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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is preparing to travel to Georgia, the battleground state that's at the center of his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. He repeated those claims Wednesday during a White House reception marking Black History Month.
The good thing when they cheated on the election, they made me wait four years.
What are President Trump's plans for Georgia amidst election claims?
And because I waited four years, I get the 250th year. I get the Olympics, which I was the one that got it, and I get the World Cup.
Trump is to deliver remarks on the economy in Rome, Georgia Thursday afternoon. His visit to the state comes less than a month after federal agencies' voting records and ballots from heavily Democratic Fulton County. President Trump's Board of Peace set to meet for the first time on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The White House says representatives of more than 40 nations will participate. Twenty-seven have formally joined. but only one, Indonesia, has so far committed to sending troops to a stabilization force for Gaza. Tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a jury that it's very difficult to enforce Instagram's minimum age policies. NPR's Bobby Allen reports on Zuckerberg's testimony at a Los Angeles trial over teen addiction to social media.
Zuckerberg admitted that many young people lie to get on Instagram. The social media app requires users to be 13 years old, but the meta CEO said enforcing the rule is tricky. One internal meta document showed that 30% of 10 and 12 year olds are using Instagram. Zuckerberg was at times testy as he was being asked to explain emails and memos from more than a decade ago. But he appeared aware of how he was coming across to jurors. Responding to a document showing his staff coaching him to be more relatable and human, Zuckerberg said public remarks are not his favorite thing, saying, quote, I think I'm actually well known to be very bad at this. The trial, linked to 1,600 other cases, is expected to last another four weeks.
Bobby Allen, NPR News, Los Angeles.
In California, authorities say eight backcountry skiers are confirmed dead after an avalanche near in the Lake Tahoe area. One skier remains missing. From member station KUNR, Maria Palma reports.
The avalanche struck around 11.30 a.m. Tuesday in remote terrain within the Tahoe National Forest. The group was on a guided three-day ski tour with Blackbird Mountain Guides. Fifteen people were on the trip. Six survivors, one guide and five clients were rescued Tuesday. Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon says the operation has officially shifted from a rescue to a recovery mission.
This incident remains ongoing. Our focus remains on recovering, but the snow and the unsure conditions are creating an issue to making sure that we can safely do that.
Roughly 50 responders from multiple agencies are deployed in heavy snow, winds and near zero visibility. High avalanche danger continues to impede access.
You're listening to NPR News. No sign of a breakthrough in the latest U.S.-brokered talks over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Wednesday's talks in Geneva were the third round organized by the U.S. after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi. Both sides say Wednesday's talks were difficult. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is accusing Russia of trying to drag out the negotiations while it presses its invasion. American skier Michaela Schifrin ended her eight-year Olympic medal drought Wednesday. She won gold in the women's slalom. It was her third Olympic gold and her first since 2018. Steve Futterman reports.
When it was over, when she crossed the finish line and realized she had won the gold, Michaela Schifrin says there was a sense of relief. The frustration of failing to win a single medal in Beijing four years ago could be set aside. Schifrin had a huge eight-tenths of a second lead after the first run. The only question was whether she could get through the second run without falling or missing a gate. These moments, we do build them up for sure. Like I said, the biggest task today was to simplify and focus on the skiing.
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