Hello friend, how are you? Welcome back. Welcome to a new day Wednesday February 23rd 2022. It's first thing with Kevin Mano. That's me

Uh on this date in 1940 Disney released the movie Pinocchio and then on this date in 1999

Eminem poked his nose into the mainstream with the release of the slim shady LP and went on to win the Grammy for best rap album

Why my name is

All right getting into what we always start with the top stories another thing that happened on this date two years ago today

A mod arbore was chased down and murdered in Georgia and yesterday

The three men that killed him were found guilty on all counts in their federal hate crimes trial

The three of them were already serving life sentences after being convicted of murder in state court last year

And now in a federal case a jury came to the conclusion that their attack was racially motivated

And an update on the situation with Russia as promised when Putin sent troops into Ukraine president Biden

Slaps some sanctions on him. He said quote we've cut off Russia's government from western financing

And I guess if Putin's forces proceed any further more sanctions are coming and now that Russian lawmakers have authorized the use of military force outside the country

The world still thinks that yes that attack is imminent

Let's go

I get into some sports stories big win for women's soccer yesterday

It happened in the courtroom after a six-year fight for equal pay the US women's national team finally achieve victory

Some of the top players on the World Cup winning team filed a class action gender discrimination lawsuit in

2019 and they will now be paid

$22 million that split amongst them

And us soccer has agreed to equalize the prize money for male and female athletes moving forward congrats

It's about time in college be ball the Michigan men's coach to Juan Howard was just suspended for five games

Which is the remainder of the team's regular season

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