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  Speaker 1: BIN News this hour. I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up, grief
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  Speaker 1: and unanswered questions continue to haunt the parents of Nolan Wells.
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  Speaker 2: Learn a lot from the people in this delegation who've
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  Speaker 2: been in these buildings longer than I have. And I
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  Speaker 2: plan to ask a lot of questions. But I'm also
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  Speaker 2: going to stay true to what Denver sent me to do.
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  Speaker 1: There's a new voice calling America forward, and it belongs
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  Speaker 1: to the first female member of Gen Z just elected
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  Speaker 1: to Congress.
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  Speaker 3: And because you see, Georgia still has a decision to
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  Speaker 3: make about who we will be in the next election.
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  Speaker 3: and the one after that and the one after that.
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  Speaker 1: The woman who came so close to making history as
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  Speaker 1: America's first black governor congratulates the one who has. But first,
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  Speaker 1: here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Democrats have secured majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate.
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  Speaker 3: NBC News projects Democrats will gain full control of Congress
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  Speaker 3: in January after sweeping the midterm elections. Seven Senate seats
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  Speaker 3: were flipped by Democrats on Tuesday. Democrats will also hold
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  Speaker 3: a majority in the House. Colorado voters are still waiting
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  Speaker 3: for final results on Amendment 87. a proposal that would
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  Speaker 3: replace the state's flat income tax with a graduated system.
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  Speaker 3: Michael Fields, president of Advance Colorado, spoke out. I do
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  Speaker 3: think the chart being on the ballot had a huge
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  Speaker 3: impact because people looked at it individually, maybe not looked
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  Speaker 3: at the impact of businesses. Jury selection is continuing today
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  Speaker 3: in the federal death penalty trial of Buffalo supermarket shooter
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  Speaker 3: Peyton Grendon. Grendon has already pleaded guilty to opening fire
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  Speaker 3: inside a top store back in 2022, killing 10 Black
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  Speaker 3: people in what's being called a racially motivated attack. I'm
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  Speaker 3: Alexandria Icamoni with BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Alexandria. As headlines of Nolan Wells' death start decreasing,
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  Speaker 1: his parents apparently are still seeking answers. Christine and Elmore
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  Speaker 1: Wansley told the New York Magazine that they are stuck
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  Speaker 1: in grief and stuck in questions. They also spoke of
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  Speaker 1: going to their other son's football games and cheering them
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  Speaker 1: on and crying afterwards. Wells, who was 18 at the
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  Speaker 1: time of his death, was a college football player. The
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  Speaker 1: black teen died following a trip to Horn Island in July,
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  Speaker 1: and his family has continued to question the circumstances surrounding
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  Speaker 1: his death. They're also asking the federal government to look
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  Speaker 1: into the case. The midterm elections has produced the first
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  Speaker 1: Gen Z woman to be elected to Congress, and she
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  Speaker 1: is black and the youngest Democrat elected in Tuesday's midterms.
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  Speaker 1: 29-year-old Maylock Quiros of Aurora, Colorado, won the state's first
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  Speaker 1: congressional district. She says she is clear on her assignment.
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  Speaker 2: I will not pretend that the work ahead will be easy.
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  Speaker 2: The future that we are reaching for is vast, even
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  Speaker 2: more vast than the injustices that it is meant to answer.
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  Speaker 2: Healthcare as a right, a home as a foundation, not
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  Speaker 2: a reward. Healthcare as a right, a home as a foundation,
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  Speaker 2: a government that answers to the.
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  Speaker 1: Voters, not the donors.
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  Speaker 2: These are not just policies to be passed, but promises
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  Speaker 2: to be made.
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  Speaker 1: Kigros is a democratic socialist and a native of Ethiopia.
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  Speaker 1: Democrat Maxwell Frost out of Florida, who is also black,
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  Speaker 1: became the first member of Gen Z elected to Congress
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  Speaker 1: in 2022. He was 25 at the time. During her
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  Speaker 1: victory speech Tuesday night, Keisha Lance Bottoms thanked her family
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  Speaker 1: and her campaign team. And the entire team, KLB, I
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  Speaker 1: wish I had time to.
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  Speaker 2: Call all your names. I love it. And appreciate you all.
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  Speaker 1: One name she did not mention, but others are in
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  Speaker 1: connection to her success, is Stacey Abrams. Abrams twice ran
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  Speaker 1: for governor of Georgia, coming extremely close to winning in
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  Speaker 1: her first run in 2018. But now Abrams is congratulating
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  Speaker 1: Bottoms and other Democratic winners in this week's midterms. In
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  Speaker 1: a social media post, Abrams is also encouraging Democrats to
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  Speaker 1: stay focused and committed. She writes, Democrats must now govern courageously.
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  Speaker 1: We know Republicans will use their remaining bastions of power
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  Speaker 1: to try to block progress and subvert future elections. Along
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  Speaker 1: with Bottoms becoming the first black woman governor in U.S. history,
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  Speaker 1: congressional delegate Stacey Plaskett also made history becoming the first
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  Speaker 1: woman elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is
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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow us wherever
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  Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. I'm Andrea Coleman on the Black
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  Speaker 1: Information Network, home of Black News First.