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What You Need to Know: August 11, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know Today.
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  Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, August eleven, twenty twenty six. Number one. Six
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  Speaker 1: states are holding primary elections today, featuring key Democratic factional
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  Speaker 1: battles and high stakes congressional contests. In Wisconsin, Democratic socialists
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  Speaker 1: Francesca Hong is favored to capture the Democratic nomination for governor. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina Republicans will vote on whether to nominate Senator
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  Speaker 1: Darlene Graham to retain her late brother's seat. Number two.
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  Speaker 1: The family of Tasia Fortune is demanding answers after the
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine year old black woman was found hanging from
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  Speaker 1: a tree in Jackson, Mississippi. Fortune's mother strongly rejected suicide claims,
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  Speaker 1: stating her daughter, the mother of four by the way,
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  Speaker 1: was in good spirits and would never take her own life.
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  Speaker 1: Local authorities and medical examiners are actively investigating the death,
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  Speaker 1: while city officials have requested federal support from the US Attorney.
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  Speaker 1: Number four, It's tack Tuesday, and financial expert Katrina Mcraft
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  Speaker 1: cautions entrepreneurs that missing quarterly estimated tax payments creates costly,
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  Speaker 1: non deductible IRS penalties. These late fees directly reduce business
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  Speaker 1: profits and drain capital that could otherwise be reinvested into
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  Speaker 1: company growth. Madam Craft advises the business owners to immediately
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  Speaker 1: implement proactive tax strategies rather than letting miss deadlines accumulate
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  Speaker 1: Number four from the Good News File. Mattel officially launched
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  Speaker 1: its first Barbie doll honoring the late Whitney Houston on
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  Speaker 1: what would have been the music legend's sixty third birthday.
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  Speaker 1: Developed alongside the singer's estate, this collectible recreates an iconic
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  Speaker 1: look from her celebrated four decade career. The tribute coincides
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  Speaker 1: with Milestone honors recognizing Whitney Houston's historic contributions to American
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  Speaker 1: music and pop culture. Thank you, Whitney. Number five America
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  Speaker 1: Know Your History. It was on August eleventh, nineteen sixty five,
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  Speaker 1: the Watts Riots began in Los Angeles following the violent
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  Speaker 1: arrest of twenty one year old Marquette Frye. The six
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  Speaker 1: days of unrest resulted in thirty four deaths, thousands of injuries,
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  Speaker 1: and forty million dollars in property damage. The historic event
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  Speaker 1: led doctor Martin Luther King Junior to expand his civil
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  Speaker 1: rights focus towards addressing systemic economic inequities in urban communities,
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  Speaker 1: especially those in the North. Here's your daily inspiration from
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  Speaker 1: Yogi's jewels. Making wise decisions that allows you to remain
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  Speaker 1: in control of your emotions instead of allowing your emotions
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  Speaker 1: to control you. Who on Sybil Wilkes, be informed, be empowered,