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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):
More than one hundred people are dead and over one
hundred and seventy missing following the catastrophic flooding in central Texas.
In the hard hit Kirk County, officials say the death
toll there is ninety five, with over one hundred and
sixty missing. Five campers and one councilor are still missing
from a girl's camp that was washed away along the
Guadalupe River. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing today. Forecasts

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say scattered showers and storms may impact the region. Flash
flooding in New Mexico has killed three people. The historic
floods hit the small mountain community of Ruidoso, about one
hundred and eighty miles south of Albuquerque. The village said
a four year old girl, seven year old boy, and
a man in his forties were swept away by the floodwaters.
Over fifty rescues were conducted in the waters, while search

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and rescue operations took place throughout the night. An unknown
number of people were taken to the hospital. The Trump
administration is going after cal California for alleged Title nine violations.
The administration is filing a lawsuit against the California Department
of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation. The White House
wantson injunction on the state's policy that allows transgender athletes

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to compete in women's sports. It comes after the US
Department of Education recently found California had violated Title nine.
Russia is intensifying its attacks on Ukraine, launching a major
drone attack overnight. NBC's Matt Bodner reports. It comes less
than twenty four hours after President Trump aired his frustrations
with Russian President Vladimir Putin for making little progress towards peace.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
A month ago, Trump still seemed hopeful for a deal
with President Vladimir Putsen, but his mood appears to be
rapidly souring. The two last spoke on July third, and
Trump said on Monday that he was quote not happy
and quote disappointed with Putin's continued attacks on Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian military fired
seven hundred and twenty eight drones along with thirteen missiles,
and the city of Lutsk was hit the hardest by
the strikes. Russi's de ministry said airbases were the intended
target and claimed it was a successful mission. I'm Chris Krasio,
a Florida man, says he isn't going to let a
shark bite keep him out of the water. Matt Bender

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was surfing on Sunday off New Smyrna Beach when he
was bitten on the arm. Despite what he says was
a lot of lost blood, he was able to get
back to shore and get help. From there. He was
taken to the hospital, treated and released. Bender says he'll
be back at it again and won't let his shark
encounter keep him from surfing. Hershey has selected its next CEO.
The Hershey Company announced yesterday that its board of directors

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picked Kirk Tanner to succeed outgoing president and CEO Michelle Buck.
Tanner is currently the CEO of Wendy's and previously headed
up Pepsi Co Beverages North America. He'll begin his new
role at Hershey on August eighteenth. Alice Cooper is said
to be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Mark
Mayfield fills us in.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
He will be only the second artist to be inducted
as a performer in both the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame. The first
person was R and B legend James Brown. The ten
new inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame for twenty
twenty five will be honored in person during the twenty
twenty five Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The event
takes place in Chicago on October the thirtieth.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
I'm Mark Mayfield, the composer of one of the most
iconic TV theme songs, has died. Mark Snow received six
of his fifteen Emmy nominations for his work on The

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X Files. Snow also composed music for multiple TV series
and movies such as Heart to Heart, Blue Bloods, Something
About Amelia, and Helter Skelter. Variety reports that Snow died
Friday in Connecticut. He was seventy eight. Any music History
news on this date. Back in nineteen fifty five, Bill
Haley and the Comets Rock around the Clock hit number
one on the Pop Singles Chart and stayed there for

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eight weeks. It was the first rock and roll record
to top the Billboard charts. I'm Chris Gracio