Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, one single mom's quest to find housing and keep her children in their school after an eviction; a new prosecutor is taking on the Georgia election case against President Donald Trump; and Doritos and Cheetos are among the brands eliminating synthetic food dyes under political pressure.
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Elias Washington, right, plays on his phone along with his mother Sechita McNair, left, and adopted brother, Derrick McNair-White, center, as they ride the bus to Atlanta in June. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) |
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed |
It was the worst summer in years. Sechita McNair's family took no vacations. Her younger boys didn't go to camp. Her van was repossessed, and her family nearly got evicted — again. But she accomplished the one thing she wanted most. A few weeks before school started, McNair, an out-of-work film industry veteran barely getting by driving for Uber, signed a lease in the right Atlanta neighborhood so her eldest son could stay at his high school. Read more. |
