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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Thursday, September 3rd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, at least three black-owned businesses in Philadelphia received racist messages that threatened the owners and employees.

The sender uses extremely offensive racial slurs. The person also threatened to burn down businesses and sexually assault employees.

Shanty Myers, the owner of the Sable Collective, was horrified when she got the email Tuesday night.

She said that her heart dropped when she read the

email that threatened to kill and rape her staff. Meyer says the note is frightening and it shows racism

is still a problem. The owners of stripped juice also received the same malicious letter. The owner's

wife says the email is inflammatory, vile, and disgusting. Meyer says that while the email is disheartening,

she's not letting the hate stop her

from doing her business in a community that she loves. Back in July, Uncle Bobby's, another black-owned

bookstore and cafe was vandalized. Police are urging any businesses who have received anything like

this to file a police report. The federal government told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to

distribute by November 1st. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an

October surprise, a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential

election rather than science. In a letter to governors dated August 27th, Robert Redfield,

director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said states in the near future will receive permit applications from McCrescent Corporation, which has contracted with CDC to distribute vaccines to places, including state and local health departments and hospitals.

CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications

for these distribution facilities, and if necessary, asks that you consider waiving requirements

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