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The Latest: 07/06/2025 08:59pm ET

Jul 07, 20254 min
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All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

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Speaker 1

This is your twenty four to seven US update.

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The latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump says he plans to be in Texas this week to visit areas of the state hardest hit by the catastrophic flash flooding. He was asked if he felt the federal government needed to hire back any fired meteorologists.

Speaker 1

I would know that.

Speaker 2

I really wouldn't.

Speaker 1

I would think not.

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This was the thing that happened in seconds.

Speaker 1

Nobody expected it, nobody saw it. Very talented people are there and they didn't see it. It's I guess they said, once in one hundred years, they've never seen anything like this.

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The President says he will probably visit Texas Friday. Meanwhile, search and recovery efforts continue for a third day after flooding that killed at least seventy people. Pope Leo is offering prayers for the victims and families affected by the flood. Speaking to a crowd in Saint Peter's Square today, the pontiff expressed his sincere condolences to families who have lost loved ones in the devastating flooding of the Guadalupe River.

The Pope specifically noted those who lost their daughters when floodwaters swept through their summer camp. President Trump is criticizing Elon Musk's announcement that he was starting a third party. Trump called the idea ridiculous, saying it has always been a two party system. He added that he felt it only adds confusion and that third parties have never worked.

The tech billionaire announced the America Party on x Saturday and claimed quotes, when it comes to bankrupting our country with waste and graft, we live in a one party system, not a democracy. Ed Sharon, the Weekend and Drake are just a few of the artists topping Apple Music's Top

five hundred Streamed Songs list. The list, which honors ten years of the streaming service, ranked Shape of You by Sharon as the most streamed song with over a thousand days, where the song reached number one in all genre top songs chart in at least one Blinding Lights by the Weekend took the number two spot, with God's Plan by Drake coming in third. I'm Rob Bartyer. Two people are dead and several others wounded in a weekend shooting in downtown Indianapolis. Lisa Taylor reports.

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Poleise say the gunfire erupted just before one thirty am Saturday morning.

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Shaquille Brewster reports from the scene.

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Two boys just fifteen and sixteen years old were killed in a downtown Indianapolis shooting. Five others were injured.

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We should all be shaken by what occurred.

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Police say. Shots rang out as hundreds of teens were out past midnight without parental supervision.

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We are not your children's keepers, You.

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Are authority say.

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Seven people were detained for questioning.

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Ainley S.

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Taylor, a Los Angeles police officer, is recovering after he was shot while attempting to question a suspect on Saturday.

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A short foot pursuit.

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During that time, the suspect turned and fired rounds at our officers.

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One of our officers was struck. The other officer turned fire.

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Chief Jim McDonnell said he's thankful the situation did not turn deadly. The officer who was shot was taken to the hospital, but his injuries are described as non life threatening. 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 outside. 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 those ears, your hands, and the tops of your feet when applying sunscreen. Novak Djokovic is adding to his legendary resume with his one hundredth career singles win at Wimbledon.

The milestone win ties Djokovic with tennis legends Martina Nevatlova and Roger Federer. Today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the long fourth of July holiday weekend. Triple A expected more than seventy two million people will be on the move during the hollow period that started on June twenty eighth and wraps up today. I'm Rob Martyre.

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