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This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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This hour in just four minutes. President Trump and First
Lady Milania Trump will be in Texas soon to view
damage caused by the devastating floods. The visit comes a
week after sudden flash flooding hit the area, leaving at
least one hundred and twenty people dead. Many remain unaccounted for.
Mass layoffs are coming at the State Department. An internal
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email was sent out yesterday that said notices will be
sent out soon. The moves are part of a plan
for the organization to form a more agile department. President
Trump is informing Canada that he plans to impose a
thirty five percent tariff on the country in August. Speaking
to reporters today, Trump talked about the letters sent to
America's northern neighbor.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
It was sent yesterday, they called. I think it was
fairly well received. But what we need so we'll see
what happened.
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King In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump
said that's starting August first, a thirty five percent terrifying
Canadian products sent into the US will indeed be imposed.
Trump said it comes as part of a response to
Canada's retaliation and ongoing trade barriers. In the letter, he
went on to accuse Canada of failing to cooperate on
key issues, including the flow of fentanyl into the US.
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At least twenty five people have been hospitalized after a
mass overdose event in West Baltimore. Five people are in
critical condition. Mayor Brandon Scott says officials have not yet
determined the exact source of the overdoses and the incident
remains under investigation. Paid sick leave is no longer guaranteed
in the state of Missouri. Governor Mikeyo signed a measure
into law yesterday that repeals a portion of Proposition A
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that guaranteed workers one hour of paid six time for
every thirty hours worked. And At the All England Club today,
two time defending Wimbledon champ Carlos Alcaaz beat American Taylor
Fritz and four sets in the semifinals. Fritz was trying
to become the first American to make it to a
Wimbledon final in sixteen years. Alcaaz will either play one
Seed Yanick Center or Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final. Tomorrow
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is the women's final, with American Amanda Anasamova facing Egos Fiontek.
I'm Chris Carracio. The Florida Python Challenge is officially underway.
The ten day competition kicked off just after midnight. The
python problem is pretty widespread here in South Florida, and
so we can't do this alone. That's Florida Fish and
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Wildlife's Python management coordinator. He says, even with the government
and tribal organization's help, it's not enough, so they're turning
to the public again. The person who nabs the most
pythons will take home ten thousand dollars, with smaller prizes
for the longest python caught and other categories. More than
seven hundred people have already signed up. Nearly two hundred
pythons were removed from the Everglades during last year's challenge. Overall,
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more than eleven hundred have been killed since the first
Florida Python Challenge in twenty thirteen. Boz Gaggs is announcing
more than two dozen shows for his first US tour
in two years. Mark Mayfield with details you just said
is three yes.
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The tour kicks off with eight California dates beginning October
the seventeenth. In Indio. Skangs will also play Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia,
and the Beacon Theater in New York City. The tour
wraps up on November the twenty sixth at the account
b C Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Skang's last US tour ran from May to October in
twenty twenty three. He also played a few dates in
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Japan in early twenty twenty four. I'm Mark Mayfield.
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Days So Fast on Honest fan You Justin Bieber's seventh
studio album is out now. The hype started yesterday when
he posted a picture of a billboard with a track
list on social media. The new project is called Swag
and marks Bieber's first album since twenty twenty one's Justice.
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I'm Chris Koraggio.