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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 reconvened today after protests from Democrats that saw
them leave the state to break quorum. The plan could
be voted on by the State House this afternoon and
by the state Senate as early as tomorrow. The new

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congressional map would create five more Republican leaning districts. North
Carolina is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Erin
tracks nearly parallel with the US East Coast. Governor Josh
Stein said things could get bad.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
We are anticipating coastal flooding from massive waves, tropical storm
force winds, and tidal and storm surge for much of
the state shoreline.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
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 been evacuated, and
Erin is expected to get stronger today in Many beaches
up and down the East Coast have banned swimming due
to dangerous rip currents. The Justice Department's bid to unseal
Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records has been denied by a

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federal judge. Public interest in the case reignited after the
Department announced that Epstein did 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 isn't
allowed to be released without approval from a judge. Immigrants
supplying to enter the US will be screened for anti
American activity. A policy alert was released this week by

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the US Citizenship and Immigration Services that said immigration officers
may now consider if applicants have endorsed, promoted, supported, or
otherwise espoused the views of a terrorist organization or those
who support or promote anti American ideologies. A federal judge
is temporarily blocking a newly passed Texas law requiring the

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Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The judge
agreed with opponents, saying that it's plainly unconstitutional. Judge Fred
Berry wrote that exposing kids to a state of prose
moved Christian version of the Biblical document was coercive. I'm
Chris Caracio, the CEO of Target, is stepping down from

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the position after more than a decade. Brian Cornell will
depart from the retail giant after a continued decline in
sales over backlash from its retraction of diversity, equity and
inclusion hirings. Cornell will stay with the company in an
executive chairman role. A group of rescued Mexican spider monkeys
now called the Saint Louis Zoo Home. Official say the
endangered animals were seized from illegal traders last year. The

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three females and one male were likely poached from the
wild to be sold as exotic pets. They arrived at
the zoo in April and made their public debut in
the Primate Canopy Trails area last month. Because of their upbringing,
they still need specialized care. John Fogerty is celebrating his
new album with an iHeart or Radio Icon's performance. Michael

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Kastner reports.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
The Creighton's Clearwater Revival co founder is releasing re recorded
versions of his classic songs Legacy that Creden's Clearwater Revival years.
John's version will give Fogerty full rights to his old
songs for the first time. The twenty track album features
newly recorded versions of up around the Ben, have You
Seen the Rain, Low Die? Long as I Can See

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the Light, Traveling Band and many more. I'm Michael Cassner,
me Too, Me Too?

Speaker 1 (03:28):
What You Too? Taylor Swift's new album, The Life of
a Showgirl comes out next month. Then, in addition to
streaming and vinyl, it'll also be available on cassette. The
cassette tape as a medium has fallen by the wayside
from its heyday in the nineteen eighties, but has been
making somewhat of a comeback recently. Any music history news
on this date. Back in nineteen sixty nine, the Beatles

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were recording what was to be their final album, Abbey Road.
It would be the last time all four Beatles were
together in the recording studio. The band's final session was
spent working on John lane NaN's love song for Yoko Ono,
i Want You She's So Heavy. I'm Chris Karashio.