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This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

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Israel seems to be on track with a plan to
take full control of the Gods' Strip. Local media reports
a source in Prime Minister Benjamin net Yahoo's office saying
the decision has been made and that the Palestinian militant
group HAMAS will not release the remaining hostages taken in
twenty twenty three unless the area comes under full Israeli occupation.

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The country Security Cabinet is set to me today to
discuss the next steps in the war. Texas House Democrats
promised to keep stonewalling Republican efforts to redraw the state's
congressional map. Governor Greg Abbott issued civil arrest warrants for
the lawmakers who fled Texas to deny the chamber a
quorum on Monday. Abbot set a deadline for them to return,

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and he threatened to remove them if they didn't.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
I believe they have forfeited their seats in the state
legislature because they're not doing the job.

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Texas State rep and lawyer Jolanda Jones in New York subpoenas.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
From Texas do work in New York.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
So he gon'n come get us.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
How subpoenas in Texas don't work in Chicago, He's gonna
come get.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Us how So let me be clear, he's putting up
smoke and mirrors. Over fifty Democrats traveled to Illinois, New York,
and Massachusetts to prevent the GOP from quickly advancing the maps,
aimed at adding up to five seats ahead of the
twenty twenty six mid terms. Sean Diddy Combs is staying
behind bars for now. The entertainment mogul was denied bail

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for a second time on Monday, with the order saying
he failed to satisfy his burden to demonstrate an entitlement
to release. Combs was convicted of two counts of interstate prostitution,
but was acquitted of the more serious federal charges against
him last month. He's said to be sentenced on October third.
California lawmakers are moving forward with a bill requiring police

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to disclose when they've used artificial intelligence to write reports.
Passed by the Senate, the bill aims to enhance transparency
in the creation of police reports. I'm Michael Kassner. Tesla's
board is awarding CEO Elon Musk around twenty nine billion
in shares after an earlier pay package was struck down
by a judge Nick Harper.

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With the latest Elon Musk will see a considerable jump
in his personal wealth with this deal. The company's board
approved the plan, telling shareholders that Musk had not received
meaningful compensation for eight years. His twenty eighteen pay package
blocked by a judge in Delaware would have seen him
net millions of additional Tesla stock options. Musk remains the

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company's largest shareholder, with a thirteen percent stake in the company.

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The Cleveland Clinic is offering tips on getting kids back
on an earlier sleep schedule for school, with the school
years starting soon for many in the US. Tammy Treheo
at details.

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Sleep specialist doctor Brian Chen advises parents to start gradually
getting children to bed earlier because that will be a
lot easier than a flip to earlier bedtime at the
last minute right before that first day of school.

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In the summer, we tend to go to bed later.

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The sun is setting later, our body's natural circadian rhythm,
our clock in our brain is set.

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For later, and so we might be going to bed
a lot later than we normally would be for school.

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He says having a good bedtime routine also helps and
advises against phones, other screens, and bright lights right before bed.
He says blackout curtains should be considered to block out sunlight.

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Today is International Traffic Light Day pre Tennis with more
on a frustrating piece of equipment that is never the
right color, but necessary to keep traffic moving and safe.

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The first traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, back
in nineteen fourteen. Back then it was basic, with one
sign for stop and one for go. Now we have
three lights with a transitional yellow that is meant to
slow you down, but the NTSB says more than half
of us see yellow and speed up. Most are synchronized
to offer a green wave pattern, but if you're even
a second off, that green turns to and if you

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run it, it's going to cost you about five hundred bucks.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
I'm Michael Kassner.