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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):
Democrats who fled this state to stop congressional redistricting are
vowing to fight on. Speaking from Chicago with his colleagues,
Texas Democratic Congressman Al Green said he'll keep fighting.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
We're taking a stand, and we are going to prevent
them from going forward.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the state's Department
of Public Safety to arrest House Democrats who were not
present for the special legislative session on Monday. With the
Democrats gone, the GOP is unable to vote to redraw
the map that would give them five more pickup opportunities
ahead of twenty twenty six. A Trump administration envoy is

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going to Russia for what the President has called a
last chance at Ukraine ceasefire talks. Steve Whitcoff heads there
as a ceasefire deadline Trump imposed on Russia expires on Friday.
Floods could be on the way four millions day the
Southeast as a tropical downpour threat will remain in the
region for days. It comes after Alabama was hit with

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deadly flooding yesterday that killed one person. Changes are coming
for Social Security beneficiaries who receive paper checks. Matt Mattinson explains.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
The Social Security Administration announced that starting on September thirtieth,
it would no longer issue paper checks. Now, beneficiaries must
opt to have their benefit payments delivered electronically by direct deposit, or,
if they don't have a bank account, receive their benefit
payments on a prepaid debit card known as direct Express.
An agency spokesperson said the Administration is proactively contacting beneficiaries

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to alert them about the change, and note that if
a beneficiary has no other means to receive payments, they'll
continue to send paper checks. I'm at Mattinson.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
The company behind chat GPT, says it's updating the app
so it can better detect mental or emotional distress. Open
AI says there have been instances where the u AI
model fell short in recognizing signs of delusion or emotional dependency.
I'm Brian Shook, official save potential engine failure led to

(02:09):
a United Airlines pilot declaring May day. According to United Airlines,
last month, a Boeing seven eighty seven aircraft carrying two
hundred nineteen passengers and eleven crew members had to return
to Washington Dulles International Airport to address some mechanical issue.
The pilot declared May day before managing to land the

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plane safely. Almost sixty percent of millennials and gen zers
blame their social life for hurting their financial goals, Tammy
Trehillo explains.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
A new survey from Ali Bank also found that forty
two percent of them report overspending on their social budget
several months out of the year. ALI survey revealed most
American adults cove at social time, with nearly seventy percent
saying they meet with friends in person at least once
a week. On average, they spent about two hundred and
fifty dollars a month on social activities. Fewer than one
inns say they have a strict budget for activities with friends.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Today we celebrate National Coast Guard Day and it's more
than fifty one thousand members nationwide pre Tennis has more.

Speaker 4 (03:10):
The Coastguard was commissioned in seventeen ninety by President George
Washington with ten high speed at the time, sailing ships
with armed personnel to enforce tariffs and stop smuggling along
our coasts. Today, there's more than two hundred and fifty
super high speed vessels on the water, and there is
a Hollywood connection. They count Humphrey Bogart, Walter Cronkite, and

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Lloyd and Jeff Bridges as past members.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'm pre Tennis, the mascot for the NHL Seattle Kraken,
was chased by a grizzly bear while shooting a promotional
video Cracking for where John Hayden and the mascot Bowie,
were in a river fishing when a grizzly entered the
water on the other side of the river. A video
posted two act showed them walking away from the bear,

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but the bear followed and began to chase them before
it turned away, allowing the pair to safely make it
to the other side of the river. I'm Brian Shuck.