GPB morning headlines for September 23, 2024
Six weeks before Election Day, candidates blitz the Peach State
Just over a month before Election Day, presidential candidates continue to court Georgia voters.
How the U.S. is working to keep Chinese made cars from spying on Americans
The Department of Commerce is working on rules to keep Chinese-made vehicles from spying on Americans. Very few cars made in China are sold in the U.S., and the White House wants to keep it that way.
Hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls come together for one of the oldest Black rodeos
One of the oldest Black rodeos take place every year in Okmulgee, Okla. Cowboys and cowgirls came to celebrate it's 69th anniversary recently.
Birmingham police are still searching for suspects in Saturday’s mass shooting
Law enforcement in Birmingham, Ala., have put up a record $100,000 reward to help identify those who killed four people and injured 17 Saturday night.
Two detectives cracked the mysterious case of lead poisoning in New York and Bangladesh
Half of children in low- and middle-income countries have concerning levels of lead in their blood. A team of scientists and NYC detectives figured out one of the culprits -- lead was being added to turmeric to make it look brighter. They set out to solve the problem. Now, UNICEF and USAID are taking on the issue of lead poisoning with a $150 million dollar global initiative. We look at how the "lead detectives" cracked a global case involving the spice from Bangladesh. Reporter: Gabrielle Emanuel. Radio editor: Rebecca Davis. For ATC + Newscast (going Monday) NOTE >>>DIGITAL to publish Tuesday morning, Sept. 24.
A surgeon talks about the feat of performing 3,000 kidney transplants
NPR's Juana Summers talks with IU Health University Hospital's Dr. William Goggins, who has performed more than 3,000 kidney transplants, about his patients and this milestone.
