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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. Some Texas
residents are suing their governor, Greg Abbotts over new congressional
maps designed by state Republicans to give Republicans more power
in Washington. The lawsuit says the new map, which gives
the Republican Party five more seats in the US House,

(00:23):
is racially discriminatory and violates voter protection. It also argues
redrawing congressional districts in the middle of a decade is unconstitutional.
The governor of Illinois condemning reports that President Trump plans
to send federal troops to the streets of Chicago. Reports
in the Washington Post Saturday said the Pentagon's been planning

(00:44):
a military deployment to Chicago four weeks. Governor JB. Pritzkerven
a statement says Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis
and politicize Americans who serve in uniform. This year has
seen the highest number of measles outbreaks in the US
over thirty years. Now, health officials in New Jersey are
warning commuters about possible exposure to the disease.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
This after a Hudson County resident with a confirmed case
of measles rode the rails between August thirteenth and fifteenth,
specifically the Hudson Bergen light rail Writers who think they
may have been exposed are being told to watch for
symptoms including high fever, cough, red eyes, running nose, and

(01:28):
a rash that appears a few days after symptoms start.
I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
More than fifty million Americans in the West are under
alerts for extreme heat. Forecasters warn of dangerous heat this weekend.
From Phoenix to Seattle, Portland, Spokane, and Boise are all
expected to see high temperatures in the mid to upper nineties.
In Louisiana, official say a fire at a manufacturing plant
with still burning Saturday and mandatory evacuation orders within a

(01:57):
mile radius remain in place. The fire cap an explosion
that rocked the small town of Roseland east of Baton
Rouge Friday. I'm Scott Carr. Lawyers for the Salvadoran immigrant
Kilmara Brezio Garcia say the US government is now threatening
to deport him to Uganda unless he pleads guilty to
charges of human smuggling. In a court filing Saturday at Bregio.

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Garcia's lawyers claimed the Trump administration offered to deport the
Salvadoran to Costa Rica if he pled guilty to the charges,
but if he didn't agree, they would deport him to
the African nation of Uganda. He was living in Maryland
earlier this year when he was accidentally deported to El
Salvador and what the White House had called an administrative error.
In football, there's a new development and the saga of

(02:40):
the Browns wanting to move out of Cleveland.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
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
orca But saying he's one thousand percent confident the project
will be a go, and he says the issue of

(03:04):
the domed stadium being too tall to be next to
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is being resolved on Jack Crumley.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
The National Park Service is saying that wildfires this year
have meant the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
in northern Arizona will have to stay closed for the
rest of the current season. We get more from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
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. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Utility bills are on the rise across the country, Federal
data showing electric costs are higher by more than five
percent and natural gas prices have risen by nearly fourteen percent.
The agency says reasons for the higher prices include Russia's
invasion of Ukraine, which has interrupted energy supply chains, and
higher demand with so many data centers in the US

(04:01):
coming online. I'm Scott Carr.