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#1. After over 100 days on strike, the national labor union ____________ officially reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday to return to work.
It’s SAG-AFTRA.
Despite the fanfare of the announcement, Wednesday’s deal between striking actors and studios and streaming services won’t immediately restore filming to its full swing. That will take months.
But the tentative agreement — which both sides say include extraordinary provisions — means that more than six months of labor strife in the film and television industries is drawing to a close.
#2. On Monday, _____out of the 61 people indicted on racketeering charges appeared in court related to their involvement with the “Stop Cop City” movement.
It’s 57.
Protests against the proposed training center — dubbed “Cop City” by opponents — have been going on for more than two years. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr obtained a sweeping indictment in August, using the state’s anti-racketeering law to target the protesters and characterizing them as ”militant anarchists.”
#3. This week, Zoo Atlanta became the only zoo in the U.S. where you can see what animal?
It’s Giant Pandas.
The National Zoo’s three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji., on Wednesday began their long trip to China. The departure of the bears from D.C. means that the only giant pandas left in America are at Zoo Atlanta — and that loan agreement expires late next year.
#4. On Thursday, a judge ruled that _____ can be used as evidence in Atlanta rapper Young Thug’s trial on gang and racketeering charges.
It’s lyrics.
Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville said in court he would allow prosecutors to introduce 17 sets of lyrics they have identified as long as they can show that the lyrics are related to crimes that the rapper and others are accused of committing. Defense attorneys had asked the judge to exclude them, arguing the lyrics are constitutionally protected speech and would be unfairly prejudicial.
#5. According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a letter potentially laced with _______ was sent to a Fulton County elections office.
It’s Fentanyl.
The letter was part of a batch of five letters — four went to elections offices in Washington state and contained suspicious powders. At least two of those letters tested positive for fentanyl. Federal authorities discovered that a fifth letter was addressed to the Fulton County Elections Office in Fairburn, and they alerted Georgia authorities.
