Georgia race gets a new talking pointBiden sends in a familiar nameJoe Biden has stepped back into the campaign frame with an endorsement of Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor. It is his first public backing since leaving office, which means the rollout got more attention than the average campaign video and less respect than the average campaign video hopes for. Biden praised Bottoms as a proven leader who handled a pandemic, a cyberattack, and economic pressure while serving as Atlanta mayor and later as a senior adviser in the White House. In election season, that kind of praise is usually less about history and more about trying to make a résumé sound like a winning argument.Bottoms’ record will be part of the debateAtlanta, Washington, and the same old politicsBottoms left the Atlanta mayor’s office in 2021 and joined Biden’s administration after that. Her time in city government included strict COVID rules and a very public national profile, which made her a regular target for critics and a useful ally for Democrats. Supporters say she brings executive experience. Opponents point to Atlanta’s problems and ask whether the White House job changed much beyond the title on the door. That is…

The Birmingham show stopped earlyA bag, a search, and a fast exitPeter Kay was about 45 minutes into the first of two shows at Utilita Arena Birmingham when staff ended the performance and cleared the building after a suspicious bag was reported nearby. The arena said the evacuation was a precaution based on police advice. That is the modern live-event formula: buy a ticket, find your seat, and hope the evening does not turn into a rushed lesson in crowd control. Kay’s tour is meant to raise money for cancer charities, which only made the interruption more frustrating for fans who came for a comedy show, not a safety drill.Police and venue officials moved quicklyOne man is in custodyWest Midlands Police said a 19-year-old man is in custody while officers search the site. The arena said everyone was safely evacuated and that ticket holders will be contacted directly. The public statement was short, which is more than can be said for much of the PR world, where every problem arrives wrapped in a quilt of buzzwords. In this case, plain language did the job. A venue found a possible threat, police took control, and the crowd got out without panic,…