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News Wrap: Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions after 6 weeks

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, a judge in Georgia struck down the state's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the FBI agreed to pay $22 million to 34 women who claimed they were targeted for dismissal from the agency's training center, more than 90,000 people near Atlanta sheltered in place after a chemical fire and musician and actor Kris Kristofferson died at 88. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We begin the day's other headlines with a multi-million dollar sexual

0:04.1

discrimination settlement at the FBI. The Bureau has agreed to pay 22 million

0:09.3

dollars to 34 women who claimed they were targeted for dismissal from the agency's

0:14.6

training center in Quantico, Virginia. According to the 2019 lawsuit, they were

0:19.4

subjected to sexually charged comments and advances from their instructors.

0:24.0

Many of the allegations were confirmed in a 2022 internal watchdog report.

0:29.0

If approved by a federal judge, this would rank among the biggest settlements in the Bureau's history.

0:35.5

More than 90,000 people in Georgia are sheltering in place after a fire broke out at a chemical

0:41.3

plant yesterday.

0:42.6

The blaze began after a sprinkler malfunctioned at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia,

0:48.4

about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta.

0:51.0

That sparked a chemical reaction, sending a cloud into the sky visible for miles.

0:57.0

No injuries were reported, but officials say chlorine was detected in the air and advised

1:02.1

residents to stay inside with the air

1:04.3

conditioning off and windows and doors shut. The haze and chemical smell spread

1:09.3

to Atlanta today where officials are monitoring the air quality.

1:14.4

The UK is on the verge of becoming the first G7 nation to stop burning coal for electricity.

1:21.3

Its last coal plant, Ratcliffe on Sore Station in Central England, shuts down tonight.

1:27.0

It's a notable end to a decades-long shift in energy production.

1:31.0

More than half of the UK's electricity now comes from renewable sources

1:35.4

such as wind and solar. The rest is from natural gas and nuclear energy.

1:40.8

The miners hold the key to national recovery.

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