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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
State and local elections are being held across the country today,
and they could be a barometer of next year's midterms.
In New York City's race for mayor, Democratic Socialist Zoran
mam Donnie maintains his commanding lead in the polls over
Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. With Prop fifty
on the ballot. In California's special election, lawmakers on both

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sides of the aisle say they wish it didn't come
to this. Congressman Ami Bearra says he's not a fan
of mid decade redistricting and prefers independent commissions to draw
congressional maps, not just in California, but nationwide.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
That isn't the country we live in at this moment
in time.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
So this is a Democratic response to what happened in
Texas in the cross the country, the Sacramento Area Democrats
says he supports a Republican bill that stops mid cycle
redistricting in all states. Proposition fifty bypasses and independent redistricting
committee for six years, wowing new district lines to be
drawn to benefit Democratic Party candidates. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon
has ordered flags to fly at half staff to remember

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former Vice President Dick Cheney, who passed away today at
the age of eighty four. Gordon knew Cheney and found
him inspirational.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
What I really appreciated about about Dick was that he showed,
for a bunch of us that grew up in Wyoming
that a kid from a players fight Casper in my
case KC could go on and make a difference in
the world.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Cheney was a University of Wyoming graduate and represented the
state as its lone congressman from nineteen seventy nine to
nineteen eighty nine. He served as Vice president under George W.
Bush from two thousand and one to two thousand and nine.
The White House is also flying flags at half staff,
and the White House says snap benefits will be paid
in compliance with court orders. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt clarified

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a truth social post made by President Trump this morning,
saying benefits wouldn't be paid until Democrats reopened the government.
She said the President was referring to not wanting to
tap in to do an emergency fund any further to
pay Snap Benefits. I'm Chris Kragio. What started as a
single Facebook post in Nashville is now inspiring a nationwide

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effort to help family struggling with food costs. As Snap
Benefits a face uncertainty. Brooke Tansley, a local mom juggling
two jobs, created a Snap Grocery Buddy system, connecting neighbors
who need help with volunteers willing to shop, share lists,
or provide gift cards. The ideas caught on quickly, linking
more than one hundred families locally, and Tansley's Facebook prompt

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being copied by people from Maryland, California to start similar
programs in their communities. Tansley says the goal is simple,
which is to make sure no family goes hungry, while
highlighting the importance of federal nutrition programs. People Magazines twenty
twenty five Sexiest Man Alive as Wicked and Bridgerton starred
Jonathan Bailey, Tammy Trehillo as details.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
The announcement was made Monday night on The Tonight Show
starring Jimmy Fallon film If They.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Love You, Come On.

Speaker 3 (03:01):
How does it feel to be on the cover of
People's Sexiest Man Alive?

Speaker 1 (03:05):
I mean it's an owner of a lifetime alien. I
want to say, Jimmy, thank you so much for turning
it down so that I could be here.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, that's exactly right. The thirty seven year old British
actor is the first openly gay man ever to hold
the title of People's Sexiest Man.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
ACDC will return to North America for a stadium tour
next year. The Power Up Tour will kick off on
July eleventh and Charlotte, The Rock and Roll Hall of
Famers will hit seventeen cities, including San Antonio, Denver, Las Vegas,
and San Francisco. The tour will wrap up September twenty
ninth in Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale Friday. The eighty
first National Peanut Festival in Dothan, Alabama, is underway. It's

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meant to honor local peanut farmers and celebrate the harvest season.
The festival includes amusement rides, great fair, food exhibits, and more.
Performers include Shenandoah and Emily and Roberts to name few.
Othan is called the peanut Capital of the World. I'm
Chris Kragio