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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 Texas
State House could soon vote on a Republican redistricting plan.
Texas Republican House Member Todd Hunter introduced the bill on
the floor. The underlying goal of this plan is straightforward

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improve Republican political performance. The State House reconvened today after
protests from Democrats that saw them leave the state to
break forum. The plan could be voted on today and
by the State Senate as early as tomorrow. The new
congressional map would create five more Republican leaning districts. House

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Democrats were placed under around the clock's supervision by House
Speaker Dustin Burroughs to ensure that they would return to
the state Capitol today. North Carolina is under a state
of emergency as Hurricane Aaron tracts nearly parallel with the
US East Coast. The outer bands of the category two
storm are expected to bring poor weather conditions to the
North Carolina coast, where thousands of coastal residents have already evacuated.

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Aaron is expected to get stronger today, and many beaches
up and down the East Coast have banned swimming due
to dangerous rip currents. The Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records
will remain sealed. Today, a judge denied the Justice Department's
bid to get the records unsealed. That led to Epstein
being indicted on sex trafficking charges. Public interest in the
case reignited after the Justice Department announced that Epstein did

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not have a client list and confirmed the convicted sex
offender's death was a suicide. Evidence that was seen and
heard by grand juries is not allowed to be released
without approval from a judge. Last month, President Trump ordered
Attorney General Pam Bondi to get court approval to release
the grand jury material. And President Trump says he and
Israeli Prime Minister of Benjamin Neett Yahoo are war heroes.

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During an interview, the President referred to the Prime Minister
as a good man who was fighting for Israel. Trump
said he's a war hero because we worked together, and added,
I guess I am too. He pointed to the US
strikes against three Ranian nuclear facilities in June as an example.
I'm Chris Kragio. An estimated six hundred and forty three
million dollars will be up for grabs when tonight's Powerball

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drawing takes place. That means one lucky winner taking the
cash option would walk away with nearly two hundred ninety
one million. Of course, they'll have to beat the odds first,
which are roughly won in two hundred and ninety two million.
Today is National Radio Day. Pree Tennis with everything you
need to know about the magic of radio.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
Radio was invented in the eighteen nineties and moved into
most homes by the twenties. It was Chevrolet who first
put them in cars in nineteen twenty two, and we've
been hooked ever since. Radio's our friend. We get up
to date on local news and world events. We sing along,
shout opinions when concert tickets, and stay close for emergency updates.
Nielsen Media Research says eighty eight percent of US listen

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every week, and for that we thank you. I'm pre Tennis.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Vienna.
Austrian broadcasters announced that their capital city will host the
annual song contest next May. Austria won the international competition
this year with the song Wasted Love, performed by JJ.
Vienna's mayor, Michael Ludwig says They're proud to be selected
as the host city for one of the world's largest events.
Dozens of European countries are expected to enter the Song

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competition next year, as well as europe adjacent countries like
Russia and Israel and Iowa. Man will spend four months
in federal prison after racking up one hundred and forty
thousand dollars in company credit card charges on Pokemon cards
and gaming items. Justice Department says thirty four year old
Mitch William Gross used his company's credit cards for his
personal shopping sprees between September of twenty twenty one and

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October of twenty twenty two. He was working for Ruwan
Transportation Corporation at the time. Gross used falsified receipts to
try to cover up the purchases. After his four months
behind bars, he'll be placed on supervised release for three
years and we'll have to pay back more than one
hundred and forty six thousand dollars in restitution. I'm Chris
Gracio