Georgia Today: Some Barrow students return to class; Planes collide at Hartsfield; Election concerns

 

Senators call on TikTok to produce documents in response to NPR report

Two senators, who have pushed online child safety legislation in Congress, demanded that TikTok executives share all materials the company has about the dangers kids may encounter on the wildly popular service.

The Justice Department says Virginia is illegally striking voters off of voter rolls

The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law.

Boeing will lay off 10% of employees as a strike shuts down airplane production

Boeing has been losing money for over five years and is now dealing with a strike that has shut down factories in the Seattle area. The staff cuts will include executives and managers, the CEO said.

GPB evening headlines for October 11, 2024

Uninsured Georgians are getting help replacing medications and medical equipment lost or damaged during Hurricane Helene. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and actress Julia Roberts made an Atlanta Pride Weekend pitch for Kamala Harris yesterday. The man accused of killing a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus faced a court hearing today as his trial looms.

What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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