August 23, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Texas Senate has approved a new congressional map that
is expected to give the GOP five more seats in
the US House. The Texas Tribune says the map was
adopted early this morning on a party line vote over
staunch Democratic opposition that accused Republicans of jerrymandering. President Trump
had called for the new map to increase the House
GOP majority ahead of the midterm elections. Texas Governor Greg
(00:30):
Abbott indicated he plans to quickly sign the legislation into law.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say threats to deport their
client to Uganda are aimed at coercing him to plead
guilty in his criminal case. In a court filing today,
Abrego Garcia's lawyers claimed the Trump administration offered him a
plea deal where he'd be deported to Costa Rica if
he pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges and served his sentence.
(00:53):
His attorneys accused federal authorities of threatening to deport to
Brego Garcia to Uganda if he didn't agree to the deal.
After a Rreego Garcia's release from a Tennessee jail Friday.
His lawyer said he was on his way to Maryland
to reunite with his family. Seven New Jersey cities are
making a list of fifty of the richest and safest
cities to live in in the United States. Lisa Salvadi
(01:13):
has details.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
The list, compiled by go banking rates dot Com, looks
at average household income, home prices, cost of living, property crime,
and violent crime rates. Ridgewood comes in at number eleven,
with an average household making nearly two hundred and eighty
nine thousand dollars annually. New York didn't make the list.
Western Springs, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, is number one.
I'm Lisa Salvadi.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
A new survey from a retirement services provider shows Americans
are not all that realistic when it comes to financial milestones.
In Power asked nearly one thousand Americans to set target
ages for six life milestones retirement savings, landing a dream job,
earning six figures, buying a home, becoming debt free, and retiring.
Most people said the age to start saving for retirement
(01:55):
is twenty seven, and landing your dream job should happen
at twenty nine. Respondent said, you should earn six figures
by thirty five, by your first home at thirty, become
debt free at forty one, and retire at fifty eight.
I'm rob Martyr. Lyle Menendez has been denied parole a
San Diego parole board made the decision Friday night, a
day after his brother Eric was also denied. Three months ago.
(02:16):
Eric and Lyle were re sentenced to fifty years to
life for the nineteen eighty nine shooting murders of their parents.
The brothers have maintained the killings were in self defense,
claiming they were sexually abused by their father. The brothers
will be able to seek parole again in three years.
The National Park Service says the North Rim of the
Grand Canyon National Park will remain closed for the rest
(02:37):
of the twenty twenty five season. More from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
The closure follows the Dragon Bravo wildfire, which damaged or
destroyed about seventy structures in July. The Historic Grand Canyon Lodge,
the North Rim Visitor Center, and many guest cabins burned
to the ground. Visitor services along the North Rim are closed,
but the South Rim remains open. Planning is now under
way to rebuild visitor for Feis facilities, including the Grand
(03:01):
Canyon Lodge. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
HE suspect is being held after an early morning burglary
attempt at the Beverly Hills home of singer songwriter Lionel
Richie Scott Carr. Reports.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Police say the seventy six year old music legend was
home at the time, but no one was hurt and
nothing was taken. Police in Beverly Hills were called to
the home just after midnight Friday to check on a
report of a stranger on the property. Officers saying an
intruder entered the home but was scared off by security alarms.
After a search of the neighborhood, a suspect was arrested,
(03:34):
thirty eight year old Michael bond On suspicion of burglary
I'm Scott Carr.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Gas prices are expected to remain low for the upcoming
Labor Day weekend. Triple A says the national average for
a gallon of regulars should stay below last year's average
three dollars and thirty three cents and should remain relatively
low for the rest of the summer, as long as
Gulf Coast refineries are not hit by hurricanes. Air flight
should also be cheaper this holiday. Triple A says bestic
(04:00):
round trip flights are six percent less expensive than they
were this time last year. I'm Rob Martyr
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Texas Senate has approved a new congressional map that
is expected to give the GOP five more seats in
the US House. The Texas Tribune says the map was
adopted early this morning on a party line vote over
staunch Democratic opposition that accused Republicans of jerrymandering. President Trump
had called for the new map to increase the House
GOP majority ahead of the midterm elections. Texas Governor Greg
(00:30):
Abbott indicated he plans to quickly sign the legislation into law.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say threats to deport their
client to Uganda are aimed at coercing him to plead
guilty in his criminal case. In a court filing today,
Abrego Garcia's lawyers claimed the Trump administration offered him a
plea deal where he'd be deported to Costa Rica if
he pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges and served his sentence.
(00:53):
His attorneys accused federal authorities of threatening to deport to
Brego Garcia to Uganda if he didn't agree to the deal.
After a Rreego Garcia's release from a Tennessee jail Friday.
His lawyer said he was on his way to Maryland
to reunite with his family. Seven New Jersey cities are
making a list of fifty of the richest and safest
cities to live in in the United States. Lisa Salvadi
(01:13):
has details.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
The list, compiled by go banking rates dot Com, looks
at average household income, home prices, cost of living, property crime,
and violent crime rates. Ridgewood comes in at number eleven,
with an average household making nearly two hundred and eighty
nine thousand dollars annually. New York didn't make the list.
Western Springs, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, is number one.
I'm Lisa Salvadi.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
A new survey from a retirement services provider shows Americans
are not all that realistic when it comes to financial milestones.
In Power asked nearly one thousand Americans to set target
ages for six life milestones retirement savings, landing a dream job,
earning six figures, buying a home, becoming debt free, and retiring.
Most people said the age to start saving for retirement
(01:55):
is twenty seven, and landing your dream job should happen
at twenty nine. Respondent said, you should earn six figures
by thirty five, by your first home at thirty, become
debt free at forty one, and retire at fifty eight.
I'm rob Martyr. Lyle Menendez has been denied parole a
San Diego parole board made the decision Friday night, a
day after his brother Eric was also denied. Three months ago.
(02:16):
Eric and Lyle were re sentenced to fifty years to
life for the nineteen eighty nine shooting murders of their parents.
The brothers have maintained the killings were in self defense,
claiming they were sexually abused by their father. The brothers
will be able to seek parole again in three years.
The National Park Service says the North Rim of the
Grand Canyon National Park will remain closed for the rest
(02:37):
of the twenty twenty five season. More from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
The closure follows the Dragon Bravo wildfire, which damaged or
destroyed about seventy structures in July. The Historic Grand Canyon Lodge,
the North Rim Visitor Center, and many guest cabins burned
to the ground. Visitor services along the North Rim are closed,
but the South Rim remains open. Planning is now under
way to rebuild visitor for Feis facilities, including the Grand
(03:01):
Canyon Lodge. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
HE suspect is being held after an early morning burglary
attempt at the Beverly Hills home of singer songwriter Lionel
Richie Scott Carr. Reports.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Police say the seventy six year old music legend was
home at the time, but no one was hurt and
nothing was taken. Police in Beverly Hills were called to
the home just after midnight Friday to check on a
report of a stranger on the property. Officers saying an
intruder entered the home but was scared off by security alarms.
After a search of the neighborhood, a suspect was arrested,
(03:34):
thirty eight year old Michael bond On suspicion of burglary
I'm Scott Carr.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Gas prices are expected to remain low for the upcoming
Labor Day weekend. Triple A says the national average for
a gallon of regulars should stay below last year's average
three dollars and thirty three cents and should remain relatively
low for the rest of the summer, as long as
Gulf Coast refineries are not hit by hurricanes. Air flight
should also be cheaper this holiday. Triple A says bestic
(04:00):
round trip flights are six percent less expensive than they
were this time last year. I'm Rob Martyr
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