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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. Texas Republicans
are set together again today after voting to issue civil
arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state in an
effort to stop congressional redistricting. Yesterday, more than fifty Democrats
fled to Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts to prevent Republicans

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from advancing redistricting maps aimed at adding up to five
GOP seats ahead of next year's midterms. The arrest warrants
supply only within state lines. The Department of Justice is
convening a grand jury in the Russia election probe. Fox
News says a g Pam Bondi is signed off on
the move, and President Trump says he's happy action is
being taken and they deserve it.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
I was happy to hear it.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
I actually read it just like you did.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
I have nothing to do with it.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
This comes after Director of National Intelligence Tulsea Gabbard released
new documents she said prove's former Obama officials tried to
sabotage President Trump in the twenty sixteen election. Gabard's as
the officials acting on the direction of the former president
suppressed evidence that showed there was no collusion between Trump
and Russia. The Grand jury will examine those documents and
determine if any indictments are warranted. The Gifford Fire on

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California's central coast is still burning. The blaze has burned
more than eighty two thousand acres of land and remains
seven percent contained. The fire has been burning since Friday
in the Los Padres National farest northeast of Santa Maria.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is impacting air quality for millions
in the eastern portion of the country. Those in the
midwest to the northeast may see hazy skies as the

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smoke gets pushed south. Wisconsin and Michigan are dealing with
the worst of it, while major cities like New York, Boston,
and Philadelphia are under some sort of air quality alert.
The US Coast Guard has released its final report on
the deadly Ocean Gate titan submersible implosion. Five people were
killed during a voyage to view the wreckage of the
Titanic in twenty twenty three. The report found that the

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company's CEO was warned repeatedly of how dangerous the submersible
was and threatened anybody who raised concerns while ignoring all warnings.
I'm Chris Kragio. It's National Night Out, an annual event
that aims to foster and promote police and community partnerships.
In Detroit, Officer Dallas Gardner says National Night Out serves

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as more than a social gathering. We're based on community.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
We want the community.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
To get to know us and have trust in the
police officers in the police department. With origins going back
to the nineteen seventies, the event has been marked on
the first Tuesday in August since nineteen eighty four. Events
are usually organized around the country, including block watches, festivals,
and cookouts. You can contact your local law enforcement agency
to find out where activities are taking place in your community.

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The Gates Foundation is pledging to spend two and a
half billion dollars on women's health by twenty thirty. Monica
Nelson reports.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Founder Bill Gates says the money we'll focus on conditions
like preclampsia and menopause, health concerns that he's says have
been long neglected. The plan is to drive research and
product development and get those products to women around the world.
It's part of gates effort to give away his two
hundred billion dollar fortune by twenty forty five. I'm Monica Nelson.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
A new Colorado State University study shows children may sleep
less and experience worse sleep quality when their parents are
under increased stress. Researchers found the more stress parents carried
over time, the more it affected their children's rest and
hormone regulation. In some cases, kids began sleeping more to adapt,
though experts say that also comes with negative side effects.

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An annual celebration of Taco's Tequila will not happen in
New Orleans this year. Top Taco Nola started in twenty
seventeen and has returned every year since then except twenty
twenty because of the pandemic. Organizers say many major liquor
brands last year greatly reduced sponsorship of local events, leaving
event producers more reliant on ticket sales. Top Taco has

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raised more than three hundred thousand dollars for local children's
charities over the past eight years of Chris Kiracio