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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says over one hundred have died
and more than one hundred and sixty are still missing
after flooding in central Texas. Abbot spoke from rural hunt
in western Kirk County, saying no one will rest until
every person missing is found. There are still five campers
and one counselor missing from a girls camp in Kirk

(00:29):
County where twenty seven girls and counselors died. The Supreme
Court will allow the Trump administration to resume plans to
carry out mass job cuts across federal agencies. Justices lifted
a district judge's order blocking the large scale federal layoffs
that could potentially impact hundreds of thousands of jobs. California

(00:52):
Governor Gavin Newsom is condemning a federal immigration raid in
LA's MacArthur Park. Daniel Martindale reports the raid on Monday
morning involved federal agents and military vehicles. Newsom claims the
operation was politically motivated and disruptive to one of Los Angeles'
most vulnerable communities. Newsom also says the National Guard members
who were protecting people from wildfires are now being used

(01:15):
as political pawns. The operation took place while kids between
the ages of five and twelve were attending a city
run summer camp nearby. I'm Daniel Martindale. President Trump is
expressing his unhappiness with Russia's leader.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
I'm not happy with Putin.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I continue that much. While meeting with his cabinet at
the White House, Trump told reporters the war in Ukraine
is causing thousands of deaths. He added that Vladimir Putin
is also killing a lot of his own soldiers with
his continued attacks. Actor Michael Madsen's cause of death is
being revealed NBC four's reporting. Madson's cardiologists confirmed he died

(01:52):
from heart failure, with alcoholism named as a contributing factor.
The station also reported there will be no autopsy because
Madsen's doctor signed the death certificate. I'm Brian Shook. There
are multiple reports that the TSA is finally ending a
requirement that created long lines at the airport.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Rory O'Neal reports passengers at a growing number of airports
are no longer required to remove their shoes. The TSA
has yet to confirm the change first reported by the
gate Access travel newsletter. Passengers have been taking off their
footwear since two thousand and six, five years after the
so called shoebomber tried to blow up a flight between

(02:34):
Paris and Miami. I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Surgeons at a Florida hospital are credited with performing the
first recorded heart and liver transplant without a blood transfusion.
The surgical team at Tampa General Hospital carried out the
procedure on a patient who is a member of the
Jehovah's Witness faith, which prohibits transfusions. Doctors say he had

(02:58):
been diagnosed with corn artery and fatty liver disease and
waited more than eighteen months for a transplant. A Denver
judge is handing out another financial penalty related to My
Pillows CEO Mike Lindell's recent defamation trial. Michael Kassner reports.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
US District Court Judge Nino Wang find two of Lindell's
attorneys three thousand dollars each. The attorneys were punished for
filing a brief that contain several errors, including siting cases
that didn't exist. One of the attorneys later admitted to
using artificial intelligence to compile the brief. A jury ordered
Lindell to pay former Dominion Voting Systems employ Eric Komer

(03:39):
two point three million dollars following last month's trial. I'm
Michael Kassner.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
There have been dozens of UFO sightings across New York
so far this year. According to the National UFO Reporting Center,
there have been sixty six reports of unidentified flying objects
across the state. The reports have come from Manhattan, Rochester,
and many other locations. I'm Brian Shook.