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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bia News this hour. I'm Terry mccreedy coming off the
black mayor of Washington, d C. Reacting to President Trump's
crime actions in the nation's capital. A reward leading to
an arrest after a Chicago mass shooting dollar store groceries
may not be so terrible for American diets after all.
But first, here's bin news.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Now. President Trump is threatening to send the National Guard
to Chicago, calling the city a disaster and slamming black
Mayor Brandon Johnson as incompetent.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
If we need to, We're going to do the same
thing in Chicago, which is a disaster. We have a
mayor there who's totally incompetent.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
He mocked Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker's presidential ambition while
announcing a federal police takeover in DC. A black Milwaukee
mom of four is homeless after paying twelve hundred dollars
for a fake apartment. Mary Kafuca moved from Missouri, only
to find the listing didn't exist. She's now staying in
shelters and hopes to recover her money in court. And

(00:58):
rapper YNW. Melley's retro violinist Florida double murder case is
delayed until twenty twenty seven. The court granted a stay
as prosecutor's file emotion haunting the September start. Mellie's been
jailed since twenty nineteen and could face the death penalty
if convicted. Get bi in Nes Now on Demand twenty
four to seven on the iHeartRadio app Now back to

(01:20):
Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Black Democratic mayor Burial Bowser speaking out after President Trump
placed the DC police under federal control and activated the
National Guard as part of his major crackdown on crime.
Bowser thinks Trump's current view on crime in DC is
shaped by rising crime rates during his first term, but
she says it's dropped since then.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
That is why you have heard me and many many
Washingtonians before me, advocate for full statehood for the District
of Columbia.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Trump obviously disagrees.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and
bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniaction,
homeless people.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Bowser said democracy in Washington d C As tenuous. President
Trump suggested that he might deploy the National Guard to
crack down on crime in other cities as well, including Baltimore, Chicago,
and New York, which, like LA, are also under the
leadership of black mayors. The DC Police Union has said
it supports the President's decision, but added that the intervention

(02:30):
must be a temporary measure that leads to a fully
empowered police department. A ten thousand dollars reward is being
offered for information leading to you and arrest in a
deadly mass shooting on Chicago's West Side.

Speaker 5 (02:44):
Twenty eighth Ward Alderman Jason Irvin questions the organizers of
the outdoor party early Sunday in the one hundred block
of North Lacrosse. I don't care what type of plan
you could have done. West End and Lacrosse is not
equipped to handle that of people. At one o'clock in
the morning, one person was killed and at least six

(03:05):
others were wounded during the incident. The woman who died
has been identified as twenty two year old Jeshirah Blackhawk.
Police are still investigating and no one is in custody.
I'm Perry Williams.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
All right, So those dollar store grocery purchases, well, they
might not be so harmful to American diets after all.
Even though there is a comparative lack of healthy products,
according to a new study, with families trying to save money,
they are increasingly turning to local dollar stores for staple
food items. According to the study published in the Journal

(03:41):
of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers found that
calories obtained from dollar store items have nearly doubled, rising
from three point four percent to six and a half
percent of households purchases. It's especially the case in lower
income and black and Latino households. According to the Day,
what's on the shelves at the dollar stores isn't necessarily

(04:04):
a snapshot of what each household puts on the table,
as families are balancing their purchases with other more nutritious
items from various stores. I'm Terry McCready for the Black
Information Network.