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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: OCTOBER 14, 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 Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. Number one, a newly released
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  Speaker 1: 292-page forensic analysis of Nolan Wells' cell phone detailed private
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  Speaker 1: messages across 29 group chats following his death this summer.
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  Speaker 1: The records show how friends reacted to public speculation and
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  Speaker 1: navigated police inquiries after the Fourth of July gathering on
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  Speaker 1: Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi. Wells' family continues
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  Speaker 1: to scrutinize the handling of the phone, maintaining that leaving
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  Speaker 1: the device behind was entirely uncharacteristic of their teenager. Number two,
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  Speaker 1: jury selection commenced in the federal death penalty trial of
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  Speaker 1: the gunman responsible for the 2022 racist mass shooting at
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  Speaker 1: a Buffalo, New York supermarket. Peyton Gendron, who's currently serving
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  Speaker 1: life without parole on state murder convictions, faces dozens of
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  Speaker 1: federal hate crime and weapons charges. The attack at the
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  Speaker 1: Topps Friendly Market, which claimed the lives of 10 black victims,
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  Speaker 1: stands as one of the deadliest racially motivated massacres in
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  Speaker 1: modern American history. Number three. Economic analysis from Moody's Analytics
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  Speaker 1: indicates the ongoing war in Iran costs the typical American
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  Speaker 1: household roughly $ 2, 000. Escalating energy expenses, rising fuel prices, and
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  Speaker 1: higher borrowing rates represent the largest drivers of consumer financial strain.
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  Speaker 1: The nationwide economic toll reached an estimated $ 265 billion as
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  Speaker 1: congressional debates over supplemental defense funding Number four, from the
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  Speaker 1: Good News File, former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman turned MIT
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  Speaker 1: professor John Urschel achieved a landmark breakthrough in advanced mathematics.
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  Speaker 1: His published research paper on the growth factor of random
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  Speaker 1: matrices involves longstanding questions regarding the the stability of Gaussian
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  Speaker 1: elimination algorithms. Urschel's achievement provides critical mathematical proof for computing
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  Speaker 1: methods used across scientific research and engineering. Number five, it
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  Speaker 1: is Black and Missing Wednesday, and authorities in Cleveland, Ohio,
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  Speaker 1: are requesting the public's assistance in locating 50-year-old Derone Lamont Crawford.
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  Speaker 1: He went missing October 6th. He is described as a 5'7,
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  Speaker 1: 256-pound black male with a medium complexion, short black hair,
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  Speaker 1: and brown eyes. He was last seen leaving his home
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  Speaker 1: near West 145th Street amid mental health concerns. Investigators believe
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  Speaker 1: he may be traveling toward South Carolina. Please take a
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  Speaker 1: look at his photo in the What We Need to
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  Speaker 1: Know newsletter, and anyone with information is urged to contact
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  Speaker 1: the Cleveland Police Department or the Black and Missing Foundation.
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  Speaker 1: Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Don't abandon your
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  Speaker 1: dream because it's taken longer than you expected. Keep going.
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  Speaker 1: We got you. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed. Be empowered.