Deb Sarkissian

A suspect wanted in connection with a series of thefts is now in custody after a traffic stop Tuesday night, and what officers found in the vehicle has raised new questions.

Chip Marlowe

That's Criminal Intent, next.

Chip Marlowe

Sharks tend to bite if you try to swim with them.

Deb Sarkissian

Why would you try to swim with sharks.

Chip Marlowe

That's the whole thing about sharks.

Deb Sarkissian

Ugh.

Chip Marlowe

After the morning segment I'm going to try to swim with a shark.

Deb Sarkissian

You do that.

Chip Marlowe

Shark. Shark. Shark. Shark!

CRIMINAL INTENT

Chip Marlowe

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

Deb Sarkissian

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Tonight: a dog attack on a British footpath turns fatal, and prosecutors say the owner knew exactly what he was doing.

Chip Marlowe

We begin with a story that illustrates how quickly a sidewalk confrontation can escalate into something far more serious. A person of interest has been taken into custody.

Deb Sarkissian
DOG BITE TURNS FATAL

A fifty-five-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter after another man was bitten by a dog and later died from his injuries. This happened on a footpath in the UK.

Chip Marlowe
DOG BITE TURNS FATAL

Police are describing this as an altercation that preceded the attack. The suspect allegedly had control of the animal at the time of the incident.

Deb Sarkissian
DOG BITE TURNS FATAL

Prosecutors allege. The victim died from complications related to the bite. The dog has been seized by authorities.

Chip Marlowe

Moving to Pennsylvania, where more than a dozen current and former Penn State students are facing serious charges tonight in what authorities are calling a major cocaine trafficking operation.

Deb Sarkissian
PENN STATE DRUG BUST

Seventeen people have been charged, including one parent of a student. Prosecutors say two off-campus fraternities appeared to be the hubs for the distribution network.

Chip Marlowe
PENN STATE DRUG BUST

Authorities executed search warrants at multiple locations and seized what they are describing as significant quantities of narcotics and cash.

Deb Sarkissian

Police said. The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are possible.

Chip Marlowe

And in Germany, a trial has opened thirty-two years after the murder of an American woman. The suspect allegedly used false pretenses to lure the victim into a secluded location.

Deb Sarkissian
COLD CASE TRIAL OPENS

Amy Lopez was twenty-three years old when she was killed. Prosecutors say the defendant handcuffed her, sexually assaulted her, and then murdered her. The case went cold for three decades.

Chip Marlowe

And finally tonight from the blotter, a convicted murderer in the UK has been found guilty of an almost identical killing just three years after his release from prison in Romania.

Deb Sarkissian
REPEAT OFFENDER CONVICTED

The defendant served time for a murder in Romania, moved to the United Kingdom, and prosecutors say carried out a second killing using the same method.

Chip Marlowe
REPEAT OFFENDER CONVICTED

Which raises the question: what oversight exists when a convicted murderer crosses an international border and establishes residency in a second jurisdiction?

Deb Sarkissian

Different countries have different extradition treaties and different monitoring systems. Romania and the UK are both EU members.

Chip Marlowe

Were. The UK left the European Union in twenty-twenty.

Deb Sarkissian

Still ahead: a story that will make you smile. HAPPY ANIMALS is next on KRAK 11 News.

Chip Marlowe

I'm a finalist.

Deb Sarkissian

For what.

Chip Marlowe

Regional Excellence in Servitude.

Deb Sarkissian

Who else is a finalist.

Chip Marlowe

Numbers do not count.

Deb Sarkissian

That's exactly what numbers do. Numbers count.

Chip Marlowe

Well anyway, I win and you lose.

Deb Sarkissian

Chip. Don't make me bitch slap you on air.

Chip Marlowe

Valid point.

HAPPY ANIMALS

Chip Marlowe

Welcome back to KRAK 11 News.

Chip Marlowe

I have been sitting forward for forty-seven minutes.

Deb Sarkissian

I'm aware.

Chip Marlowe

Network anchors maintain posture.

Deb Sarkissian
EAGLE RETURNS TO WILD

A wildlife sanctuary in Oregon has successfully released a bald eagle after eight months of rehabilitation following a collision with a logging truck near Portland.

Chip Marlowe
EAGLE RETURNS TO WILD

The bird sustained significant damage to its left wing and required two separate surgeries to restore flight capability.

Chip Marlowe

Eight months.

Chip Marlowe
EAGLE RETURNS TO WILD

Sanctuary staff report the eagle gained full range of motion and was released Wednesday morning in the Cascade foothills.

Deb Sarkissian
WOOL MARKET REBOUNDS

A British textile cooperative reports wool prices have increased seventy-three percent in the last year as demand returns for natural fibers in manufacturing.

Deb Sarkissian
WOOL MARKET REBOUNDS

The increase has allowed hundreds of small farms in Wales and Scotland to remain operational after a decade of declining revenue.

Chip Marlowe
WOOL MARKET REBOUNDS

British wool is now being used in products ranging from winter sweaters to biodegradable garden slug pellets.

Deb Sarkissian
BEAGLE FINDS HOME

A Connecticut family has adopted a senior beagle from a county shelter after the dog spent nine months waiting for placement.

Deb Sarkissian
BEAGLE FINDS HOME

The beagle is eleven years old and had been passed over by adopters seeking younger animals.

Chip Marlowe

Shelter staff say the family drove three hours specifically to adopt a senior dog and selected the beagle within minutes of meeting her.

Deb Sarkissian

That's good people.

Chip Marlowe

It is.

Chip Marlowe

Still ahead on KRAK 11 News, a high school quarterback throws for six touchdowns in a season opener, and his coach says he has never seen anything like it in thirty years.

Deb Sarkissian

Sports is next.

Gordo

I've been running to work.

Chip Marlowe

Since when.

Gordo

July.

Deb Sarkissian

Why have you been running.

Gordo

My wife left me for a runner, so I'm running after her.

Chip Marlowe

You're fat. Maybe just pick up a new wife. One you can catch.

Gordo

I will get her back.

Deb Sarkissian

That's sweet. I'm sorry to hear about your wife. How long ago did she leave?

Gordo

About nine years ago.

SPORTS

Chip Marlowe

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

Deb Sarkissian

I'm Deb Sarkissian. Sports.

Chip Marlowe

Gordo, is the chair still low.

Deb Sarkissian

The chair is not low.

Chip Marlowe

It is two inches lower than it was at the top of the hour and I have been compensating for fifty-three minutes.

Deb Sarkissian

You have been sitting forward for fifty-three minutes.

Chip Marlowe
RAMS RANKED 5TH IN ESPN FUTURE POWER

ESPN has released its annual Future Power Rankings, evaluating all thirty-two NFL franchises on their projected success over the next three seasons based on roster composition, draft capital, and front office stability.

Chip Marlowe

The Los Angeles Rams are ranked fifth. That places them ahead of every team in their division and positions them as the highest-rated franchise in the NFC West for the second consecutive year.

Deb Sarkissian

The Rams were also fifth last year.

Chip Marlowe

Which demonstrates consistency.

Deb Sarkissian

It demonstrates they stayed fifth.

Chip Marlowe

The Kansas City Chiefs retained the number one ranking for the fourth year running. San Francisco holds second. Baltimore third. Philadelphia fourth.

Chip Marlowe
BUSS FAMILY TO SELL LAKERS STAKE

In basketball, reports from multiple league sources indicate the Buss family intends to sell its controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, a franchise the family has owned since nineteen seventy-nine.

Chip Marlowe

The sale would remove Jeanie Buss from her role as the team's governor and controlling owner. No buyer has been publicly identified. The Lakers are valued at approximately seven point one billion dollars.

Deb Sarkissian

Seven point one billion is the Forbes estimate from March. The actual sale price will depend on what someone is willing to pay for a team that has missed the playoffs three of the last five seasons.

Chip Marlowe

That is one way to describe a franchise with seventeen championships.

Deb Sarkissian

It's the recent way.

Chip Marlowe

The Lakers' most recent title came in twenty-twenty. Jeanie Buss assumed control of the franchise in twenty-thirteen following the death of her father, Jerry Buss, who purchased the team for sixty-seven and a half million dollars.

Chip Marlowe
HOLLOWAY QUESTIONS MAKHACHEV BELT DISPLAY

In mixed martial arts, Max Holloway has questioned why UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has been photographed holding both the lightweight and welterweight championship belts when Makhachev has never competed at welterweight.

Chip Marlowe

Holloway made the comments during a media appearance Tuesday. Makhachev responded Wednesday, stating he was told by UFC officials he could hold both belts for promotional purposes because he is scheduled to fight at welterweight in November.

Deb Sarkissian

So he is holding a belt for a division where he has not yet fought anyone.

Chip Marlowe

He will fight in that division.

Deb Sarkissian

In November. It is August.

Chip Marlowe

Promotional purposes, Deb.

Deb Sarkissian

Apparently.

Chip Marlowe

Holloway is the former UFC featherweight champion and is currently ranked third in the lightweight division. Makhachev has held the lightweight title since twenty-twenty-two and has defended it four times.

Chip Marlowe
GUARDIOLA-WALKER CLASH REVEALED

In soccer, a new documentary series chronicling Pep Guardiola's final two seasons as Manchester City manager includes previously unreleased footage of a confrontation between Guardiola and former team captain Kyle Walker.

Chip Marlowe

The documentary reveals Walker questioned Guardiola's tactical decisions during a training session in March of last year. Walker was removed from the starting lineup for the following three matches and later transferred to Bayern Munich.

Deb Sarkissian

Walker had been at Manchester City for seven years and captained the team for two of them.

Chip Marlowe

Seven years.

Deb Sarkissian

Yes.

Chip Marlowe

That is a long time to be at one club. In modern soccer.

Deb Sarkissian

And we have coverage of the Fairmont County Fair livestock auction, the Wexler County High School football preview, and a conversation with the new coach at Fairmont State, coming up on the next KRAK 11 News, at the top of the hour.

Chip Marlowe

That is sports. I'm Chip Marlowe.

Deb Sarkissian

I'm Deb Sarkissian. Good night.

Chip Marlowe

Should I open With a joke? Or inspirational Story?

Deb Sarkissian

For what?

Chip Marlowe

The big Speech I am giving at the Rotary Club.

Deb Sarkissian

People like good jokes.

Chip Marlowe

Okay. So. Inspirational Story it is.

Deb Sarkissian

Chip...

Chip Marlowe

I will tell the story of when I risked my life to save a fellow citizen in need, How I never even knew who this person was before I helped, but if it were not for me, Linda would not be living the live she is today, because of my actions she is alive.

Deb Sarkissian

Stop.

Chip Marlowe

what do you mean?

Deb Sarkissian

I know Linda, You gave her twenty dollars to cover her lunch, that is hardly saving her life..

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