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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks, has agreed to a plea deal for a lifelong sentence. The Defense Department announced that Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty next week. Hamas' top political leader was killed in an airstrike in Iran, with Iran blaming Israel and threatening retaliation, heightening regional tensions. Donald Trump made racially charged remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris' heritage at a gathering of Black journalists, which drew criticism and allowed Harris to highlight the potential consequences of Trump's rhetoric. StubHub faces a lawsuit for allegedly misleading customers with hidden fees, potentially adding up to 40% to ticket prices. Meanwhile, USA Olympian Katie Ledecky won her 12th career medal and eighth gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle, tying the record for most medals by an American female swimmer.

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Today's Script

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In Must Know News:

• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, an inmate at Guantanamo Bay accused of being the mastermind of the Al Qaida 9/11 attacks, has agreed to enter a plea deal. The Defense Department announced on Wednesday that Mohammed and two other accomplices will plea guilty as soon as next week for life long sentences in the terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001. 
• It has been confirmed that Hamas’ top political leader has been killed in an airstrike in Iran on Wednesday. Iran has placed blame on Israel, saying the assassination now puts a full-out regional war at risk. Iran’s supreme leader has vowed revenge against Israel, and Netanyahu stated that they would ‘enact a heavy price’ referring to the increased aggression against Israel, but did not mention the assassination.  
• Donald Trump clearly can’t read a room as he delivered a racially questionable monologue on Wednesday at the country’s largest annual gathering of Black journalists regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’ heritage. Trump said, quote ‘is she Indian or is she Black?’ and further attacked her public identity. Trump’s comments were met with jeers and not much support, while giving Harris the perfect platform to tell voters that if there isn’t change, this is what is in store for the next four years.   
• A new lawsuit against the online ticket platform Stubhub has accused the company of using predatory sales tactics to mislead customers into spending up to 40% more on tickets. According to Washington, D.C.’s Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, Stubhub tricks its users by enticing them with an initial low price that hides mandatory fees until just before shoppers make their purchase. Talk about scummy.  
• USA Olympian Katie Ledecky won gold in the 1,500 meter freestyle this Wednesday, securing her 12th career medal and tying Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, and Natalie Coughlin for the most medals ever won by an American female swimmer. Oh, and she also won her eighth gold medal in the process. All she does is win, win, win, no matter what!

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Sources:

Inmate pleads guilty to planning 9/11 (⁠AP⁠)

Hamas leader killed in Iran (⁠AP⁠)

Trump questions Harris’s race at Black journalists’ convention (⁠Reuters⁠)

StubHub sued for misleading customers, inflating prices (⁠CBS⁠)

Katie Ledecky wins 12th Olympic medal after winning 1500 meter freestyle (⁠NBC⁠)