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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. The suspect
in a shooting that killed four people in New York
City claims that he was suffering from CTE. An alleged
suicide note found in his pocket yesterday asked for his
brain to be studied. CTE is a brain disease that's
linked to repeated blows to the head, often seen in

(00:23):
athletes like football players, although it can't be diagnosed in
a living person. People in more than two dozen states
are under some sort of heat advisory or warning today
as a heat dome produces high temperatures from Texas to
the East Coast and BCEs Emily Akda reports, prompting some
cities to extend hours at splash pads and pools. New
York City even transforming some cultural hubs like museums into

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massive cooling centers. An area from Florida to New England,
into the Midwest and Mississippi Valley and out to parts
of northeastern Texas could get feelds like temperatures in the
triple digits. A cold front is set to disrupt the
heat tomorrow night in the Midwest and North. Theat East
could see major relief by Thursday. President Trump is increasing
pressure on Russia to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.

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While in Scotland yesterday, he said, quote, I'm disappointed in
President Putin, very disappointed. Trump had given Russia a fifty
day deadline to reach a deal with Ukraine or face consequences.
He said that number will now be reduced to two weeks.
Those suing over Florida's alligator Alcatraz will get to make
their case next month. A federal judge yesterday's scheduled a

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hearing for August eighteenth. That's when he'll hear arguments from
immigrant rights groups suing over the immigration detention facility in
the Everglades. The plaineiffs say they can't get hearings for
detainees because it's not clear who has jurisdiction over the
controversial facility. The plaineiffs want the judge to order DHS
to designate an immigration court to hear their cases. Two

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of the biggest US railroads have merged to create the
country's first trans continental freight railroad. Union Pacific and Norfolk
Southern announced a deal today that's worth seventy two billion dollars.
The company's confirmed last week that they were in talks. However,
the deal still needs regulatory approval. I'm Chris Krasio.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Your Goddess.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Has no Dominiunia. The first trailer for Avatar Fire and
Ashes out. Disney released it online yesterday after first debuting
it in theaters over the weekend. Sam Worthington and Zoe's

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Aldana are returning for their third entry in the franchise,
along with Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, and Stephen Lang. The
first Avatar film is the top grossing movie of all time,
while the second is the third highest. Avatar Fire and
ash will hit theaters December nineteenth. Representatives for Phil Collins
are shutting down the online rumor that the singer is
in hospice care. Mark Mayfield has more.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
According to his statement provided to The Independent, His reps
said that he's currently in the hospital recovering from knee surgery.
It's not clear where the room we're of hospicecare serviced
on social media, but Collins has been very candid about
his health. In a conversation with Mojo last month, the
singer said he thinks about going downstairs through the studio
to see what happens, but I'm not hungry for it,

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adding that he's been very sick. I'm Mark Neefield.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Beyonce is breaking a big record thanks to her Cowboy
Carter Tour. The singer's tour, which wrapped up over the weekend,
has become the highest grossing country tour of all time.
According to Billboard box Score, the thirty two shows on
the track grossed four hundred and seven point six million bucks,
with one point six million tickets sold and in music
history news on this date. Back in nineteen sixty seven,

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the Doors Light My Fire hit number one on Billboard's
Hot one hundred. It transformed the band from cult favorites
of rock connoisseurs into international pop star and avatars of
sixties counterculture. I'm Chris Kiratio.