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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. Protesters are
blocking the one to one freeway in Los Angeles as
police fire less lethal rounds while anti ice protests erupt
for a third day. President Trump deployed two thousand members
of the California National Guard in a move sharply criticized

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as inflammatory and unnecessary by Governor Gavin Newsom and LA
Mayor Karen Bass. The LA Police Department has declared an
unlawful assembly as local activists called for a mass demonstration
in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Protesters continued to gather
in downtown LA despite the police declaration, with authorities authorized

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to arrest anybody who throws items at officers. In a
post on X Today, Newsom said Trump is trying to
manufacture a crisis in Los Angeles County and urge demonstrators
not to take debate. President Vladimir Zelenski says Ukraine needs
to respond to Russia's aggression with force. Appearing on ABC's
This Week, he said that was the reason for last

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week's strikes on warplanes deep inside Russia. They have to
prepare sushplans because can't because we don't know, We don't
really know if they will stop this war. They don't want,
they don't want to stop the war. Zelenski says he
believes that thirty four percent of Russia's A strategic aircraft
were destroyed. He said he wants President Trump to put
more pressure on Russia, including stronger sanctions, to help bring

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about an end to the war. Texas and Oklahoma are
bracing for another round of severe weather. Forecasters are predicting
heavy rain, damaging winds, large hail, flash flooding, and possible
tornadoes in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. The Weather Prediction
Center says thunderstorms are forecast across the country from Pennsylvania
to New Mexico. There's a major egg recall sparked by

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a multi state salmonilla outbreak. The August Egg Company is
recalling nearly two million cartons of brown eggs after dozens
became sick in several states, including California, Nevada, and Arizona.
The sell by dates from March fourth to June nineteenth.
Most were sold in Safeway in Walmart stores in nine states.
I'm Chris Caragio. A new study suggests teenage night owls

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may be more impulsively self destructive. Researchers use data from
two hundred and ten teenagers who completed questionnaires to measure
their impulsivity and sleep patterns. The teens also provided saliva
samples and wore a sleep tracking device. The study found
teens who liked to stay up late were more likely
to act impulsively when experiencing negative emotions. Researchers say parents

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may be able to help their teens by encouraging them
to sleep normal hours. A new artificial sweetener used mainly
in e cigarettes may also be in your food. The
relatively unknown sweetener is called neotame. Researchers from Duke and
Yale found the next generation sweetener in eleven of the
top disposable e cigarette brands. It's up to thirteen thousand
times sweeter than table sugar and sixty five times sweeter

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then the more well known artificial sweetener aspartame. The new
sweetener has also been found in bake goods, candy gums,
salad dress, fruit spreads, dairy desserts, yogurt, and in some drinks.

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Brod Stewart is canceled and rescheduled his next six US
shows while he continues to recover from the flu. The
eighty year old British rocker made the announcement on his
Instagram page on Friday, after he had already canceled two
shows in this Las Vegas residency. The two California shows
originally scheduled for next week have been moved to September,
and both Lex is recalling millions of its adjustable dumbbells

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because their weight plates can come loose and cause injuries.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall follows over
one hundred reports of injuries, including concussions and abrasions, and
that over three million units have been recalled. Both Lex
filed for bankruptcy protection in March of twenty twenty four,
and was acquired by Johnson Health Tech, which is refunding
customers in the form of a voucher or replacement. I'm

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Chris Krajio.