TikTok Sued Over Child's Death | Doris Kearns Goodwin on Highlighting Politics for Young Readers

An estimated 17 million people are expected to travel by plane over the Labor Day holiday with more than 52,000 flights expected to depart Thursday. The anticipated record turnout is thanks to lower prices as flight costs are down 5% compared to last Labor Day, according to the booking app Hopper. Gas prices are also lower.

Former Las Vegas politician Robert Telles was convicted Wednesday of murdering a journalist. Telles was charged with fatally stabbing Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Jeff German two years ago. He's been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.

TikTok is facing a lawsuit over a 10-year-old girl's death after she took part in a viral challenge on the social media app. This lawsuit centers around TikTok's algorithm and what it promotes to users. An appeals court judge ruled that "Tiktok makes choices about the content recommended and promoted to specific users, and by doing so, is engaged in its own first-party speech."

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona discusses student loans as President Biden's latest plan to lower student loan payments for millions of Americans remains stuck in the courts.

Best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new book, "The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President." It's her first book for young readers and highlights the early lives of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. Kearns Goodwin has spent five decades studying America's presidents and writing multiple books about them.

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