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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 House
Republicans have passed a plan to redraw congressional maps in
their favor. The state House reconvened today after protests from
Democrats that saw them leave this state to break quorum

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and delay a vote. Severe weather is coming to North
Carolina's outer banks as Hurricane Aaron moves through. The Atlantic
Correspondent Aaron Gilcrest this storm.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Is going to have impacts on beaches. In particular, there
are warnings up for people not to go into the
water because the rip current is going to be so dangerous.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
A state of emergency has been declared as the storm's
outer bands are expected to bring storm surge flooding to
the regions starting later today. President Trump is giving praise
to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo for being a war hero.
During an interview, the President referred to the Prime Minister
as a good man who's fighting for Israel. Luigi Mangioni's

(01:02):
lawyers are accusing New York prosecutors of reviewing the accused
murderer's medical records improperly. Sarah Lee Kessler has the details.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Mangioni, who's pleaded not guilty to gunning down United Healthcare
CEO Brian Thompson in broad daylight last December, and Midtown Manhattan,
is getting a boost from his legal team. They're now
demanding a hearing into how the Manhattan DA obtained and
accessed Mangioni's medical records, ETNA turn them over after being

(01:32):
hit with a subpoena, and now the accused gunman's lawyers
are claiming ETNA provided too much info, including diagnoses and
statements Mangioni made to healthcare providers.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Director of National Intelligence Tulsey Gabbert is cutting around forty
percent of her staff. Gabbard announced a reorganization of her
office Wednesday, an initiative dubbed ODNI two point zero. The
restructuring will reassign various roles and eliminates altogether. The move
aims to save seven hundred million dollars per year. I'm

(02:05):
Brian Shook. A Yosemite National Park ranger is out of
a job, allegedly for 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 ten,

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the park's famous climbing wall, for several hours. On May twentieth.
The after action 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.

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Say that federal investigators are concerned that releasing the report
could jeopardize their investigation.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Nearly two thirds of Americans think racism is still widespread
across the US. More from Rory O'Neil, tying.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
A previous high in twenty twenty one, a new Gallup
poll find 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 at a

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

Speaker 1 (03:41):
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.