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  Speaker 1: BIN News this hour. I'm Terry McCready. Coming up, keeping
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  Speaker 1: elections safe, California's Attorney General offering some tips. In the
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles mayoral race, younger voters appear to favor the
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  Speaker 1: incumbent mayor's opponent. Former President Obama has jokes. But first,
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  Speaker 1: here's BIN News now.
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  Speaker 2: Vice President J.D. Vance returned to Texas to campaign for
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  Speaker 2: Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
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  Speaker 1: It's great to be back in God's country, and it's
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  Speaker 1: great to fight with Ken Paxton.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking near Dallas, fans praised domestic manufacturing and urged voters
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  Speaker 2: to keep the Senate under Republican control. Republican candidate for
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  Speaker 2: Governor Byron Donalds' bid to become Florida's first black governor
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  Speaker 2: is exposing divisions among black voters. Supporters view his campaign
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  Speaker 2: as a historic opportunity, while critics point to his ties
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  Speaker 2: to President Trump and policies they say do not reflect
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  Speaker 2: the interests of many black Floridians. And J. Cole says
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  Speaker 2: he's backing away from retirement talk. During a recent interview,
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  Speaker 2: the rapper said he no longer wants to use the
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  Speaker 2: word retire, adding that the success of his fall-off tour
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  Speaker 2: changed his perspective after previously suggesting his album The Fall
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  Speaker 2: Off could be his last. Get B.I.N. news now on
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  Speaker 2: demand 24-7 on the iHeartRadio app. Here's more with Terry McCready.
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  Speaker 1: California Attorney General Rob Bonta sharing tips to keep elections safe.
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  Speaker 1: As Election Day approaches, Bonta says more people are worried
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  Speaker 1: about possible attempts to interfere with the voting process, especially
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  Speaker 1: after recent federal actions.
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  Speaker 2: I know some Californians may be wondering whether everything coming
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  Speaker 2: out of Washington has changed.
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  Speaker 1: How? They can vote.
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  Speaker 2: And let me be clear, California's elections are moving forward
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  Speaker 2: as usual. It is business as usual.
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  Speaker 1: The AG's office has posted several notices on its website.
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  Speaker 1: The first notice explains what judges and election officials should
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  Speaker 1: do if police try to take election materials with a
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  Speaker 1: search warrant. Another explains a new law that makes it
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  Speaker 1: harder for police to interfere with elections or take voting
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  Speaker 1: materials without a court order. A third notice reminds police
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  Speaker 1: about the rules that limit their actions at polling places.
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  Speaker 1: Bonta also warned that using social media or AI to
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  Speaker 1: mislead voters is illegal in California. A majority of younger
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  Speaker 1: voters prefer Councilwoman Nithya Raman over incumbent Black Mayor Karen Bass.
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  Speaker 1: That's according to the latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental
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  Speaker 1: Studies poll. Raman leading Bass 74 to 16 percent among
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  Speaker 1: likely voters between the ages of 30 and 39. She's
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  Speaker 1: supported by 69% of likely voters between the ages of
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  Speaker 1: 18 and 29, compared with 15% favoring Bass. Rahman is 45,
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  Speaker 1: Bass is 73. Turnout from L.A. 's younger voters has
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  Speaker 1: not been strong, just 13% of registered voters between 18
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  Speaker 1: and 34 have returned their ballots. That's compared with 47
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  Speaker 1: percent of voters over the age of 65. Former President
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  Speaker 1: Barack Obama is responding to the Republican uproar over his
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  Speaker 1: Cheesecake Factory joke.
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  Speaker 2: I heard the president was not happy when I joked
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  Speaker 2: over the weekend that he's got the White House looking
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  Speaker 2: like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.
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  Speaker 1: All right, the joke made at a Democratic campaign rally
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  Speaker 1: in Ohio predictably received plenty of negative coverage on right-wing
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  Speaker 1: news outlets, Obama telling an audience in Georgia they mobilized
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  Speaker 1: a whole government response to that joke. He added, these
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  Speaker 1: are not serious people and we're all paying the price.
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  Speaker 1: The Black Information Network has continuous election coverage through post-election day,
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  Speaker 1: all from a Black perspective. And you won't want to
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  Speaker 1: miss Black America Votes, the 2026 midterms on November 3rd
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  Speaker 1: at 7 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: King Charles is on a nine-day tour of the Caribbean
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  Speaker 1: as pressure grows for him to issue a formal apology
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  Speaker 1: for the royal family's historic role in the transatlantic slave
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  Speaker 1: trade and to support calls for reparations. Charles touring Guyana
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  Speaker 1: yesterday before traveling to Antigua and Barbuda for a meeting
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  Speaker 1: of heads of state of British Commonwealth nations for discussions
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  Speaker 1: on the legacy of slavery. His tour began earlier this
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  Speaker 1: week in the Bahamas, where the king addressed hundreds of
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  Speaker 1: young Bahamians and acknowledged Britain's colonial past and embracing the
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  Speaker 1: country's vibrant culture. As the celebrations got underway, protesters held
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  Speaker 1: placards that read, Pay us what you owe us, demanding
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  Speaker 1: compensation for Britain's involvement in centuries of the transatlantic slave trade.
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  Speaker 1: The King's remark did not appear to satisfy those who
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  Speaker 1: have long pushed for a formal apology and reparations. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.