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The White House says there could end up being a trilateral meeting with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin has agreed to begin the next phase of the peace process, including a possible one-on-one with Zelenskyy. She said Vice President JD Vance and other U.S. officials will continue to coordinate with Russia and Ukraine.        The impact of Hurricane Erin will still be felt by millions of Americans despite it not making landfall. The center of Erin is forecast to move between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda on Wednesday and Thursday, with high surf and rip currents expected from Massachusetts to the Carolinas. Erin will be closest to the North Carolina Outer Banks Thursday morning.        Possible crime data manipulation by Washington, D.C. police is being investigated by the Justice Department. Two senior law enforcement officials confirmed the investigation to NBC News. Mayor Muriel Bowser has previously pointed to D.C. police data indicating that violent crime has decreased 26-percent compared to last year to argue that Trump's federal takeover of the city is unnecessary.        Wall Street has ended the day with stocks mostly lower. The Nasdaq fell more than one percent as a broad decline in technology shares weighed on the broader market. Home Depot was among the few bright spots with a nearly four percent gain after the home improvement giant maintained its full-year outlook.        A new study shows a possible link between hearing aids and a reduction in dementia risk. According to research from the Framingham Heart Study, the nearly three-thousand adults studied who used hearing aids due to hearing loss cut their risk of dementia by more than half. Researchers say there's no benefit for adults who used hearings aids after the age of 70.        A 140-thousand-dollar spending spree on Pokemon cards and gaming items using a company credit card has landed an Iowa man in federal prison. The Justice Department says 34-year-old Mitch William Gross used his company's credit cards for his personal shopping sprees between September 2021 and October 2022. After his four months behind bars, Gross will be placed on supervised release for three years.       

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