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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):
Vice President JD. Vance is expressing confidence the US can
end the war between Russia and Ukraine. In an interview
with NBC's Meet the Press, Vance said, meaningful progress is
taking place, and we'll push the conflict toward an end.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
We're going to eventually be successful or we'll hit a
brick wall. And if we hit a brick wall, then
we're going to continue this process of negotiation, of applying leverage.
This is the energetic diplomacy that's going to bring this
wardo close.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
His comments come after President Trump said he'll know in
two weeks if he made any progress in bringing peace
to Ukraine. Trump has attempted to brok or a piece deal,
meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, then with Ukraine Zelenski and
US European allies. A group of Texas residents are suing
Governor Greg Abbott over a new congressional map designed by

(00:55):
state Republicans to give them more power. The plaintiffs are
alleging that the new map, which will give the GOP
five more seats in the US House, is racially discriminatory
and violates voter protection. The sixty seven page complaint also
argues that redrawing congressional districts mid decade is unconstitutional. The
map was adopted early Saturday on a party line vote

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over staunch Democratic opposition, which accused Republicans of jerry mandering.
Officials in Louisiana say Cruz are still on the scene
of a fire at a large manufacturing plant that forced
a mandatory evacuation order. Friday's explosion rocked the town of
roseland east of Baton Rouge. As of Saturday night, the
fire was ninety percent contained. No injuries were reported, but

(01:40):
Louisiana State Police are urging nearby residents to remain inside
as hazmat teams collect samples in the area. The powerball
jackpot is now a whopping seven hundred and fifty million
bucks for Monday night's drawing. The grand prize will be
the tenth largest of all time after no one matched,
including myself, also numbers and last night's drawing, So go ahead,

(02:02):
what he got to lose? I'm Lisa Carton. There's a
new development in the saga of the Browns wanting to
move out of Cleveland. Jack Crumley has more.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
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 plant 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. O dot recently denied
a construction permit over that hype concern. I'm Jack Crumley.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
A new survey from a retirement services provider shows Americans
are not all that realistic when it comes to financial milestones.
Rob Martyre explains.

Speaker 5 (02:54):
In Power asked nearly one thousand Americans to set target
ages for six life milestones retire and saving, landing a
dream job, earning six figures, buying a home, becoming dead free,
and retiring. Most people said the age to start saving
for retirement is twenty seven, and landing your dream job
should happen at twenty nine. Respondent said, you should earn
six figures by thirty five, buy your first home at thirty,

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become dead free at forty one, and retire at fifty eight.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
I'm Rob Bartier and Dawson's Creek Reunion is coming to
the Big White Way. Scott Carr has more here.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
The producers of the show are calling it a class
reunion to raise money for a cancer nonprofit and to
support cast member James Vanderbeek, who's battling colorectal cancer. Vanderbeek
will be on stage at the Richard Rodgers Theater September
twenty second for the show, along with Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes,
and other original cast members. Dawson's Creek was a hit show,

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airing from nineteen ninety eight through two thousand and three.
This Broadway reunion sold out in just twelve minutes.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Take price is sold for as high as twenty five
hundred bucks. I'm Lisa Carton.