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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, April 11th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: OJ Simpson, former NFL running back who was acquitted in the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 76.
--:-- John Bickley: Here with more is Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham.
--:-- Megan Basham: Simpson, also known as The Juice, broke records as a football player in both the NFL and college. He went on to be a sportscaster, movie star, and even a corporate spokesman for Hertz rental cars. All that came to a screeching halt in June of 1994 when Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her L home.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Just days later nearly 100 million people watched live as Simpson white Ford Bronco led L police on a two car chase as he tried to evade arrest for the murders. He ultimately surrendered and stood trial. But in October 1995, Simpson was acquitted. The televised trial lasted 11 months and became an international sensation.
--:-- Megan Basham: His family confirmed his death in a statement this morning, but they did not specify the type or severity of the cancer.
--:-- John Bickley: Long-time journalist Catherine Herridge spoke today before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on fighting for free press. Herridge lit up her former employer CBS News over her firing and the network's effort to keep files belonging to her, which contained confidential source information.
--:-- Catherine Herridge: The First Amendment, the protection of confidential sources and a free press are my guiding principles. They are my North Star. When I was laid off in February, an incident reinforced in my mind the importance of protecting confidential sources. sources. CBS News locked me out of the building and seized hundreds of pages of my reporting files including confidential source information.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Multiple sources said they were concerned that by working with me to expose government corruption and misconduct they would be identified and exposed. At first CBS denied the allegations but eventually admitted to returning her items after her union SAG got involved.
--:-- Catherine Herridge: This all comes as Harage is also appealing a judge decision to hold her in contempt for refusing to reveal her source and reports on a scientist's alleged ties to China's military.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I have complete respect for the federal court and the judicial process, and I'm not here to litigate the case. But the fact that I have been fighting in the courts for two years and that I am now facing potentially crippling fines of $800 a day to protect my reporting sources underscores the vital importance of the Press Act.
--:-- John Bickley: Several people were injured after shots were fired during a Philadelphia celebration yesterday marking the end of Ramadan. Police say two factions began shooting at one another, firing about 30 shots total. A 22-year-old was hit in the stomach during the gunfire and a juvenile was shot in the hand.
--:-- Philadelphia Police Chief: The bravery that she's explained and the valor that she's played by taking not only engaging the individual, but also recognizing that she had a child in front of her and we did her due diligence to put him in their car and transfer to the hospital. It's a testament to the men and women who work for me.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So far, five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
--:-- John Bickley: The Senate has voted in favor of a bill that reverses the Biden administration actions mandating states to track and set reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The chamber approved the resolution on Wednesday in a vote of 53 to 47, in which several liberal senators joined every Republican in voting for it.
--:-- Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin: The bill now faces a vote in the House where a similar bill was introduced. The White House issued a statement ahead of the vote Wednesday saying Biden would veto the bill if passed.
--:-- John Bickley: An Arkansas federal appeals court heard arguments today over whether or not to reinstate a first-in-the-nation ban on transgender medical treatments for minors. Arguments focused on whether the ban in question discriminates on the basis of sex.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This comes a year after a judge struck down the ban as unconstitutional. The law seeks to prohibit medical professionals from prescribing transgender hormone treatments such as puberty blockers to anyone under the age of 18.
--:-- John Bickley: And Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill this week aimed at expanding the use of ranked choice voting in the state's elections. Under ranked choice voting, voters rank candidates in order of preference. Then if no candidate gets a majority, the last place finisher is eliminated and the votes for the second choice candidates are then counted. The process continues until one candidate receives a majority of votes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In his veto, Mo Yunkin raised concern about the voting method's use in general elections, saying some voters have found it to be confusing.
--:-- John Bickley: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
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