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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bia news This nour I'm Terry MCCRITTI coming up Disney
shareholders threatening legal action connected to the Jimmy Kimmel suspension.
Chicago City Council mulling a housing measure to cape residents
from being priced out of one neighborhood. The former Vice
president bringing her book tour to New York City. But first,
here's bin news.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Now, Black North Carolina Representative Terry Brown is pushing for
tougher crime laws. Brown backed Arena's law despite being critical
of it. I was very critical of it because I
don't believe it addresses the root causes that we have
for violent crime in our community. I think that we
need to make sure that we are arming our law
enforcement with the tools they need. Named after stabbing victim
Irena Zarutska, the law titans bail rules and mandates mental

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health checks for violent offenders. LA's black mayor, Karen Bass,
has approved a two point six billion dollar expansion of
the Convention Center. Construction starts next month, creating jobs and
prepping the city for the twenty twenty eight Olympics. Mayor
Bass calls it an investment in LA's future, and the
Black and Missing Foundation has teamed up with black journalists

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to launch a media guide for missing persons. It aims
to ensure equal coverage and humanize victims, addressing bias in
cases that still receive far less attention. Good bi in
News Now on Demand twenty four to seven on the
iHeartRadio app. Here's Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Disney shareholders are threatening legal action over the temporary suspension
of Jimmy Kimmel. In his opening monologue last night, kim
Ol read part of a social media post from President
Trump about the show returning to air.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
As I think we're going to test ABC out on this.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Let's see how we do.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Last time I went after them, they gave me sixteen
million dollars.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn't threatening
ABC by threatening ABC.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
The late night host was suspended last week after he
made comments about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, but was brought
back on Tuesday after the move received backlash. Yesterday, a
team of lawyers sent Disney a letter saying company executives
may have breached their fiduciary duties by placing improper political
considerations above the best interests of the stockholders. The letter

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said Disney stock suffered significant declines in response to its decision,
which appeared to have been in response to threats from
the FCC. The Chicago City Council expected to consider a
housing measure this morning aimed at preventing residents from being
priced out of the South Side neighborhood near the Obama
Presidential Center.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
The Chicago City Council Housing and Real Estate Committee overwhelmingly
passed ornans yesterday in consul chambers. The proposed measure reserves
land and money for affordable housing of apartments and homes.
The measure also offers displaced residents a right to return
and a commitment to neighborhood hiring. I'm Perry Williams.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Former Vice President Kamala Harris brought her book tour to
New York City yesterday. She's promoting her new memoir One
hundred seven Days, about her unsuccessful twenty twenty four presidential campaign.
Harris's appearance at a venue called the Town Hall in
Manhattan was interrupted on more than one occasion by pro
Palestinian demonstrators. Harris told the audience that unlike the current

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president of the United States. She understands the situation in Gaza.
She added, what is happening to the Palestinian people is
outrageous and quote it breaks my heart. However, in a
nod to her loss to Donald Trump in the shortest
presidential campaign in US history, Harris said, I'm not president
right now. There's nothing I can do. Maziel's cases are

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at a new high. Since the disease was declared eradicated
twenty five years ago, more than fifteen hundred cases were
reported by the Centers for Disease Control and as of yesterday,
with outbreaks spreading in Utah and Arizona, Utah health officials
say they expect more cases as people with measles travel

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to the state. The illness has been growing as vaccination
rates to climb. I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.