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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. It's a
major flooding disaster that just keeps getting worse by the day.
Dozens of people are dead and many remain missing following
catastrophic flooding in central Texas. The dead include twenty eight
adults and fifteen children in Kerk County alone. More bodies

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have been found in neighboring counties as well, with The
New York Times reporting at least fifty two total deaths.
Many of those who are missing our children from a
private Christian camp northwest of San Antonio. Homeland Security Chief
Christy Nomes says the Coastcuard will assist in search and
recovery efforts. The remains of seven bodies have been recovered
after an explosion at a California fireworks warehouse. Phil Ferrar has.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
More Yellow County sheriffs and fire departments, saying ars and
experts used a series of detonations to clear the way
to search for those seven who were missing. Officials are
confirming three of the bodies inside were brothers. That fatal
explosion happened at the devastating pyrotechnic squarehouse authority say it
was not permitted to house fireworks inside that structure. Investigators

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say that property was owned by a Yolo County Lieutenant sheriff.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
I'm Phil Farrar Elon Musk says he's forming a new
political party. He announced the creation of the America Party
on x Saturday, a day after posting a poll asking
users if they support making a new party. Musk says
the party will give Americans quote back your freedom, the
world's richest man. Went on to say the party would
caucus independently and could focus on just a few seats

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in the Senate and the House of Representatives. In California's
largest wildfire of the year continues to burn. The Madre
Fire started on Wednesday afternoon and has now burned nearly
eighty thousand acres and is only ten percent contained. The
fire has prompted highway closures along with evacuation orders and warnings.

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Cal Fire says more than six hundred personnel or fighting
the blaze with numerous air tankers from throughout the state.
I'm Jim Forbes. Hamas appears to be edging closer to
a ceasefire deal with Israel. A Palestinian official on Friday
described Hamas's reaction to the deal as quote positive. The
Gaza Deal, which includes a sixty day ceasefire on the

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Gaza Strip, is being broken by the US. President Trump
says Israel has already agreed to the deal and claims
an agreement could be reached by next week. Kelly Clarkson
has pulled the plug on the weekend opener of her
Las Vegas residency. Lisa Carton has more What Doesn't Kill

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You Makes a sif?

Speaker 3 (02:44):
The show was postponed just hours before the first performance
was scheduled. Clarkson announced the change on Instagram, writing quote,
I am devastated to have to postpone tonight and tomorrow's
opening at Caesar's. A residency titled Kelly Clarkson Studio Sessions,
was originally set for eight pm on July fourth and fifth.
Clarkson's website now shows a date in time to be

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announced descriptor on Ticketmaster. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Officials in Alaska are floating the idea of a bear
Alcatraz to house migrants in the northern state. Florida has
been getting a lot of media attention for opening a
migrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. White
House Policy advisor Stephen Miller has called on Republican governors
to work with the administration to build migrant facilities in

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all Red states. Earlier this week, an Alaska official responded
by telling Fox News, quote, we don't have alligators, but
we have a lot of bears. And A band called
The Velvet Sundown currently has over nine hundred thousand monthly
listeners on Spotify and is speculated to be AI. The
group has officially admitted in a revision to their Spotify

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bio that their music is AI generated. The band went
viral after pop being up in June on Spotify playlists.
I'm Jim Forbes