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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Republicans in the Texas House are again unable to vote
on their congressional redistricting plan for the second day in
a row. The House reconvened but failed to reach a
quorum after more than fifty Democrats fled. The state. State
representative Mitch Little wants an investigation into whether the rogue
Democrats are soliciting money to pay for their quorum break.

(00:30):
The House Committee on General Investigating has within its jurisdiction
the ability to investigate members on matters of public corruption.
The Texas House speakers signed civil arrest warrants for the
absent Democrats, but legal experts say they're probably not enforceable
outside state lines. Millions in the eastern part of the
country are dealing with poor air quality due to smoke

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from Canadian wildfires. Those in the Midwest to the northeast
may see hazy skies as the smoke gets pushed south.
Jeffrey Epstein associate Geelane Maxwell is asking a federal judge
to decline unsealing grand jury transcripts. Attorneys for Maxwell say
she has no choice to oppose the Trump administration's request

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because the judge has not allowed her to review the
material in question. Israel is reportedly preparing to take full
control of the Gaza Strip. Correspondent Matt Bradley says it
would mark a major expansion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
war goals, and.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
The IDF says it already controls the majority of Gaza,
but this would be a major.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Expansion and an escalation. It could complicate any negotiated deal
to free those remaining hostages, of whom they're thought to
be about.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Twenty local media report a source in Prime Minister Netanyahu's
office says the decision has been made and that the
Palestinian militant Group AMAS will not release the remaining hostages
taken in twenty twenty three unless the area comes under
full Israeli occupation. At the closing bell, the Dalfell sixty
one points, the S and P loss thirty points, and

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the Nasdaq dropped by one hundred thirty seven points. I'm
Brian Shook. The final report is out two years after
five people died aboard a submersible vessel exploring the wreck
of the Titanic.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Rory O'Neal reports seventeen safety recommendations are included in the
final report into the loss of the Titan submersible operated
by ocean Gate. The report side of the need for
stronger oversight of experimental vessels and more coastguard involvement. Primary
contributing factors included ocean gates inadequate design, certification, maintenance, and

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inspection process, citing a previous incident in twenty twenty two
that was not properly resolved. I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
A federal judge is pressing pause on a newly passed
law in Arkansas that would require the Ten Commandments to
be posted in public schools. Judge Timothy Brooks blasted what
he called a coordinated strategy to inject Christian religious doctrine
into public places. He sided with families who sued, claiming

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that the law is plainly unconstitutional. The government is getting
creative with their strategy to protect cattle herds and scare
off predatory wolves. Mark Mayfield explains, there's.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
So much I didn't do. I can't believe I didn't
know you.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Department of Agriculture
is using a recording of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver
screaming at each other in marriage story to frighten wolves
across the American West. The USDA is reportedly using drones
with speakers to blast that scene, as well as acdc's thunderstruck,
fireworks and gunshots. A USDA district supervisor in Oregon says

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the audio is being used to get wolves to respond
and to know that humans are bad. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Comedian Kat Williams is going to be an no Course
correspondent for a PGA Tour event this weekend. According to
the Hollywood Reporter, Williams will join PGA Tour live for
the FedEx Saint Jude Championship in Memphis. I'm Brian Shook.