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  • This message comes from Sony Pictures Classics with Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight,

  • a new film based on a seven year old's childhood on a Zimbabwean farm during the 1980 war for independence.

  • Only in theaters New York and LA July 11 and nationwide July 18.

  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling the state legislature back to the Capitol for a special session.

  • Texas Public Radio's David Marshall.

  • Martin Davies reports.

  • Lawmakers are meeting nearly a week after catastrophic flooding left at least 118 people dead,

  • including dozens of children.

  • The special session begins on Monday, July 21.

  • In Abbott's announcement,

  • he said in the aftermath of the devastating floods in the Texas Hill country that the state must ensure better preparation for such events in the future.

  • This includes legislation to improve early warning flood systems in flood prone areas throughout Texas and as well as relief funding for the impacted Hill Country.

  • Abbott is also directing the lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map,

  • which would increase the number of Republican seats.

  • This could help preserve the GOP majority in the Texas House of Representatives after the midterm elections.

  • I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.

  • The Department of Justice is suing California over a state law that allows transgender athletes to compete in women's sports.

  • Katie D. Benedetti from member station KQED in San Francisco reports.

  • The Department of Justice filed to overturn a California law allowing students to play on sports teams that reflect their gender identities.