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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bin News. This hour, I'm Terry mcquey coming up. A
federal judge tossing the criminal indictments against former FBI director
James Comey and New York's Attorney General Letitia James, a
civil rights attorney appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court.
A scary moment for performer Lenny Kravitz during a concert
in Australia. But first, here's pi N News.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Now lords GOP race for Governor as another name investment
CEO Jack Fishback, he took a swipe at Black Republican
Congressman Byron Donald, who's campaign fired back, calling Fishback and
anti Trump Rhino. He is a slave to the corporate interest,
to the tech bros that want to turn our state
into his own words, a financial capital. Fishback's platform focused

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on affordability and banning corporate home buying. The oldest survivor
of the nineteen twenty one Tulsa Race Masker has died.
Viola Fletcher passed away Monday at the age of one
hundred eleven. Former President Barack Obama was among many to
pay tribute to Fletcher, posting on X that he and
former First Lady Michelle Obama were sending their love to
her family and chance. The rapper will ring in the
new Year in his hometown of Chicago, hosting the city's

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debut as a Central time Zone location for Dick Clark's
New Year's Rock and Eve with Ryan Seacrest twenty twenty six,
GIPBI in News Now on Demand twenty four to seven
on the iHeartRadio app Here's Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Attorney General Pam Bondy says, you'll appeal after the criminal
indictments against New York's black Attorney General Letitia James and
former FBI Director James Comy were dismissed by a federal judge.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
We'll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal,
to hold Letitia James and James Comy accountable for their
unlawful conduct.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Both claim the appointment of Lindsay Halligan as US Attorney
for the Eastern District was unlawful. Comy was indicted for
allegedly lying to Congress about the Trump Russia investigation, while
James was indicted for mortgage fraud. Bondi said all available
action would be taken. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson appointing Civil

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rights attorney Colleen Melody to the Washington State Supreme Court.
She'll replace retiring Justice Mary U. Ferguson says, Melody led
the Attorney General's Office Wing Luke Civil Rights Division from
its creation.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
Over the next decade, calling helped establish that division into
what can only be described as a national powerhouse for
standing up for the rights of all Washingtonians and, as
we've seen over the years, for many Americans as well.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Melody has led some of the state's highest profile and
most impactful cases, including blocking President Trump's first Muslim travel band.
Melody is a native of Spokane and attended the University
of Washington Law School, where she graduated at the top
of her class. During a performance in Brisbane, Australia, Lenny
Kravitz had several of his dreadlocks ripped out by an

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over zealous fan while he was in the crowd performing
his hit song Let Love Rule. Despite the incident, Kravitz
continued the show and later addressed the situation on Instagram,
expressing his love for the wild Brisbane crowd. The fans'
actions were captured on video, with onlookers criticizing her behavior.
Kravitz's dreadlocks are part of his signature appeal dating back

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to the nineteen eighties. He plans to continue performing and
engaging with fans on his tour in Australia. Voters in
a small Namibian constituency are heading to the polls tomorrow
and are expected to re elect local politician Adolf Hitler. Unona.
Fifty nine year old Unonah is a member of the
Southwest Africa People's Organization and has remained the left leaning

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ruling party since it achieved independence from South Africa in
nineteen ninety. Following his election in twenty twenty, Unona told
a local outlet that he was distancing himself from his
unfortunate namesake, saying Hitler was a controversial person who captured
and killed people and that he is nothing like him.
Under German colonial rule from eighteen eighty four to nineteen fifteen,

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Namibia adopted the use of some Germanic first names still
used in the country today. From nineteen oh four to
nineteen oh eight, the German Empire committed genocide about seventy
thousand of the countries over Herrero and Nama people. Germany
officially recognized the genocide in twenty twenty one. Stay Informed
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