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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bin News this hour, Doug Davis coming up. A black
healthcare worker is using TikTok to warn African Americans that
HIV cases are surging across the country. Also, Prince George's
county introduces Zoli's Law in an effort to prevent residents
from wild police car chases, and Masterpiece says he's hanging
up the cleats and is leaving music. But first, here's
bin news now.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Illinois Governor JP Pritzker signed a fifty five billion dollar
balanced budget for the seventh year in a row and
includes forty million dollars for a sports complex that provides
a West High backed by Black House Speaker Chris Welch.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
If helping proviso in the region that I grew up
in is going to cost me an election, I'm willing
to do that.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Republicans call it favoritism. The plan also raises taxes on tobacco, vaping,
and online betting. A bust of doctor Martin Luther King
Junior has quietly been removed from the Oval office with
no official explanation. The move is part of a broader
rollback of civil rights and diversity symbols across federal agencies,
such as renaming ships that once honored civil rights and
LGBTQ figures, and Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill won't raise

(01:03):
Olympic champ Noah Lyles this weekend as planned in New
York City. Lows canceled for personal reasons. Hill recently ran
a ten point one five in the one hundred meter
while Lows clocked a nine point seventy nine to win
Golden Paris. I'm Amber Payton with bi in News. Now
back to you, doug.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Hey, Thanks Zambra. Mainstream media is solent on this story,
but we aren't. HIV and the Black community is rising
at alarming rates. Recently, black healthcare workers and That Sims
took to social media to warn the community about heavy
infection rates in mostly black cities like Atlanta, New Orleans,
and Jackson, Mississippi. Take a listen to her produced post
that can also be found on her YouTube channel.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Yeah, poor Lord, help us, help us. I know God
is sending this HIV outbreak, y'all.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
I found out this morning.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
The healthcare workers are overwhelmed with all the STDs people
are coming in with. You know, HIV is like a
fifteen in the test, and sometimes it's like one to
two days. It's so overwhelming and backed up, y'all that
it's taken three to four five days to.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Get the results back.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Y'all better listen to me statue. This year, black, bisexual,
and gay men are being hit the hardest, the highest
rate of HIV infections among all racial and gender groups,
and sisters aren't too far behind. So far this year,
black women are being diagnosed with HIV nine times more
than white women. Black health advocates are asking Black Americans
to get educated, tested, and stay protected. And while police

(02:33):
are expected to protect all citizens from harm, in Prince
George's County, Maryland, police chasers are becoming increasingly deadly, claiming
the lives of black residents caught in their path. The
latest victim is a three year old black child named
Zoe Harrison, whose life was cut short due to a
fatal car crash involving a police pursuit. Today, Zoe's Law
is being introduced, aiming to restrict police chases to suspects

(02:54):
only believed to have committed violent or dangerous crimes. The
mother of little Zoe shared her story when the act
was formally introduced.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Many know that just a normal day that any family
feels they get up every day, they get their child
ready for the day, they go out into the world
to do what they think are going to be normal,
everyday activities. No one imagines that on that day they
might lose what is the most precious thing to them
and for a senseless reason, something that still leaves the

(03:24):
parents not understanding why and what happened. And as a
new mom, when I look at my son, I imagine
what this family is going through and imagine that that's
the last day I see them, and want to know
who's responsible and why and how can we ensure that
this doesn't happen to another family.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
The measure also establishes a pursuit Review Board to make
sure every police chase is investigated, with officers being liable
for their actions if a bystander is harmed. And finally,
Southern rap Icon Master P is leaving music to become
President of Basketball Operation for the University of New Orleans
men's team. He says his final show will be at
this year's twenty twenty five Essence Festival. He says he's

(04:06):
now focusing on mentoring young athletes, stay informed, stay connected,
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get your podcasts. I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network.