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The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.

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TikTok asks Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a U.S. ban unless it's sold

A similar plea was filed by content creators who rely on the platform for income and some of TikTok's more than 170 million users in the U.S.

December 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump departs the courtroom after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30 in New York City.

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New York judge says Trump is not immune from hush money conviction

A spokesperson for President-elect Trump said the case should never have been brought, called for its immediate dismissal.

December 17, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Shaquille O'Neal sits with students at Wesley Lakes Elementary School

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'I just want them to be happy.' Shaq brings big smiles to Georgia kids for the holidays

This holiday season, NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is spreading holiday cheer in a big way. Through his Shaquille O’Neal Foundation, Shaq brought his 23rd annual Shaq-a-Claus event to Wesley Lakes Elementary School in McDonough, Ga., where 600 kids from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade received toys, coats, bikes and other essentials.

December 17, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A police officer stands guard in front of Abundant Life Christian School on Monday in Madison, Wis.

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Here's what we know about the deadly school shooting in Wisconsin

The suspect is likely to have died from a gunshot wound, but the cause of death has yet to be confirmed by a medical examiner.

December 17, 2024
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  • Jason Breslow and
  • Ayana Archie
Rex Heuermann (center) charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, appears for a hearing on July 30 at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y.

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The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman

The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged in the death of Valerie Mack, 24, whose remains were found on Long Island in 2000.

December 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The Georgia Public Safety Foundation will add a historical marker to the Macon grave of Georgia’s first fallen state patrolman, William Frederick Black Jr. (Liz Fabian)

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Ga. Public Safety Foundation to mark Macon grave of first slain trooper

A simple marble marker in Riverside Cemetery notes 29-year-old William Frederick Black Jr. died Dec. 20, 1940, but says nothing about his heroic death. 

 

December 17, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
Students from Abundant Life Christian School are escorted to a city bus to be reunited with their parents after a school shooting on Dec. 16, 2024 in Madison, Wis.

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Deadly Wisconsin school shooting. And, a pig kidney transplant surgery provides hope

A Wisconsin school shooting left multiple people dead and several injured. Here's the latest. And, a milestone pig kidney transplant provides doctors with hope for the future of transplant surgeries.

December 17, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
RJ Veal, a right, a fourth grader at Macon's Bernd Elementary School gives five to a member of Macon's Northeast High School Raiders football team at the start of the team's tour of all the schools feeding Northeast High Monday. The team made the trip ahead of their GHSA championship game against Toombs County.

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GPB morning headlines for December 17, 2024

Georgia Democrats may be laying the groundwork for party chair Nikema Williams to step down; a nonprofit releases its first-ever "State of the Latino Community in Georgia" report; and Macon's Northeast High School is ready for their 1 p.m. high school football championship game today at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

December 17, 2024
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Pickleball player Alice Edington, 56, returns the ball to her opponents during a doubles match at the Florida Senior Games. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes.

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At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games to find out why.

December 17, 2024
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Holiday medicine

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How the holidays could be affecting your medical care

A new study suggests that holidays can affect your provider's decision making.

December 17, 2024
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on at the start of a cabinet swearing in ceremony for Dominic LeBlanc, not shown, who will be sworn in as Finance Minister, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, on Dec. 16, 2024.

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Canada's finance minister resigns, posing biggest test of Trudeau's political career

The stunning move raised questions about how much longer the prime minister of nearly 10 years — whose popularity has plummeted due to concerns about inflation and immigration — can stay on.

December 17, 2024
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Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological protection unit, attends a briefing in Kubinka Patriot park, outside Moscow, Russia, on June 22, 2018.

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An explosion kills the head of Russia's nuclear defense forces in Moscow

A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow. A Ukrainian official said the country's security service carried out the attack.

December 17, 2024
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The Netflix reality series <em>Love Is Blind</em> cast sees singles match up after days of dating while separated by a wall. The National Labor Relations Board says the show's cast members should be considered employees.

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'Love Is Blind' cast are employees, labor board says. Could a reality TV union be next?

The case could have big implications for what glues reality show fans to the tube. A pending ruling, whatever the outcome, would set a precedent that other unscripted TV cast members could follow.

December 17, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
This image made from a video shows a landslide near an international shipping terminal in Port Vila, Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake on Tuesday.

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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu

The earthquake was centered 10 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people.

December 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Students from Abundant Life Christian School are escorted to a city bus to be reunited with their parents after a school shooting on Dec. 16, 2024 in Madison, Wis.

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  • National

Police identify Wisconsin school shooting suspect as a 15-year-old female student

At least three people, including the suspect, are dead after a shooting at a Wisconsin grade school. Police talked to the family of the suspect and searched her home, but have no motive yet.

December 16, 2024
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  • Natalie Escobar
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