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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Terry McCready, coming up on
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  Speaker 1: November's surprise in Michigan. The high-stakes election means just a
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  Speaker 1: few states could determine control of the Senate. A black
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  Speaker 1: Senate candidate from Kentucky winning a prominent endorsement. But first,
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  Speaker 1: here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Governor J.B. Pritzker is announcing $ 156 million in new housing
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  Speaker 2: investments across Illinois. That will help lower costs. It helps
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  Speaker 2: to build new homes, expand home ownership, and make the
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  Speaker 2: American dream a reality for more Illinoisans. More than $ 100
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  Speaker 2: million will go toward the state's BUILD program, which aims
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  Speaker 2: to expand affordable housing and support working families facing the
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  Speaker 2: state's housing crisis. Louisiana's last remaining majority black congressional district
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  Speaker 2: is facing a new legal challenge. The district represented by
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  Speaker 2: Troy Carter became the state's only majority black seat after
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  Speaker 2: a court-ordered redistricting plan eliminated another black-held district. Voting rights
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  Speaker 2: advocates say they'll continue fighting to protect black representation. And
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  Speaker 2: the Golden State Valkyries are WNBA champions for the first time.
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  Speaker 2: Gabby Williams scored 30 points as the expansion franchise defeated
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  Speaker 2: the Atlanta Dreams 68-63 in Game 7 of the finals
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  Speaker 2: in San Francisco. KPI News Now on demand 24-7 on
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  Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. Back to Terry McCready.
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens is endorsing Michigan Republican Senate candidate
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  Speaker 1: Mike Rogers. Ahead of tomorrow's midterm, Stevens spoke alongside Rogers
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  Speaker 1: in Detroit yesterday following the announcement, calling her decision personal
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  Speaker 1: and private. For Senate, I am just one vote, as
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  Speaker 1: is every Michigander. My vote for Senate is going to
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  Speaker 1: be with Mike Rogers. Stevens also addressing Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed,
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  Speaker 1: saying he made it very clear that she was not
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  Speaker 1: welcome in his campaign. This comes after Stevens clashed with
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  Speaker 1: El-Sayed over Israel and anti-Semitism claims In the battleground Senate race,
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  Speaker 1: El-Sayed reportedly asked her to skip yesterday's campaign rally, where
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  Speaker 1: he was joined by South Carolina's black representative, James Clyburn.
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  Speaker 1: All right, the midterm battle for the soul of the
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  Speaker 1: Senate is really whittled down to a handful of contests,
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  Speaker 1: six to be exact, giving both parties a pathway forward
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  Speaker 1: to control the upper chamber. Texas, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, Alaska,
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  Speaker 1: and Kansas are all currently held by Republicans. The GOP's
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  Speaker 1: strongest shot at flipping a seat is in Michigan, and
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  Speaker 1: Democrats have about a 70% chance of winning there. As
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  Speaker 1: of just days ago, Decision Desk headquarters forecasting Democrats with
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  Speaker 1: the advantage in both chambers, though the Senate remains more
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  Speaker 1: uncertain with a 60% chance of a flip than in
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  Speaker 1: the House, where they enjoy 82% likelihood. Former President Barack
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  Speaker 1: Obama is endorsing Black Democratic nominee Charles Booker. In the
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky Senate race, Obama said by sending him to Washington,
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  Speaker 1: working families across the Commonwealth would have a leader who
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  Speaker 1: understands their struggles and and has what it takes to
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  Speaker 1: make real change. Booker said he was humbled and honored
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  Speaker 1: to receive the endorsement he's facing Republican Representative Andy Barr
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  Speaker 1: to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell. We're really just hours from
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  Speaker 1: Election Day, and early voters were out in the polls
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  Speaker 1: in Los Angeles over Halloween weekend. This voter wanted to
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  Speaker 1: make sure she got her vote in early. I wanted
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  Speaker 1: to drop off my ballot.
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  Speaker 2: I've been meaning to drop it off all week. The L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Mayoral candidates were also putting in FaceTime. Black Mayor Karen
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  Speaker 1: Bass said the excitement was encouraging, and she attended a
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  Speaker 1: rally for union workers and visited businesses. In Boyle Heights,
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  Speaker 1: her opponent, Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman, spoke with hospitality
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  Speaker 1: workers and judged a Halloween costume contest. The Black Information
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  Speaker 1: Network has continuous election coverage through post-election day, all from
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  Speaker 1: a Black perspective. And you won't want to miss Black
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  Speaker 1: America Votes, the 2026 midterms, tomorrow at 7 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, deaths from the Ebola
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  Speaker 1: outbreak have surpassed 5,000. The country is gripped by an
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  Speaker 1: aggressive spread of the disease, and cases are recorded in
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  Speaker 1: other African countries. Data from the Congolese Health Ministry showed
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  Speaker 1: the disease was has killed over 5,000 people out of
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  Speaker 1: more than 10,000. Infected, the surge is sparking concerns among
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  Speaker 1: experts over authorities' ability to contain the deadly virus. It
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  Speaker 1: is already the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history after
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  Speaker 1: a two-year outbreak. In West Africa between 2014 and 2016,
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  Speaker 1: 11,000 people across multiple countries were killed. Stay informed, stay connected,
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  Speaker 1: your podcasts. I'm Terry McCready. For the Black Information Network.