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It's a mixed bag of weather on this long holiday
weekend for much of the country. Millions from the Southwest
into the southeast are bracing for a rainy Labor Day weekend.
Flash flood warnings were put in place in areas of
Louisiana and Mississippi Friday, with millions under a flash flood
watch in the Arkansas Louisiana Texas region. New Jersey beaches

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are open for Labor Day weekend, but beachgoers may notice
erosion from former Hurricane Erin. Scott Pringle has more The.

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State Deep Relies findings on the impact Aaron had and
found overall beaches held up well, but there is notable erosion.
The dep says the worst is the southern three fourths
of the New Jersey coast line from Point Pleasant Beach
to Seaside Park to Long Beach Island through Cape Bay.
There's moderate sloped erosion. Sections of Atlantic City saw some
areas of notable beach loss, and there's access damage in

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North Wildwood.

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Parental concerns about children's school safety are increasing. The latest
Gallop poll showed forty one percent of US parents are
concerned for their students' physical safety at school. The survey
was conducted before Wednesday shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
that killed two students and injured twenty others. Finding showed
that before the current four year stretch, concern has not

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been this high since March two thousand and one, at
forty five percent. Police and firefighters helped rescue three children
and an adult from a New Jersey house fire this weekend.
Andrew Whitman has this story.

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The flames broke out around ten am and a home
on Sealy Avenue in Kingsburg that's in northern Monmouth County
along Rariton Bay. Police officers saw the three kids trying
to get out from the second floor. As they arrived,
they got them to jump to safety. Firefighters pulled a
woman from a back room. She went to the hospital,
as did one of the cops who was heard in

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the arm from catching the kids. Officials do not believe
the fire was.

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And Spirit Airlines is filing for bankruptcy for the second
time in one year. I'm Jim Forbes. There's no ruling
from a federal judge on whether Federal Reserve Governor Lisa
Cook can stay on the job while her lawsuit against
President Trump plays out in court. Ryan Shook has this story.

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A hearing was held Friday on Cook's challenge to her firing,
which Trump said is based on allegations of mortgage fraud.
Cook's lawyers have argued Trump doesn't have the authority to
remove her. They also call the allegations a smear campaign.
The judge is asking both sides to file additional briefs
by Tuesday. I'm Brian Shook.

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Microsoft is firing two more employees who took part in
a pro Palestinian protest inside the Redmond office of company
president Brad Smith. The tech giant fired the two workers
Friday due to what it called quote serious violations of
established company policies and code of conduct. Microsoft has now
fired a total of four people who took part in

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tuesday sit in. Thursday's terminations came a day after the
company fired two employees who were among seven people arrested
during the protest. The superintendent of Denver Public Schools is
firing back at the Trump administration on all gender bathrooms
and schools. Rob Dawson has this story.

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This stems from the Department of Education's assertion DPS has
violated Title nine regulations by converting some bathrooms and schools
to all gender superintended. Doctor Alex Morero says it has
never been true that Title nine prohibits the use of
multisaw all gender bathrooms and says he stands with LGBTQ
plus students. The Trump administration says DPS should convert the

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restrooms back to those by gender or risk even an
enforcement action.

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I'm Rob Dawson and experts are warning us workers of
the quote infinite workday trend. This labor day infinite workday
happens after the workday ends, when many of us are
still tied to emails, calls, and tasks. It leaves people
with a feeling that they're never off the clock. A
University of Virginia recis searcher says it all starts with
the belief we can multitask. I'm Jim Forbes