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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER 23, 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. Getting over that hump on September 23rd. Number one.
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  Speaker 1: The family of Nolan Wells pledged to continue seeking answers
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  Speaker 1: after a Mississippi grand jury declined to issue charges in
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  Speaker 1: his 4th of July death. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump
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  Speaker 1: criticized the district attorney's investigation as incomplete and urged state
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  Speaker 1: officials to reopen the case. Relatives expressed deep disappointment with
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  Speaker 1: how local authorities communicated the grand jury's final determination by text.
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  Speaker 1: Number two. Dozens of black employees testified about daily racial slurs,
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  Speaker 1: unequal pay, and harassment at Tesla's California assembly plant. State
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  Speaker 1: civil rights regulators presented evidence during opening trial statements showing
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  Speaker 1: widespread white supremacist symbols inside the facility. This lawsuit seeks
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  Speaker 1: to hold the electric vehicle maker accountable for failing to
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  Speaker 1: prevent or address workplace discrimination. Number three. Converse, the shoe brand,
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  Speaker 1: apologized and pulled a promotional ad campaign after critics noted
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  Speaker 1: imagery resembling a KKK hood and a hanging lynching victim.
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  Speaker 1: The Nike-owned brand removed the visual from its channels following
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  Speaker 1: widespread public outrage and calls for Boycotts. Community advocates highlighted
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  Speaker 1: the oversight as a serious failure in corporate marketing and
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  Speaker 1: cultural sensitivity. Number four, from the Good News File, formerly
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  Speaker 1: homeless pianist Reese Wynn-Jones transformed his life after a video
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  Speaker 1: of his church performance went viral online. The 34-year-old musician
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  Speaker 1: played the piano as a coping mechanism while taking shelter
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  Speaker 1: at a 24-hour night church in England. His viral acclaim
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  Speaker 1: enabled him to raise over $ 50, 000 for local charitable causes.
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  Speaker 1: Good man. Number five, it's Black and Missing Wednesday and
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  Speaker 1: 16-year-old Della Eden Mayberry has been missing from Carmichael, California
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  Speaker 1: since September 18th of this year after being dropped off
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  Speaker 1: at school. She's described as 5 feet 1 inch tall,
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  Speaker 1: 110 pounds, and a biracial female with a medium complexion,
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  Speaker 1: long hair, and brown eyes. Take a look at her
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  Speaker 1: picture in the What We Need to Know newsletter and
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  Speaker 1: anyone with information regarding her whereabouts, please contact the Sacramento
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Department or the Black and Missing Foundation. Here's
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  Speaker 1: your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Showing gratitude is a
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  Speaker 1: simple way to let others know their kindness matters. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered.