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The Latest: 07/06/2025 03:59pm ET

Jul 06, 20254 min
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All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

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This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest use this hour in just four minutes.

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At least seventy people are confirmed dead since catastrophic flooding hit central Texas on Friday. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Letha revised the death toll to fifty nine in his county alone.

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We continue to work around the clock and reunite these families.

Speaker 2

We will continue to search until everybody is found, and that effort includes eleven girls from a summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Deaths have been reported in six counties in Texas. President Trump has signed a major Disaster declaration for Kirk County amid the deadly flooding. In a post on truth Social Trump said the declaration will allow first responders to have access to resources they need as recovery efforts continue. Trump called it an unimaginable tragedy.

Crews are slowly making progress in battling California's largest wildfire of the year. The Madre Fire started on Wednesday afternoon and his burned nearly eighty thousand acres and is about thirty percent contained. The fire has prompted highway closures in San Louis Obispo County, along with evacuation orders and warnings. Cal Fire says more than six hundred personnel are fighting

the blaze, with numerous air tankers supporting the effort. What's left of Tropical Storm Chantal is dumping heavy rain in the Carolinas as it moves north after making landfall. The National Hurricane Center says Chantal weakened to a tropical depression with top winds of about thirty five miles an hour as it moves further inland. Jennifer Aniston is set to star in an Apple TV Plus series based on a former Nickelodeon child star's book. Brian Shook has more.

Speaker 1

I'm Glad My Mom Died is the New York Times bestseller by Jennifer McCurdy, who starred as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon series I Carly and the spinoff Sam and Kat. Apple TV Plus calls the book a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of Jeannette McCurdy's struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother.

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Could be on your must watch list, I'm Lisa Carton. New York City Officials are monitoring the waters off Long Island after a series of shark sidings that led to a temporary beach closure on the fourth of July. Emergency management officials teamed up with lifeguards to monitor the sharks before ending the closure. Officials are using drones to keep an eye on the sharks. The American Academy of Dermatology is offering tips to protect against summer sun damage, which

can cause sunburn, brown spots, wrinkles, and skin cancer. It starts with sunscreen, which should be applied fifteen minutes before heading outdoors. The Academy recommends that your sunscreen have an SPF of thirty or higher and be water resistant. It should also offer broad spectrum protection against harmful UV rays. Dermatologists also say not to forget your ears, your hands, and the tops of your feet when applying sunscreen. Sue

Byrd's legacy in Seattle will soon be cemented. PIM reported the retired WNBA star will be the first player in the league to get a statue made in her honor. Bird's statue will be unveiled on Sunday, August seventeenth, the same day as the Storm's match against the Phoenix Mercury. The game is being called the franchise's Forever Sue Game. The Storm's president and CEO said, quote, Sue's legacy isn't just written in championships, It's woven into the fabric of Seattle. Quite an honor.

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Yes, Melby walked down the aisle this weekend marrying hairstylist Rory McPhee. The two tie the knot in the crypt of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, England. Saturday reception was held at the Shangri La Hotel inside the Shard, the UK's tallest building. Melby shares daughter angel Iris Murphy Brown with Eddie Murphy, who she had a relationship with in

two thousand six. Her distinction as a Member of the Order of the British Empire, which she received from Prince William in twenty twenty two, was for her awareness work in day domestic violence.

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And it permitted the ceremony at Saint Paul's Cathedral. I'm Lisa Carton.

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