July 15, 2025 • 4 mins
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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, flash flooding
from heavy rains turned deadly on the East Coast. Two
people were killed in New Jersey when their car was
swept away by high waters. The same storm systems and
floodwaters rushing through New York subway stations, disrupting mass transit. Meantime,
(00:22):
in Texas, rain is hampering recovery efforts in the flood
ravaged Hill Country, where at least one hundred and thirty
people died in July fourth weekend floods and scores remained missing.
President Trump says Ukrainian President Zelenski should not target Moscow.
While speaking to reporters, he said Russia needs to come
to the table well.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
At the end of fifteen days.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
If we don't have a deal, it's gonna be uh
too bad. It all comes after multiple reports that Trump
spoke with Zelensky on July fourth and asked if Ukraine
could strike the Russian capital. Earlier today, the White House
said Trump was merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing.
While departing the White House this afternoon, Trump said he
wants to see the killing of thousands in the war stop.
(01:01):
Trump has recently expressed his frustration with Putin over not
agreeing to a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The President is taking part today in the first Pennsylvania
Energy and Innovation Summit. The event is being held at
Carnegie Mellon University, and it's billed as a gathering of
top leaders in energy and AI alongside the biggest global
investors for the purposes of planning how to advance the
(01:23):
President's energy agenda. Treasury Secretary Scott Dissent says the process
to pick a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is underway.
President Trump called for the Fed to lower interest rates
after the latest inflation report were exactly as anticipated, very
low inflation. So what you should do is lower the rate.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The Fed should lower the rate immediately.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Jerome Powell's term is not set to end until twenty
twenty six, but the formal process to select his successor
is already starting. The sense comments come as Powell faces
growing pressure from the White House for him to step
aside early. The Treasury Secretary says he's part of the
decision making process, but noted selection is ultimately the president's decision.
I'm Chris Krajio. Meta says it's going to crack down
(02:08):
on unoriginal posts on Facebook, those that use other people's texts, photos,
or videos. Tammy Trihio has details.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
The company said it has already removed some ten million
profiles this year that were impersonating other content creators. It's
also taken measures against some half a million accounts it
said we're engaged in spammy or fake behavior. The announcement
comes after similar moves at YouTube, which said it was
also targeting unoriginal videos, including those that have been easier
(02:36):
to create thanks to artificial intelligence. I'm Tamma t Rheo.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raley hit eighteen home runs in
the final round of the Home Run Derby last night
to beat Tampa Bay's Junior Camenero to win the event
in Atlanta. Rally is the first catcher ever to win
the event and the first Seattle player to do it
since Ken Griffy Junior won it three times between nineteen
ninety four and nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Kinds, really, you don't you don't think you're gonna win it,
and you don't think you're ever gonna invited, and then
you get invited and you know the fact that you
went it with your family and super special and just
one to night.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Raleigh hit a total of fifty four homers over the
three rounds. Today is National Gummy Worm Day three tennis
now with more.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
The German candy company Harrowbo takes credit for inventing the
gummy in the twenties, but they became a North American
suite in nineteen eighty one. Gummy bears came first, followed
by the worms. They taste the same with three flavors,
but it's the shape people reach for. The gummy worm
was intended to be fun and slightly icky. Eat up
once they're open. They have a seven day shelf life,
(03:41):
Sharing optional.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
It now costs a little bit more to mail a
letter using USPS. The price of a first class Mail
Forever stamp is jumped now from seventy three cents to
seventy eight cents. The price increase is part of USPS's
ten year financial stability plan. Any music history news on
this date. Back in nineteen sixty eight, Creden's Clearwater Bible
released the group's self titled debut album, I'm Chris Kraji
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. In just four minutes, flash flooding
from heavy rains turned deadly on the East Coast. Two
people were killed in New Jersey when their car was
swept away by high waters. The same storm systems and
floodwaters rushing through New York subway stations, disrupting mass transit. Meantime,
(00:22):
in Texas, rain is hampering recovery efforts in the flood
ravaged Hill Country, where at least one hundred and thirty
people died in July fourth weekend floods and scores remained missing.
President Trump says Ukrainian President Zelenski should not target Moscow.
While speaking to reporters, he said Russia needs to come
to the table well.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
At the end of fifteen days.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
If we don't have a deal, it's gonna be uh
too bad. It all comes after multiple reports that Trump
spoke with Zelensky on July fourth and asked if Ukraine
could strike the Russian capital. Earlier today, the White House
said Trump was merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing.
While departing the White House this afternoon, Trump said he
wants to see the killing of thousands in the war stop.
(01:01):
Trump has recently expressed his frustration with Putin over not
agreeing to a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The President is taking part today in the first Pennsylvania
Energy and Innovation Summit. The event is being held at
Carnegie Mellon University, and it's billed as a gathering of
top leaders in energy and AI alongside the biggest global
investors for the purposes of planning how to advance the
(01:23):
President's energy agenda. Treasury Secretary Scott Dissent says the process
to pick a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is underway.
President Trump called for the Fed to lower interest rates
after the latest inflation report were exactly as anticipated, very
low inflation. So what you should do is lower the rate.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The Fed should lower the rate immediately.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Jerome Powell's term is not set to end until twenty
twenty six, but the formal process to select his successor
is already starting. The sense comments come as Powell faces
growing pressure from the White House for him to step
aside early. The Treasury Secretary says he's part of the
decision making process, but noted selection is ultimately the president's decision.
I'm Chris Krajio. Meta says it's going to crack down
(02:08):
on unoriginal posts on Facebook, those that use other people's texts, photos,
or videos. Tammy Trihio has details.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
The company said it has already removed some ten million
profiles this year that were impersonating other content creators. It's
also taken measures against some half a million accounts it
said we're engaged in spammy or fake behavior. The announcement
comes after similar moves at YouTube, which said it was
also targeting unoriginal videos, including those that have been easier
(02:36):
to create thanks to artificial intelligence. I'm Tamma t Rheo.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raley hit eighteen home runs in
the final round of the Home Run Derby last night
to beat Tampa Bay's Junior Camenero to win the event
in Atlanta. Rally is the first catcher ever to win
the event and the first Seattle player to do it
since Ken Griffy Junior won it three times between nineteen
ninety four and nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Kinds, really, you don't you don't think you're gonna win it,
and you don't think you're ever gonna invited, and then
you get invited and you know the fact that you
went it with your family and super special and just
one to night.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Raleigh hit a total of fifty four homers over the
three rounds. Today is National Gummy Worm Day three tennis
now with more.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
The German candy company Harrowbo takes credit for inventing the
gummy in the twenties, but they became a North American
suite in nineteen eighty one. Gummy bears came first, followed
by the worms. They taste the same with three flavors,
but it's the shape people reach for. The gummy worm
was intended to be fun and slightly icky. Eat up
once they're open. They have a seven day shelf life,
(03:41):
Sharing optional.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
It now costs a little bit more to mail a
letter using USPS. The price of a first class Mail
Forever stamp is jumped now from seventy three cents to
seventy eight cents. The price increase is part of USPS's
ten year financial stability plan. Any music history news on
this date. Back in nineteen sixty eight, Creden's Clearwater Bible
released the group's self titled debut album, I'm Chris Kraji
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