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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Millions of Americans are on the road as the Labor
Day weekend travel rush is well underway. Priya Shrider reports
that according to Triple A, sixty one point six million
people planned to travel by car this weekend.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
So if you are planning on hitting the roads to
get to your holiday weekend destination, make sure you leave
as early as possible to avoid traffic congestion.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Meanwhile, the TSA says it will screen more than seventeen
million people over the period. Former Vice President Kamala Harris
will be protected by the California Highway Patrol after losing
her Secret Service detail. Citing law enforcement sources, The Los
Angeles Times reports Harris will get dignitary protection after President

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Trump provoked her Secret Service protection. Typically, former vps get
six months of Secret Service detail tail after leaving office,
and former President Biden extended Harris's for an additional year,
but that extension was revoked by Trump. Speaker of the
House Mike Johnson says he thinks the House will probably
hold a vote related to releasing more information about convicted

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sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. While Johnson indicated there's likely to
be a vote, he also said he's not so sure
the move will be a priority. Today marks the twentieth
anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana. Rory O'Neill
has the details.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
Two decades later, Hurricane Katrina remains one of the most
devastating natural disasters in American history, killing over eighteen hundred people.
Most of those deaths were in New Orleans, particularly in
low lying areas like the Lower ninth Ward after the
city's levy system collapsed. All told, Katrina caused an estimated
one hundred and twenty five billion dollars in damage in

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two thousand and five dollars. The government's poor response led
to a shakeup at FEMA.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
A billion dollars will be up for grabs in tomorrow's
Powerball lottery. I'm Brian Shook. The CDC has issued a
food safety alert over salmonilla infections linked to recalled eggs.
Chris Keragio has the details.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
The Federal Health Agency says ninety five people from fourteen
states have gotten sick from the same strain of salmonilla.
Eighteen people have been hospitalized, but the CDC says no
deaths have been reported. Country Eggs, based in California, recalled
its large brown, cage free Sunshine yolk eggs on Wednesday.
More than seventy of the salmonila cases reported are from California,

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with three each in Nevada, Washington, and Minnesota. The CDC
is warning people not to eat, sell, or serve recalled eggs.
It also says to call your healthcare provider if you
have any severe salmonilla symptoms. I'm Chris Karagio.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
After two fires in the last two weeks, New York's
Fire Department is urging the public against using home based
lithium ion battery repair shops. Jonathan o'halerin reports the.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
New PSA WARN's residents that not only are these repair
shops illegal, but they're incredibly dangerous. The FDNY says they
found over one hundred batteries burning in a shop in
the cellar of a Queen's Zone back on August seventeenth,
and just this past Tuesday found another workshop on fire
in the Bronx. The department is asking folks to report
any workshops to authorities so they can put a stop

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to it before tragedy strikes.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Jonathan o'halerin reporting climate change could be giving sharks tooth decay.
New research published Wednesday studied how the global increase in
carbon emissions is making seawater more acidic, causing damage to
calcified structures like corals and shells. The German scientists found

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that acidic seawater was also damaging to shark's teeth, which
are constantly exposed to seawater and which could affect how
sharks find and digest food. The study stressed how important
sharks are for the overall health of marine ecosystems. I'm
Brian Shook.