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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER 25, 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 Friday, September 25th, 2026. Number one, Florida Democratic Senate
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  Speaker 1: nominee Angie Nixon stated that national party leaders have been
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  Speaker 1: reluctant to provide financial backing for her campaign. Nixon noted
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  Speaker 1: that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer gave a noncommittal response
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  Speaker 1: during a recent conversation regarding funding support. The Florida state
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  Speaker 1: representative believes party leadership is hesitant due to ideological differences
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  Speaker 1: and concerns following previous election cycles. Number two, a forensic
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  Speaker 1: expert hired by Nolan Wells' family claims the Jackson County
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  Speaker 1: District Attorney misrepresented details surrounding an examination of the teenager's
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  Speaker 1: cell phone. The analyst detected digital activity following his death
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  Speaker 1: and prior to his parents taking physical possession of the device.
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  Speaker 1: Defense attorneys criticized state officials for attempting to restrict the
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  Speaker 1: digital review exclusively to law enforcement personnel at a state laboratory.
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  Speaker 1: Number three, Buy Black 365 RD Tally Books. Made history
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  Speaker 1: as the first black-owned bookstore to open on the famous
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  Speaker 1: Las Vegas Strip. The grand opening at the fashion show
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  Speaker 1: Las Vegas Shopping Mall represents a full-circle moment for black
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  Speaker 1: residents once excluded from local strip establishments. This milestone highlights
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  Speaker 1: growing diversity and entrepreneurship within the city's premier commercial and
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  Speaker 1: tourism district. Number four, from the Good News file, artist
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  Speaker 1: Kanye West returned to Chicago's South Shore neighborhood to attend
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  Speaker 1: a street renaming ceremony dedicated to his late mom, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Donda West. Local leaders officially renamed a street section in
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  Speaker 1: honor of the former Chicago State University professor and literature
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  Speaker 1: department chair. Community members gathered at the event to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: her lasting legacy as an influential educator and cultural leader.
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  Speaker 1: Good news indeed. Number five, black America. Do we know
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  Speaker 1: our history? It was on September 25th, 1957. Members of
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  Speaker 1: the 101st Airborne Division escorted nine black students into the
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  Speaker 1: all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The federal
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  Speaker 1: military intervention was ordered after Governor Orval Faubus deployed National
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  Speaker 1: Guard troops and mob resistance attempted to block school integration.
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  Speaker 1: This historic event enforced the Supreme Court's mandate ending legal
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  Speaker 1: racial segregation in public schools across the United States. And
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  Speaker 1: thanks to all the members of the Little Rock Nine
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  Speaker 1: and Madam Daisy Bates. Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels.
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  Speaker 1: Life is a series of choices. Let's choose to show
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  Speaker 1: gratitude as often as possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean that. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered.