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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: AUGUST 20, 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 Thursday, August twentieth. Huh, twenty twenty six Number one.
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  Speaker 1: Angie Nixon is a Florida state representative, community organizer and
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  Speaker 1: now the Democratic nominee for the twenty twenty six US
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  Speaker 1: Senate special election in Florida, representing parts of Jacksonville in
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  Speaker 1: the Florida House since twenty twenty. She achieved a major
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  Speaker 1: political milestone Tuesday by securing the historic upset victory in
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic primary against the highly favorite retired Lieutenant Colonel
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  Speaker 1: Alexander Vinman. MS Nixon defeated the establishment backed Vinman by
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  Speaker 1: roughly twelve percentage points despite being outspent sixteen to one.
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  Speaker 1: And if the name Alexander Vinman sounds familiar, he came
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  Speaker 1: to national attention in twenty nineteen as a witness in
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  Speaker 1: congress impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump during the Trump Ukraine scandal.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, MS Nixon will face Republican incumbent Ashley Moody
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  Speaker 1: in the November twenty twenty six general election. Miss Moody
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  Speaker 1: was appointed by guph Iran DeSantis to fill the vacancy
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  Speaker 1: left by Marco Rubio when he became Secretary of State.
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  Speaker 1: Number two of visiting Texas judge ordered the removal of
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  Speaker 1: District Judge John Roach from presiding over the African American
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  Speaker 1: teenager Carmelo Anthony's retrial motion. Defense attorneys requested Roach's recusal
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  Speaker 1: after he made televised comments stating the jurors got it
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  Speaker 1: right when convicting Anthony in the fatal stabbing of athlete
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  Speaker 1: Austin metcalf. A newly assigned judge will evaluate whether Anthony
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  Speaker 1: is entitled to a new trial. Number three. Auto insurance
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  Speaker 1: rates are trending higher across the United States after a
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  Speaker 1: brief decline last year that according to new industry analysis
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  Speaker 1: and experts at Injurify report that full coverage premiums rose
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  Speaker 1: one percent in early twenty twenty six, with price increases
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  Speaker 1: expected in thirty two states by the end of this
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  Speaker 1: year and a forty five percent surge in vehicle repair costs.
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  Speaker 1: Severe weather events, inflation, and auto parts tariffs continue to
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  Speaker 1: drive the rate adjustments. From the good News file. Number four,
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  Speaker 1: Tennis legend Venus Williams was awarded a main draw wild
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  Speaker 1: card for the twenty twenty six US Open, marking her
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  Speaker 1: return to the US Open at the age of forty six,
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  Speaker 1: The two times singles champion will compete in her twenty
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  Speaker 1: six Flushing Medals appearance. Venus Williams won four career US
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  Speaker 1: Open titles, single championships in two thousand and two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and one and doubles titles alongside sister Serena in nineteen
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  Speaker 1: ninety nine and two thousand and nine. Her career singles
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  Speaker 1: record at Flushing Medals New York is seventy nine and
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. Number five. From our Black and Missing File,
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  Speaker 1: Maryland authorities and community advocates are requesting public assistance to
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  Speaker 1: locate fifty seven year old Cecilia Patterson. She disappeared from Waldorf, Maryland,
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  Speaker 1: on August sixteenth. Miss Patterson is described as a black female,
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  Speaker 1: five feet five inches tall, weighing two hundred pounds, with
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  Speaker 1: short black hair and brown eyes. Anyone possessing information regarding
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  Speaker 1: her current whereabouts is urged to contact the Charles County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office or submit tips directly to local law enforcement.
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  Speaker 1: Take a look at her picture and the what we
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  Speaker 1: Need to Know newsletter and help if you can. Here's
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  Speaker 1: your daily inspiration from Yogi's jewels. The direction of your
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  Speaker 1: life is determined by the quality of your choices, not
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  Speaker 1: the circumstances you face. Choose wisely. Who I'm Sybil Wilkes.
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  Speaker 1: Be informed, be empowered,