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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour.

Speaker 3 (00:05):
In just four minutes. Police in Washington, DC are now
under federal control. This comes after President Trump today declared
a public safety emergency for the nation's capital, citing rampant
crime and homelessness. The Texas State House has once again
failed to reach quorum after Democrats left the state to

(00:27):
stop a Republican led redistricting effort. The House has been
trying to reach quorum since last week.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
So we're looking for twelve Democrats to make sure we're
going to be able to be able to vote on
these maps, as well as to address very important things
such as helping the flood victims.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
That's Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, he said. DPS officers
are searching in state for Democrats and working with out
of state police to see if they can help bring
them back. An explosion at a Pennsylvania US steel plant
has left at least one person dead, with one other
on account. Four ten others have also been injured. Officials

(01:03):
said they're working to find the cause of the explosion.
Five journalists working for Al Jazeera are dead, killed on
Sunday by an Israeli airstrike. Michael Kassner reports.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
The network claimed the strike was a targeted attack on
the media in Gaza City. They're calling it an assassination.
NBC News reports that without evidence, Israel is claiming one
of those killed as prominent journalist anas Al Sharif, who
they say was actually working with the Palestinian Militant Group
a MAAS. The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the bloodshed,

(01:36):
arguing that Israel has a long history of accusing journalists
of being terrorists without offering up any evidence. I'm Michael Kassner.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
President Trump is nominating EJ. And Tony to be the
next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And Tony
is the chief economist of the Heritage Foundation and a
longtime critic of the BLS. Trump fired BLS Commissioner Rika
dec In Tarfur earlier this month after the agency released
a week jobs report. I'm Brian Shook. AOL is shutting

(02:08):
down its dial up internet service after more than four decades.
Mark Mayfield has more.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Once a staple of the early Internet era, the service,
which connected motives through phone lines, at one time boasted
millions of customers Even as late as twenty fifteen, AOL
had more than two million dial up customers. That number
has since dropped to the low thousands. The service will
be disconnected on September thirtieth.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
I'm Mark Mayfield, and eleven year old California girl is
recovering after she was bitten by a mountain lion outside
of her home in Malibu. It happened late Sunday afternoon
while the girl was feeding chickens. She was rushed to
a hospital after being bitten on the arm and is
expected to be okay. The mountain lion was tracked down,
shot and killed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Officers Across New York State are getting ready to implement
Bell to Bell's smartphone restrictions this fall. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
Governor Kathy Hochele, at a Finger Lakes roundtable Friday with
school leaders, announced that eighty six percent of New York
schools have submitted their cell phone band policies as mandated.
Out of eleven hundred schools, we're closing in on that
about nine hundred and forty. Pocal says the restrictions will
improve the classroom environment for kids and teachers. We'll have

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distraction free schools.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
No cell phones, no Apple watches, no ere buds for
the duration of the school day.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Bell to bell. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
A hairless bulldog named Petunia has been named the World's
Ugliest Dog. The two year old pup took the inglorious
title during this year's competition at the Sonoma County Fair
in Santa Rosa, California. Petunia's owner won five thousand dollars
for her dog's rough looks. The World's Ugly Dog contest
has been running for some five decades. I'm Brian Shuck.