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Nolan Wells Laid to Rest, WNBA Toronto Coach Suspended Over the Angel Reese Comment, and Taylor Farms Lettuce Recall Hits 27 States · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: A final goodbye for Nolan Xavier Wells. Now a one
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  Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars reward is on the table as his
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  Speaker 1: family continues to demand answers.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it does not end with the funeral.
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  Speaker 3: We intend to be vigilant on this local.
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  Speaker 1: Investigation, and the WNBA has suspended the Toronto Timpo head
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  Speaker 1: coach after a hot mic caught moments about Angel Reese
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  Speaker 1: that sparked outrage.
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  Speaker 4: There's no place for discrimination or hate in this league
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  Speaker 4: from anyone, from fans to coaches to.
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  Speaker 1: Players, and the FDA is walking back a key piece
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  Speaker 1: of evidence in the Taylor Farms let its investigation, but
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  Speaker 1: official say consumers should still not eat the recalled products.
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  Speaker 3: We'll explain is because of how big this outbreak has
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  Speaker 3: been and because of how long it took us to
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  Speaker 3: identify the source.
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  Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, July twenty first, from the Black Effect podcast Network.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mimi Brown. This is and here are the day's
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  Speaker 1: biggest stories. Stay with me. On Monday, family, friends and
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  Speaker 1: supporters gathered in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to celebrate the life
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  Speaker 1: of eighteen year old Nolan Xavier Wells, while continuing to
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  Speaker 1: demand answers in the investigation into his death. Wells was
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  Speaker 1: found dead on July sixth in the waters of Mississippi's
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  Speaker 1: Horn Island after traveling there with others over the Fourth
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  Speaker 1: of July holiday. The investigation remains active and ongoing. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the investigation, the Sheriff's office said investigators did not
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  Speaker 1: suspect foul play, but officials have continued collecting evidence and
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  Speaker 1: have not released a final determination on what happened. Monday's
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  Speaker 1: funeral was both a celebration of Nolan's life and a
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  Speaker 1: renewed call for justice. His mother, Christine Wells Wansley, remembered
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  Speaker 1: her son as someone who made people feel seen, welcomed,
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  Speaker 1: and valued. His father described Nolan as a young man
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  Speaker 1: everyone enjoyed being around us.
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  Speaker 5: Everything about him, from his quiet nature to the corny jokes,
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  Speaker 5: his gentle smile, the way he made everyone around him
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  Speaker 5: feel comfortable, loved, and at ease.
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  Speaker 2: I want to start off by saying how proud I
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  Speaker 2: am of you, my son. You grew up to be
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  Speaker 2: a very young man that everyone enjoyed to be around.
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  Speaker 2: Constant lectures for me about having character, self respect, self discipline,
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  Speaker 2: and perseverance really hit home with you. At an early age.
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  Speaker 2: You were not just making the name for yourself on
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  Speaker 2: the football field, the basketball court, and the baseball diamond,
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  Speaker 2: but you were also lay in the groundwork for your
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  Speaker 2: little brother Elmore. I nicknamed you mister cool Hands because
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  Speaker 2: it seemed like you was catching a test down every day.
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  Speaker 1: Reven Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy, while civil rights attorney
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  Speaker 1: Ben Crump stood alongside the Wells family, vowing to continue
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  Speaker 1: the fight for answers. Filmmaker Tyler Perry paid for Nolan's funeral,
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  Speaker 1: and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick covered the cost of
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  Speaker 1: the family's independent autopsy, which is still pending. During the service,
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  Speaker 1: Revenul Sharpton announced he's offering a fifty thousand dollars reward
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  Speaker 1: for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Nolan's death.
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  Speaker 1: Then Tyler Perry matched that reward, bringing the total to
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  Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars. Following the service, Ben Crump vowed
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  Speaker 1: the family's fight is far from over.
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  Speaker 6: They want us to be quiet. Revendew Crump, won't you
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  Speaker 6: out just go ahead, and you know we already told
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  Speaker 6: you it was no foul play. Where do you keep
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  Speaker 6: making so much noise? Well, until we get answers, until
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  Speaker 6: we get to truth, until we get to justice, we
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  Speaker 6: gonna stand up and we gonna keep ringing in the
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  Speaker 6: justice bells for Nolan Wales.
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  Speaker 1: For Nolan's family, Monday was not the end of the journey.
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  Speaker 1: It was another step in their search for answers as
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  Speaker 1: investigators continue working to determine exactly what happened. Once investigators
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  Speaker 1: complete their work, the case will be presented to a
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  Speaker 1: Jackson County grand jury. Until then, Nolan's family says they'll
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  Speaker 1: keep pushing for answers. The WNBA has suspended Toronto Tempo
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  Speaker 1: head coach Sandy Brondello for one game after a hot
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  Speaker 1: mike caught her referring to Angel Reese as a protected
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  Speaker 1: species during Friday night's game against the Atlanta Dream. Here's
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  Speaker 1: what happened. Late in the fourth quarter. Rees drove the
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  Speaker 1: basket and collided with Toronto forward Nayara Sabali, who went
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  Speaker 1: down with what appeared to be a rip injury. As
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  Speaker 1: officials reviewed the play, cameras picked up Brondello expressing frustration
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  Speaker 1: over the foul call. That's when she was heard saying
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  Speaker 1: Angel she's a protected species. The clip quickly spread across
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  Speaker 1: social media, with many fans criticizing the moment. Reese responded
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  Speaker 1: on X, tagging Brondelo with a clown emoji and writing
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  Speaker 1: are we surprised? Brondelo later apologized, saying her frustration was
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  Speaker 1: with the officiating and not Reese, and acknowledged the impact
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  Speaker 1: her words had, particularly for black women in the league.
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  Speaker 1: Reese was asked about the controversy after the game.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure everyone knows about the situation that happened last game.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to adjust this one time. First, I appreciate
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  Speaker 4: Sandy's apology, but also appreciate the love and support that
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  Speaker 4: I have had for the last forty eight hours. Has
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  Speaker 4: been very overwhelming with a lot of love and also
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  Speaker 4: other things. But I am grateful that the lead did
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  Speaker 4: take action on what the situation had happened. There's no
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  Speaker 4: place for discrimination or hate in this league from anyone,
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  Speaker 4: from fans to coaches to players, and I'm just grateful
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  Speaker 4: that we are able to move on from the situation.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday, the WA announced Brondello will serve a one
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  Speaker 1: game suspension and was fined for violating league standards. While
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  Speaker 1: some people have argued the phrase protected species is common
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  Speaker 1: sports slang in Australia, where Brondelo is from. The coach
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  Speaker 1: did not make that argument publicly. Instead, she issued a
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  Speaker 1: second apology, saying she takes full responsibility for her words.
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  Speaker 1: The suspension will be served during Toronto's next game. An
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  Speaker 1: important update on the Taylor Farms lettuce recall. The FDA
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  Speaker 1: is walking back one of the key pieces of evidence
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  Speaker 1: in its investigation, saying a lab test that appeared to
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  Speaker 1: detect the parasite cyclosporia in a sample of Taylor Farm's
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  Speaker 1: lettuce was actually a false positive. In other words, health
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  Speaker 1: officials now say they have not confirmed the parasite in
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  Speaker 1: a single lettuce sample. Even so, the recall is not
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  Speaker 1: going away. Taylor Farms is continuing its voluntary recall of
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  Speaker 1: iceberg lettuce source from Sin Mexico that was distributed to stores, restaurants,
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  Speaker 1: and food service companies in twenty seven states. The products
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  Speaker 1: include ShredIt lettuce bag salads sold under several brand names,
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  Speaker 1: including Market Side, Walmart's store brand. The recall was issued
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  Speaker 1: after investigators linked the lettuce to a multi state outbreak
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  Speaker 1: that sickened people who aid at Taco Bell locations in
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  Speaker 1: five states. Taco Bell has since stopped using lettuce from
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  Speaker 1: that supplier. Taylor Farm says the FDA acknowledged a testing
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  Speaker 1: mistake and that there are no confirmed positive product tests
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  Speaker 1: for cyclosporia. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and
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  Speaker 1: Human Services, however, says the agency did not apologize and
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  Speaker 1: simply shared its updated findings with the company. The FDA
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  Speaker 1: says it's continuing to investigate the source of the outbreak,
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  Speaker 1: which has sickened nearly seven thousand people. Health experts say
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  Speaker 1: the false positive doesn't mean consumers should ignore the recall.
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  Speaker 7: Because so much defunding has happened at the CDC, at
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  Speaker 7: the FDA, and then with a trickle down effect for
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  Speaker 7: state and local health departments, we have fewer trained experts
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  Speaker 7: out on the ground, We have less coordination between the
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  Speaker 7: different agencies, and we have less reliable national counts of
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  Speaker 7: disease than we would have had two.
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  Speaker 3: Years ago, or six years ago or a decade ago.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what has made this outbreak a little more
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  Speaker 3: complicated and again what gives me some concern about the future.
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  Speaker 1: If you have any of the recall lettuce products at home,
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  Speaker 1: don't eat them, throw them away. That's your front page
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