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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Monday, May 8th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Authorities have arrested and charged a man who allegedly rammed his vehicle into a group of Venezuelans outside a migrant center in Texas on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring many others.
[3] The suspect is a 34 -year -old man with a lengthy criminal history.
[4] Here's Brownsville's police chief.
[5] He has been formally charged and arraigned with eight counts of mass slaughter.
[6] 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
[7] The man arrested in California late last week, who allegedly carried out a string of murders near the UC Davis campus, has been identified as a 21 -year -old third -year student.
[8] Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
[9] Immigration and customs enforcement has lodged a detainer request against a 21 -year -old third -year student at UC Davis, who illegally came into the U .S. in April 2009 from El Salvador.
[10] The report identified the suspect as an alleged.
[11] alleged serial killer.
[12] The suspect is accused of stabbing two people to death and attempting to kill another.
[13] The three stabbings, all separate incidents, happened between April 27th and May 1st.
[14] The suspect was arrested by the Yolo County Sheriff's Office and is now in the Yolo County Jail.
[15] Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced new efficiency regulations for dishwashers, beverage vending machines, and electric motors on Friday.
[16] This is the latest of several actions from the Biden administration to decrease power usage in combat climate change.
[17] Here with more as Daily Wire investigative reporter for Ada Lorty.
[18] Under the new rules, new dishwashers imported into the U .S. beginning in 2027 would have to consume 27 % less power and use 34 % less water, while more compact models would need to implement a 22 % power reduction and an 11 % water use reduction.
[19] Energy Department officials estimate that consumers would have to spend $15 more for a new dishwasher, but would witness three times as much in energy savings over the appliance's lifetime.
[20] Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced on Monday that the agency introduced rules requiring airlines to reimburse customers who incur expenses due to certain delayed and canceled flights, a move which comes as the industry faces elevated demand and a constrained labor force.
[21] The proposed rules, which would apply when an airline delays a flight for more than three hours or cancels a flight for a controllable reason, would mandate that companies offer compensation for stranded passengers, as well as a meal or meal voucher, overnight accommodations, and ground transportation between the airport and hotel.
[22] Black California residents could receive up to $1 .2 million based on how many years they've lived in the state after its official reparations task force approved recommendations on Saturday.
[23] Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta Giacomo has the details.
[24] The draft includes calculated dollar figures based on categories ranging from mass incarceration, housing discrimination, and other alleged injustices.
[25] According to the latest data from the U .S. Census Bureau, more than 2 .5 million Californians could be eligible to receive reparations based on certain requirements.
[26] Task force members are scheduled to release the report by July 1st.
[27] If lawmakers approve the plan, the state will create a new agency to oversee the program, determine eligibility, and distribute funds.
[28] Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said he's pulling the plug on the state's sole PBS television station, OETA TV due to controversial content featured on the children's programming.
[29] OETA to us is an outdated system.
[30] You know, the big question is, why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations?
[31] And then when you go through all of the programming that's happening, the indoctrination, the over -sexualization of our children, it's just really problematic and it doesn't line up with Oklahoma values.
[32] Stitt's office pointed to a sense.
[33] segment of Let's Learn, which featured a drag queen known as Lil' Miss Hot Mess, reading a purported children's book called The Hips on the Drag Queen go swish, swish, swish.
[34] Unless the state's legislature overrides his veto, the network will cease operations this year.
[35] E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing former President Trump of battery and defamation entered its final phase on Monday with closing arguments.
[36] Carol is accusing Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room decades ago.
[37] A lawyer representing Carol delivered a 75 -minute closing argument in which she said, quote, No one is above the law, not even a former president.
[38] Lawyers representing Trump said the accusations are, quote, improbable.
[39] The jury is expected to begin deliberations today.
[40] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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