Hunger and inflation has taken thousands of people to streets in Nigeria. Amnesty International reports that the demonstration resulted in at least 13 deaths.

The organizers say they are protesting in response to the problems that government has caused by its policies.

For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Kate Hixon, Advocacy Director for Africa at Amnesty International USA.

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Hunger and inflation has taken thousands of people to streets in Nigeria. Amnesty International reports that the demonstration resulted in at least 13 deaths.
The organizers say they are protesting in response to the problems that government has caused by its policies.
For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Kate Hixon, Advocacy Director for Africa at Amnesty International USA.
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Fraught conditions in Nigeria lead to large protests

A politico analysis shows that thousands of dollars worth of free tickets were offered to California law makers.

This happened while there were working on cases related to Ticketmaster and ticketing monopolies.

For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Lara Korte, co-author of politico's California Play Book .

A politico analysis shows that thousands of dollars worth of free tickets were offered to California law makers.
This happened while there were working on cases related to Ticketmaster and ticketing monopolies.
For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Lara Korte, co-author of politico's California Play Book .

Thousands of tickets were offered to those investigating ticket companies

We have experienced a couple of heat waves here in the Bay Area so far. Many other cities and countries are also still through extremely hot summers.

But for athletes who are training or taking part in competitions things may be even more serious.

For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Samantha Scarneo-Miller, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training at West Virginia University.

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We have experienced a couple of heat waves here in the Bay Area so far. Many other cities and countries are also still through extremely hot summers.
But for athletes who are training or taking part in competitions things may be even more serious.
For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Samantha Scarneo-Miller, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training at West Virginia University.
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Heat waves adversely affect us all, especially athletes

An internal email obtained by The New York Times says that Elon Musk plans to shut X's San Francisco office "over the next few weeks."

The email that was from Linda Yaccarino, X's chief executive, says the employees need to move to existing offices in Palo Alto.


For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Ryan Mac, Tech Reporter for the New York Times. He is also the co-author of a book  coming out next month called "Character Limit - How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter."

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An internal email obtained by The New York Times says that Elon Musk plans to shut X's San Francisco office "over the next few weeks."
The email that was from Linda Yaccarino, X's chief executive, says the employees need to move to existing offices in Palo Alto.
 For more about that, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Ryan Mac, Tech Reporter for the New York Times. He is also the co-author of a book  coming out next month called "Character Limit - How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter."
Anna Moneymaker / Staff / Getty Images

Fraught conditions in Nigeria lead to large protests

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