GPB evening headlines for September 24, 2024
Tropical Storm Helene is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane in Florida and bring damaging rain and winds to Georgia. Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Savannah today. It was his first campaign event in Georgia since early August. The State Election Board yesterday approved an investigation into why challenges to voter rolls were denied in eight counties.
Going once … going twice: Alex Jones’ cameras, mics, Infowars show, vitamin site
A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a plan to sell off the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems, can move ahead. Net proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook families who Jones defamed.
Trump vows to ‘steal’ jobs from other countries in winding speech on economic plans
Former President Donald Trump called for a "manufacturing renaissance" in a Savannah, Ga. speech on Tuesday, proposing measures some economists say would raise prices on Americans.
New lawsuit accuses Sean Combs of rape, recording assault later distributed as porn
Thalia Graves alleges Combs and his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, raped her, recorded the attack without her knowledge and later distributed the video as pornography in the 11th suit against him.
Brett Favre testified about allegedly misusing welfare funds for volleyball arena
Hall of famer Fred Favre testified Tuesday in Congress in a case involving welfare dollars allegedly being used to build a volleyball arena in Mississippi.
Fears of a wider war in the Middle East dominates the UNGA
The conflict in the Middle East dominates day one of the annual UN general assembly — as the UN secretary general warns of a "powder keg" of global conflicts that risk engulfing the world.
