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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER 22, 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 Tuesday, the 22nd of September, 2026, and they say
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  Speaker 1: the first day of fall. Number one, Monday night, the
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  Speaker 1: office of the Jackson County District Attorney in Mississippi, Angel
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  Speaker 1: Myers McIlrath, announced a grand jury unanimously. returned a no
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  Speaker 1: true bill in the death investigation of 18-year-old Nolan Wells,
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  Speaker 1: meaning no criminal charges or indictments will be issued. The
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  Speaker 1: jury was made up of 23 members. They reviewed phone
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  Speaker 1: forensic reports, GPS logs, security camera footage, 132 subpoenas and
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  Speaker 1: testimony from 43 witnesses. And according to reports, the Wells
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  Speaker 1: family's legal team also reported finding no evidence of criminal
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  Speaker 1: activity whatsoever. to refer to prosecutors. Nolan Wells was found
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  Speaker 1: dead in the water off Horn Island off the coast
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  Speaker 1: of Mississippi on the morning of July 6, two days
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  Speaker 1: after he set out to the island with a group
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  Speaker 1: of friends to celebrate the 4th of July. Number two,
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  Speaker 1: news organizations CNN, Politico, and MSNOW filed a joint lawsuit
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  Speaker 1: challenging the White House press ban. This legal battle follows
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  Speaker 1: executive orders revoking the press credentials for the media outlets
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend. And other major networks refused to provide
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  Speaker 1: shared television coverage in response to the restrictions. Number three,
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  Speaker 1: it's Tax Tuesday, and luxury items like designer bags and
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  Speaker 1: eyewear rarely qualify as tax-deductible business expenses. The tax code
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  Speaker 1: requires deductible purchases to be ordinary, necessary, and directly tied
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  Speaker 1: to company operations. Proper documentation remains essential for business owners
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  Speaker 1: to withstand official IRS scrutiny. 4. Everybody loves Ms. Rachel
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  Speaker 1: and now even more so. The children's entertainer Ms. Rachel
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  Speaker 1: sparked a major business boost for a black-owned coffee shop.
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  Speaker 1: She highlighted the specialty company Blended Joe. After Taking to
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  Speaker 1: social media and asking Black-owned business owners to reply with
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  Speaker 1: their companies so that folks can support them. This viral
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  Speaker 1: social media endorsement generated thousands of new customer orders for
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  Speaker 1: the Blended Joe shop. Good for them. Number five, Black America,
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  Speaker 1: do we know our history? It was on September 22nd, 1862,
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  Speaker 1: that President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This
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  Speaker 1: historic decree warned Confederate states that all enslaved people would
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  Speaker 1: be declared free on January 1st, 1863. The presidential order
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  Speaker 1: redefined the Civil War into an explicit fight for human liberation. However,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't for, however, It took another two and a
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  Speaker 1: half years for all black people to be free. Here's
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  Speaker 1: your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Showing gratitude allows us
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  Speaker 1: to focus on what is good instead of what is missing.
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  Speaker 1: All right. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed. Be empowered.