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Terrified of the Blue Wave, Georgia Republicans Shut down 75% of Black Voting Sites
Free of that pesky Voting Rights Act, Republicans are closing down every polling site they can to stop the blue wave. It won't be enough. By Justin Rosario.
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Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct
A federal lawsuit alleges significant problems with voting in the Peach state.
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Smoking Marijuana Legalized in Georgia
The Constitutional Court of Georgia has released a statement on the decision made today regarding the use of marijuana, effectively abolishing administrative punishment for the use of the drug.
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The Long Journey to Remember One of History's Worst Lynching Massacres
Mary Turner and her unborn baby were killed by a racist mob in 1918 in an atrocity that was nearly forgotten. By Michael Sainato.
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The Spy Who Came Home
Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. By Ben Taub.
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'Eaten Alive' -- Georgia woman suffers horrific death at nursing home
An 11Alive investigation uncovered a Georgia nursing home resident died from a scabies infestation. A forensic pathologist who reviewed the case estimates millions of parasitic mites essentially ate her alive over several months or possibly years. According to a pending lawsuit filed by the family, 93-year-old Rebecca Zeni died in 2015 from scabies at the facility. The autopsy report shows the cause of death as “septicemia due to crusted scabies.” State health officials were notified about a scabies outbreak at the nursing home multiple times, but did not inspect the LaFayette, G. facility.
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Georgia politician declares Confederate History Month and uses the n-word
A former elected official used the N-word several times during a public meeting, offending a black member of a Georgia city's board of commissioners. The tense exchange between the two men happened on the same day that the Atlanta suburb of Griffin, Georgia, declared April as Confederate History Month. While speaking about the declaration during the public comments portion of the meeting, Larry Mr Johnson, a former member of the board who is white, immediately turned his attention to Rodney McCord, who appears to have been one of two black officials at the table.
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Body Found in Atlanta River Identified as Missing CDC Scientist
A body recovered this week from a river in Atlanta has been identified as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who vanished in February, Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said Thursday.
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Chaos on a Georgian ski lift
Make it stop!
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Charges dismissed against Good Samaritan arrested after saving woman's life
Charges have been dismissed against a retired fire chief who was arrested after he pulled a woman from a wrecked vehicle. On Oct. 10, 2017, Rick Rickerson was driving on GA 109 in Meansville, Ga. when he saw a diver lose control of her car. Rickerson jumped into action to help the woman.
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Alabama Wins National Championship With a Halftime Twist
The true freshman Tua Tagovailoa replaced Alabama’s starting quarterback, Jalen Hurts, at halftime, and led the Crimson Tide past Georgia in a thrilling comeback.
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Hauling the Internet to an Ex-Soviet Outpost High in the Caucasus Mountains
“There are not many places in the world without internet.” This was one of those places.
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Georgia trooper shoots, kills man who fled DUI checkpoint
A Georgia trooper fatally shot a man during a confrontation that happened after the man drove away from a DUI checkpoint Friday night, the GBI said. Jarvis Lykes, 35, also didn’t pull over after the trooper attempted a traffic stop after Lykes left the checkpoint, which was also conducted by the Columbus Police Department, GBI spokesman Bahan Rich said in a news release.
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Atlanta Airport Blackout Sends Message to Terrorists: America Is Unprepared
A single-point failure makes the world’s busiest airport go dark for hours and traps thousands of passengers. It’s what phase one of an attack could look like. By Clive Irving.
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Watch the Georgia Dome in Atlanta implode
One of the nation's largest domed stadiums has been destroyed in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta.
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Georgia election server wiped after suit filed
A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.
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5 arrested in 1983 'racially motivated' murder of 23-year-old black man in Georgia
Timothy Coggins died as a result of multiple forms of trauma, authorities said.
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Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Deputies allegedly touched girls vaginas and breasts and groped boys in their groin area during the search at the Worth County High School April 14.
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What Health Care Means in Clay County [Rural Georgia U.S.A.]
“There just isn’t what you’d expect to have in America down here,” Dr. Karen Kinsell says. By Charles Bethea.
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Georgia’s Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish
Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, and Karen Handel, a Republican, will face off Tuesday in the most expensive House campaign in history — and one of the most consequential since the 1970s.
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