Victims of the Georgia school massacre identified and how Nvidia shook the stock market: Morning Rundown

The suspect in a Georgia school shooting was investigated for previous school shooting threats. A Los Angeles community is being hit by increasingly severe landslides. And how Nvidia’s $297 billion loss rocked the stock market.

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Two students and two teachers killed in Georgia school shooting; 14-year-old suspect arrested

Authorities identified the two teachers and two students killed yesterday in a shooting at Apalachee High School, about an hour outside of Atlanta. The two teachers are Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Chirstina Irimie, 53. Both taught math, the school’s website says. The two students killed were identified as Mason Schermerhorn, 14, and Christian Angulo, 14.

The suspect was identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, who is charged with murder and is being treated as an adult, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said. The suspect used an “AR platform style weapon” in the shooting and surrendered to police officers after being confronted by a school security officer, Hosey said.

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Authorities also said the suspect had previously been investigated in connection with threats to carry out a school shooting. The suspect was 13 at the time and made online threats with photos of weapons last year, the FBI’s Atlanta field office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a joint statement. Here’s what else is known about the suspect.

Nine other people were injured in the shooting: eight students and one teacher. All were wounded by gunfire and are expected to recover, Hosey and Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.

The motive for the shooting was unclear.

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Prosecutors say pro-Trump media and right-wing influencers were involved in alleged Russian plot

Yesterday’s indictment of two employees of the Russia-backed RT media network – Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva – includes allegations that the duo implemented a nearly $10 million scheme to fund an unnamed Tennessee-based company as one of their “covert projects” to influence American politics. That company appears to fit the description of Tenet Media, a leading platform for pro-Trump voices, according to an NBC News review of charging documents, business records and social media profiles.

Additionally, the details contained in the indictment match two of Tenet’s six commentators: Dave Rubin, a self-described libertarian and early creator of the “intellectual dark web”; and Tim Pool, a digital journalist for outlets such as Vice News and Fusion who has become one of the right’s most popular online influencers. Both Rubin and Pool said on X that they were victims of the alleged plot.

What else do we know about Tenet Media and how the alleged conspiracy between RT employees and US commentators unfolded, according to prosecutors.

With the announcement of the charges against the two RT employees, the Biden administration also announced sanctions On the other hand, there is talk of attempts by the Russian government to manipulate public opinion in the USA before the elections in November.

Wealthy coastal city in the greater Los Angeles area is a ticking time bomb

Governor of California, Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency In Rancho Palos Verdes, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, increasing landslides forced nearly 250 households to have their power cut off to prevent possible fires.

Landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes are nothing new. The land beneath the town, which sits on steep cliffs overlooking the Pacific, has been moving for hundreds of years, scientists say. But intense rains over the past two years have soaked the peninsula and prevented water from draining properly underground. While the ground slipped 8 inches annually in previous years, in July and August it fluctuated by 13 inches per week in some places.

Now homeowners must find alternatives that are not connected to the power grid and also pay for repairs to the damage to their homes. And the city is already facing at least one major setback in potential efforts to contain the ground movements: the discovery of an even deeper landslide.

Biden’s home stretch as president

Joe Biden has entered the twilight of his presidency. With no re-election campaign and no precedents to guide him, Biden is focused on an ever-present goal: securing his legacy, White House aides and officials said. That meant implementing the key pillars of his legislative record — infrastructure investments, boosting manufacturing, climate change initiatives and expanded veterans care — while laying the groundwork for new policy ideas that would give a possible Harris administration a leg up.

He is also traveling to Republican-leaning areas and Republican states to prove that his agenda benefited those who voted against him, several advisers said. Today he will be in a Wisconsin district that voted reliably Democratic for two decades until former President Donald Trump won twice.

Despite his upcoming travels, Biden still has more free time, and he is Much of it is channeled into a foreign policy agenda.

Read the latest coverage of the 2024 election:

• The Harris and Trump campaigns have agreed to the rules for the presidential debate next week.
• There is a lot of talk about football while the Democrats try to brand their party as “normal.”
• Pro-Palestinian protests are Return to the university campusand brought the issue back into the spotlight before the election.
• Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney is the latest prominent Republican to support Kamala Harris as presidential candidate.
• An NBC News analysis of nearly 150 television ads found that cost of living, abortion and border policy are driving conflicts in the competitive House districts. Here’s what else is coming.
• This is how the economy is doing in the few districts that could decide the election.
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized the Biden-Harris administration for transporting migrants by bus to other parts of the country, and boasted of having done the same.

Politics Compact

Test in progress: Selection of the jury should start today in federal court in Los Angeles in the trial of Hunter Biden on tax-related charges alleging he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over a four-year period.

War between Israel and Hamas: The families of the American hostages held by Hamas want the White House seriously consider a unilateral agreement However, this does not include Israel when it comes to securing the release of their relatives.

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Selection of personnel: Hee Nvidia lost nearly $300 billion in value and shook the stock market

Nvidia saw a dramatic 9.5% drop in share price earlier this week, a sell-off that sparked losses across the market. If you’re just getting familiar with the company and its importance, it might be helpful to know that Nvidia is a chipmaker that is essentially powering the AI ​​revolution, that it’s America’s second-largest publicly traded company, and that its stock has become an indicator of the global economy – all factors that help explain why this week’s market plunge has raised eyebrows. Business reporter Rob Wile explains What else concerns investors and economists. — Elizabeth Robinson, Newsletter Editor

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