Georgia

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Law enforcement had prior warning about suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting

12:37pm September 04, 2024

The FBI released new details about the 14-year-old suspect currently in custody after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others.

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House Democrats Holds Press Event Honoring Las Vegas Shooting Victims And Call For Increased Gun Safety Legislation

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

12:35pm August 18, 2024

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

Georgia election board says counties can do more to investigate election results

1:11am August 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Georgia's State Election Board voted to require county election officials to make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results, signaling that election result fights could intensify this November.

Hurricane Debby Heads Towards Florida's Big Bend Region

National

Tropical Storm Debby is flooding the Southeast, and it’s barely moving

5:35am August 06, 2024

Debby is expected to bring up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the Southeast. It's currently creeping over Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean, expected to return to shore this week with more strength.

National

Tropical Storm Debby is flooding the Southeast, and it’s barely moving

5:35am August 06, 2024

Debby is expected to bring up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the Southeast. It's currently creeping over Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean, expected to return to shore this week with more strength.

Digging in the mud for crayfish in North Carolina.

Environment

Federal grant to fund crayfish conservation efforts in North Carolina's coastal plains

3:03pm July 10, 2024

by David Ford

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program has awarded more than $7.4 million in grants to study threatened wildlife across the country, including endangered crayfish in North Carolina.

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National

2 Union soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Confederate train hijacking

1:28am July 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive in Confederate territory and drove it north while destroying railroad tracks and telegraph lines.

National

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

10:11am June 07, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

The eight employees say that since the plant opened in 1988, many systems in place have benefited white workers more than Black staff. They claim that HR has ignored “egregious incidents of racism.”

World News

Georgia's parliament speaker signs divisive foreign influence bill into law

4:50am June 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

Opponents have denounced the legislation as "the Russian law" because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists.

Politics & Government

In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020

7:21am May 25, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden eked out a win in Georgia last time, a victory that helped take him over the top in the Electoral College. But there are some warning signs it could be hard to do it again in 2024.

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