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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
will gather again today after voting to issue civil arrest
warrants yesterday for Democrats who left the state to deny
the chamber a quorum. More than fifty Democrats fled to Illinois,
New York, and Massachusetts to prevent Republicans from advancing redistricting

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maps aimed at adding up to five GOP seats ahead
of the twenty twenty six midterms. The rest warrants supply
only within state lines. A murder suspect who's accused of
killing four people is now in custody in Tennessee. Twenty
eight year old Austin Drummond is also accused of abandoning
a baby on July twenty ninth and Tiptonville, about two
hundred miles west of Nashville. He was found and arrested

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this morning in Jackson, about seventy four miles from where
the murders occurred. Over nine million in the Southeast are
under a flood watch as rain and thunderstorms will impact
the region over the next few days. The same cold
front that helped develop tropical storm Dexter off the coast
of the mid Atlantic is bringing a separate threat to
some Southeast states throughout the week and could stretch into
the weekend. Cities that could be hit with flooding include

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Atlanta and Tallahassee. The House Oversight Committee is issuing subpoenas
to the Department of Justice and the Clintons in connection
with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee also
issued subpoenas to sixth former attorneys general and two former
FBI directors. The subpoena calls for the DOJ to provide
Congress and e Epstein files in its possession with victims'

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names redacted, as well as communications related to the case
between former Biden administration officials and the Department. The cause

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of death of metal icon Azzi Osbourne has been revealed.
He died due to a heart attack. The death certificate
sites coronary artery disease and Parkinson's also played a role
in the death. The Prince of Dark Just passed away
on July twenty second, just weeks after taking the stage
one final time. I'm Chris Carraji. Today is International Traffic

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Light Day. Pre Tennis now with more on a frustrating
piece of equipment that is never the right color, but
necessary to keep traffic moving and to keep us safe.

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The first traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, back
in nineteen fourteen. Back then it was basic, with one
sign for stop and one for go. Now we have
three lights with a transitional yellow that is meant to
slow you down, but they intsb says, more than half
of us see yellow and speed up. Most are synchronized
to offer a green wave pattern, but if you're even

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a second off, that green turns to red, and if
you run it, it's going to cost you about five
hundred bucks.

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Today is also National Underwear Day. A survey by Elite
Daily dot Com found that the average woman owns twenty
pairs of underwear considered for everyday use. Another fourteen pairs
are set aside for special occasions. Stephen Colbert apparently has
a new gig that he's already got a bit of
experience with. There are multiple reports that the late show

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host will be playing a late night TV host in
a season three episode of the CBS show Elsbeth, which
stars Carrie Preston as a lawyer slash detective. News comes
after CBS announced the cancelation of the Late show. It'll
end in May for what the network called financial reasons.
Jurassic World Rebirth hits digital platforms today. On the island,

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We're headed to two dozen species if survived there alone.

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The theme park owners did experimental work, maybe only the
worst ones here.

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The latest entry in the Dinosaur franchise was released in
theaters over the summer, starring Scarlett Johansson Jonathan Bailey Amershala Ali.
A DVD, Blu Ray, and four K Ultra HD release
is set for September ninth. Digital and the Blu Ray
versions will have bonus features. Enemusic History News on this date.
Back in nineteen eighty three, David Crosby was sentenced to
five years in prison for drug and weapons charges. He

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was released after serving only five months. I'm Chris Kracio.