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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
could start a redistricting showdown if their plan to redraw
maps comes to a vote. The state House reconvened today
after protests from Democrats that saw them leave the state
to break quorum and delay a vote. The new congressional

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map would create five more Republican leaning districts. Conditions are
expected to worsen soon near North Carolina's outer banks as
Hurricane Erin moves through the Atlantic Ocean. Correspondent Aaron Gilcrest
says massive surges and big waves are expected at the
storm's peak.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
The storm surge of two to four feet impacting the
island here, and also waves that could reach fifteen to
twenty feet in some cases at the worst part of
the impact from Hurricane Aerin.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
A state of emergency has been declared as the storm's
outer bands are expected to bring poor weather conditions to
the region. Swimming at most east coast beaches is being
advised against due to life threatening surf and rip currents.
The Israeli military will move forward with plans to take
over Gaza City, according to an Israeli military official troops

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reached the city's outskirts and have begun moving ten sin
for people who will be displaced. Wall Street is closing
with stocks mixed. Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
It comes after minutes from the Federal Reserves July meeting
showed members had expressed concerns over inflation and the state
of the labor market. FED chair Jerome Powell is set
to speak on Friday, and investors will be listening to
his remarks for any hints on possible interest rate cuts.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones gained sixteen points,
the S and P five hundred fell by fifteen points.

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The Nasdaq dropped by one hundred and forty two points.
I'm Kristin Marx.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
The American Academy of Pediatrics is drawing the ire of
Robert F. Kennedy Junior over vaccines. Kennedy claimed the group's
recommendations were corporate friendly because AAP receives donations from vaccine
companies like Pfizer and Maderna. I'm Brian Schuk, a Yosemite
National Park ranger is out of a job, allegedly for

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hanging a transgender flag from l Capy Tan Shannon Joslyn
took to social media this week to say they'd received
a letter saying they were fired for failing to demonstrate
acceptable conduct. Joslyn and others hung a sixty six foot
transgender flag on L Capy Tan, the park's famous climbing
wall for several hours on May twentieth. The after action

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report on California's deadly Palisades fire is delayed. Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
Los Angeles Marricare and Bass since the delay is due
to the ongoing federal investigation into the cause of the
fire back in January, Bass says the US Attorney's Office
has reached out to the city to temporarily postpone its
release of the report. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives is still working to determine what sparked the fire.
Some reports say that federal investigators are concerned that releasing

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the report could jeopardize their investigation.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Nearly two thirds of Americans think racism is still widespread
across the US. More from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 5 (03:14):
Tying a previous high in twenty twenty one, A new
Gallup poll finds sixty four percent of Americans believe racism
against black people is widespread in the US. Black adults
continued to be the most likely to say such racism
is prevalent, with eighty three percent expressing that view. Meanwhile,
Americans believe that racism against white people is widespread is

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at a new low. Twenty nine percent of US adults
feel that way, down from forty one percent in twenty sixteen.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
I'm Rory O'Neil, a woman is suing a bar in
Boston Seaport District over injuries she says were caused by
a taxidermy deer head falling from a wall. Catherine Haley
said the falling display at Lucky's Lounge struck her in
the head in October of twenty twenty two, causing injuries
that forced her to miss work. I'm Brian Shook.