News Brief: 4 Dead, Suspect in Custody After Shooting at Georgia High School; Social Security Facing $63 Trillion in Unfunded Liabilities; NY’s Chinese Consul General No Longer in Position

Published on September 5, 2024

Good morning, and welcome to The Epoch Times News Brief for Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. I’m Bill Thomas, and we have some really compelling stories to share with you right now, and here’s what’s going on. Another mass shooting takes place at a high school—this time in Georgia—Social Security is dealing with trillions in unfunded liabilities, and China’s consul general in New York is no longer there. Also, a popular beer company says no more DEI, and U.S. job openings are at their lowest level since early 2021. We’ll get to each one of these very important stories, but first up, there’s been a deadly shooting at a high school just outside Atlanta, and here’s what we know....

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