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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. In just four minutes. Severe
flash flooding on the East Coast has killed at least
two They were killed in New Jersey after their car
was swept away by high waters. Yesterday. The storm system
sent floodwaters rushing through New York subway stations, causing mass
transit nightmares. President Trump says the US is destined to

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be the world's number one superpower in artificial intelligence. He
spoke at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit today.
This is a really triumphant day for the people of
the Commonwealth and for the United States of America. The
event brought together some of the top leaders and investors
in energy and AI. Trump announced ninety billion dollars worth

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of private investments in AI and energy in Pennsylvania. He
said the state is retaking its place at the forefront
of energy and President Trump says Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski
should not target Moscow with military attacks. This after multiple
reports said Trump spoke with Zelenski on the fourth of
July and asked if Ukraine could strike the Russian capital.

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Earlier today, the White House said that Trump was merely
asking a question, not encouraging further killing a whether system
could bring heavy rain to parts of Florida. The system
being monitored was designated INVEST ninety three L by the
National Hurricane Center, which indicates an area that's under increased
scrutiny for the possibility of tropical development. According to forecasts,

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tropical moisture will enhance the intensity of the slow moving
storms over Florida, with the possibility of producing one to
three inches of rain per hour. Two familiar names are
early favorites for the twenty twenty eight presidential election. A
recent poll released by Chelon Insights found that former Vice
President Kamala Harris and Vice President J. D. Vance as
front runners for their respective parties. Harris received twenty six

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percent of support among Democrats and Democratic leading voters in
a presidential primary survey, while Vance received forty three percent
support among Republicans. I'm Chris Caragio, An Iowa's sheriff's deputy,
had an unusual road siding counter. Last week. The Hamilton
County Sheriff's office shared a photo on social media of
Deputy Ethan Krieger writing a report with a LAMA standing

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next to him. The deputy was originally dispatched to assist
a motorist when he came across the animal. The department
joked in its post about the lama drama its deputies
have to deal with. A massive leatherback turtle is back
to living its best life thanks to some rescuers. In Massachusetts.
Members of the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement

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Response Team were called to Cape Cod Bay last week
after a five hundred pound turtle got entangled in fishing
gear and was having trouble surfacing for air. The team
was able to address some minor injuries before cutting the
turtle free. Leatherbacks are the largest of all living turtles
and can grow nearly nine feet long and way more
than eleven hundred pounds. The biggest chunk of mars ever

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found on Earth will go to the heighest bidder at
a New York City auction tomorrow. Sara Lee Kessler, with
the story.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
The Martian Media right, will hit the Sotha Bee's auction
block with a sky high opening bid of one point
six million dollars. It's a fifty four pounder found in
the Sahara Desert back in twenty twenty three. It's expected
to fetch big bucks because it's more than twice the
size of any other known Martian media right found on Earth.
Sotha Bee says it has a reddish brown fusion crust,

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giving the rock an unmistakable Martian.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Hugh Britney Spears may have announced on Instagram that she
adopted a beautiful baby girl, but multiple news outlets are
reporting it's not true. She uploaded a video of herself
dancing on Sunday and said the new baby's new name

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is Lennon London. Spears she didn't stop there, also claiming
she's moving to Italy. Reports say that doesn't appear to
be the case. Spears has two teenage sons with ex
husband Kevin fedder Lyine I'm Chris Garraggio