joint redistricting Committee yesterday, most of them urging legislators to prioritize keeping municipalities and like minded communities intact of preserving incumbents districts House rigs go writes the southern coalition for social Justice when you protect incumbents you protect your ill-gotten gains from a decade of partisan and racial gerrymandering litigation over the past 10 years, resulted in Republican-drawn maps getting thrown out for being unconstitutionally gerrymandered on the basis of race said extreme partisanship the clinical research Institute at Duke University, is launching a nationwide trial aimed at figuring out and effective way to treat mild cases of cover 19 The study will accept. 15000 participants 30 and older from across the country. Dr. Adrian Hernandez is the study's principal investigator. He says it's important to find a way to treat covered patients early before they end up in the hospital and to reduce the chance of transmission. There are going to be different surges and there's a lightweight chance that Psycho 19 will be around us like The study will start by focusing on 3 existing drugs one originally designed to treat parasites and inhaled steroids typically prescribed for asthma and an antidepressant and says other medications may be added to the trial later. Mostly sunny and hot today. Slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms with highs in the low to mid 90s this is North Carolina public radio WUNC nearly 3 years ago, former cia director Michael hayden had a stroke which affected his ability to communicate. Despite the struggles he considers himself lucky everyone to know law Hi Hi we're % I'm sad okay and mainly no I wanted to do more to living with aphasia this afternoon on all things considered from NPR news. Tell your smart Speaker to play WNC today at 4 Support comes from I drive with remote PC providing remote access to PC's Max servers from anywhere assisting those working from home and also enabling remote assistance for customers at a remote PC Dotcom and take out essential partnering with locally out restaurants since 1996 offering a variety of cuisines from lunch or dinner, delivering the triangle restaurants information more takeout Central Dhaka bringing the World home T this is North Carolina public radio WUNC it's 75 degrees in the triangle 76 in Fayetteville 72 the triad 78 degrees along the outer banks at 7 minutes past this is morning edition from NPR news, I'm Debbie Elliott in Orange Beach, Alabama and a new will King in Washington DC. Good morning, new York's lieutenant governor Kathy local will become the woman to govern the state soon. Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned yesterday after an investigation by the state Attorney general found he sexually harassed 11 women. Npr's Brian Mann has been following this story for us. Hi, brian, I know a lot of people didn't think that Cuomo would resign and then he did tell us about this kind a months-long spiraling isn't you know Andrew Cuomo's political brand. Always had a dark side but in the last few months as you say it just unraveled came these troubling allegations Cuomo concealed true raid of kobe 19 deaths in new York, nursing homes and then women who served on the staff started coming forward saying that he sexually harassed and groped them details of those allegations were outlined in a devastating investigation by the state Attorney general's office and his political support just imploded yesterday Cuomo acknowledged it was all just too much the situation by its current trajectory would generate months of political and legal controversies that is how the political we need is blowing and so Cuomo says he'll step aside. In two weeks two weeks and then Kathy hopeful lieutenant governor will become governor. How difficult will this job B it's going be a heavy lift, she released a statement yesterday saying she is ready to lead But Albany is notoriously brutal political town vocal is from upstate new York. The Buffalo area which is not the political center of gravity in new York. She's going to have to find a way to govern with very fractious Democratic party with big riffs between moderates like herself more progressive lawmakers and right out of the gate she faces and some tough challenges resurgent pandemic with Delta variant, the state economy that's still reeling from the pandemic also a sharp increase in crime in