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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The legislative battle over congressional lines in Texas is now
over as of Saturday morning. President Trump is now praising
Texas Republicans after the state Senate gave final approval to
redraw the Lone Star state's congressional map. In a post
on True Social Trump singled out Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan
Patrick for his quote terrific and powerful leadership on the bill,

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calling it quote a huge victory for his America First agenda.
Trump had pushed for the legislation, which gives Republicans a
big advantage in five more districts ahead of the midterm elections.
The vote came early Saturday morning, after Texas Republicans blocked
to plan filibuster by Democrats. A Democratic congresswoman is criticizing

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the recent release of Jeffrey Epstein related documents by the
Justice Department. In a statement Saturday, US Representative Summer Lee
said just three percent of the more than thirty three
thousand pages of documents given to Congress contain new information.
She says the remaining ninety seven percent was previously released.

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Lee accuses the DOJ of only pretending to respond to
a recent subpoena issued by a House committee. There's a
new development in the saga of the Browns wanting to
come out of Cleveland. Jack Crimbley has this story.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
There are still a number of challenges, but the City
of brook Park has agreed to a rezoning plan. Cleveland
dot Com reports city council this past week voted six
to one to rezone one hundred and seventy six acres
of the former Ford plants from industrial to a planned
unit development district. The paper quotes brook Park Mayor ed
Orcutt saying he's one thousand percent confident the project will

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be a go, and he says the issue of the
domed stadium being too tall to be next to Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport is being resolved. Odt recently denied a
construction permit over that height concern, and.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
A Dawson's Crew BA reunion is coming to Broadway to
help one of their own and hopefully lots of others too.
I'm Jim Forbes. Both Menendez brothers are being denied parole
in California. A San Diego parole board turned down Lyle
Menendez's request for parole last night, a day after his
brother Eric was also denied. Three months ago, Eric and

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Lyle were re sentenced to fifty years to life for
the nineteen eighty nine shotgun murders of their parents. The
brothers have maintained the killings were in self defense, claiming
they were sexually abused by their father, a man that
police in Burbank, California, have called quote the butt sniffer,
reportedly still can't keep his nose clean. Lisa Carton has the.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Very latest authoritieschell NBC four that thirty eight year old
registered sex offender Kalis Crowder was arrested again after sniffing
a woman's behind at a Walgreens in Burbank around eleven
pm Friday night. Police said they located Crowder nearby and
took him into custody without incident. He was arrested a
month ago for committing similar acts at a Nordstrom rack

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in Burbank. Grouder is currently on active parole and has
a documented history of similar arrests for similar crimes. I'm
Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Florida State Senator Joe Gruders is now the chairman of
the Republican National Committee. Gruders was elected unanimously during the
GOP summer meeting in Atlanta. He is a longtime supporter
of President Trump, having co chaired his twenty sixteen Florida campaign.
Gruder's leadership comes as the RNC holds a major cash advantage,

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with eighty four million dollars on hand compared to just
fourteen million for the DNC, and the National Park Service
says the North rim of the Grand Canyon National Park
will remain closed for the rest of the twenty twenty
five season. The closure follows the Dragon Bravo wildfire, which
damaged or destroyed about seventy structures. In July. The historic

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Grand Canyon Lodge, the North for In visitors Center, and
many guest cabins burn to the ground. I'm Jim Forbes.