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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
President Trump is ramping up the pressure on Russia to
reach a peace deal in Ukraine. During a meeting today
with NATO's Secretary General Mark Ruda at the White House,
Trump said he will be placing severe tariffs on Russia
if there's no truce in fifty days. Trump also agreed
to sell advanced US weapons to NATO, including defensive patriot

(00:30):
missiles meant for distribution in Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to
be purchased from the United States, going to NATO.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Et cetera, and that's going to be quickly distributed.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to resume
layoffs at the Department of Education. The Court ruled sixty
three to lift a judge's order that reinstated employees let
go in mass layoffs. Heavy rain and flooding in Central
Texas prompted more rescues sand evacuations over the weekend. It
comes after deadly Fourth of July weekend floods killed at

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least one hundred and thirty people in the region. Governor
Greg Abbott said the water rescues were carried out Sunday
in three counties and some communities were under evacuation orders.
Wall Street is closing slightly higher to start the new week.
Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
Stocks edged tire as investors largely shrugged off President Trump's
latest tariff threats and looked ahead to second quarter earnings results.
Major banks, including JP Morgan Chase, will deliver quarterly reports
starting Tuesday. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial
average gained eighty eight points, the S and P five
hundred added eight points. The Nasdaq rose fifty four points.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Some officials say adequate staffing could have saved more lives
in the deadly fire at a nursing home in Fall River, Massachusetts,
that killed at least nine people. Fall River Firefighters Union
president Michael o'reagan told reporters Monday that in Fall River vs.
Our a budgetary concern, adding last night was an example

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of this. I'm Brian Schuck. The late televangelist Jimmy Swaggert
is being remembered following his death earlier this month at
age ninety. Thousands filled the pews of the Family Worship
Center in Baton Rouge on Sunday to give Swaggart a
huge sendoff. Swaggart still has one more honor awaiting him.

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He was recently made a member of the Southern Gospel
Music Hall of Fame. His son Donnie is expected to
accept the honor on Swaggert's behalf during the formal induction ceremony.
In September, a labeling issue prompted a nationwide recall of
four types of Ritz Peanut Butter Crackers sandwich cartons. Tammy
Treheo reports.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Ritz parent company is recalling the product because some packages
containing peanut butter maybe mislabeled as cheese. According to an
FDA safety notice, the mislabeling could put people with peanut
allergies at risk of serious or life threatening allergic reactions
if they eat the product. The FDA's is so fa are.
There have been no reports of injury or illness. The
recall involves the eight to twenty and forty pack Ritz
Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich cartons, along with the twenty pack

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Ritz Field Cracker Sandwich Variety pack carton.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
I'm Tammy Trhio, a Connecticut man is thanking his family
pet for finding a lost one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars lottery ticket. Mark Mayfield explains Russell Rouff.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
So the winning ticket had been missing for weeks. Ruff
eventually founded after his sixteen year old cat decided to
crawl behind the bed, leading Rough and his sons to
move the furniture. The ticket match four out of the
five winning numbers, plus the power ball. Rough added power play,
making his prize jump from fifty thousand dollars to one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
I'm Mark Mayfield. After just two NBA Summer games, the
Dallas Mavericks have seen what they want to see from
Cooper Flag. The MAVs are shutting down the top overall
draft pick for the rest of Summer League. The decision
was made after the phenom out of Duke scored thirty
one points against This and Antonio Spurs in Saturday's matchup.

(04:03):
I'm Brian Shook.