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GPB evening headlines for July 1, 2022

Delta's CEO is apologizing to travelers for delays and cancellations.

Atlanta officials and law enforcement are urging travelers to leave their firearms at home.

A third Georgia child has died this year from being left in a hot car.

July 01, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Crowd walking down street

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New census data shows how Georgia changed from 2020 to 2021

New population estimates out today include information on age, race, and ethnicity in American counties and cities for the period up to July 2021.

July 01, 2022
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
Portrait of Savannah Police Chief Roy Minter in uniform in front of an American flag

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  • Politics

Embattled Savannah police chief to resign to focus on U.S. Marshal confirmation

Despite high marks from the mayor and city manager, Roy Minter has come under heavy criticism from members of his own police department.

July 01, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
A map of the US showing high COVID transmission

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Traveling this holiday weekend? Here's what to know about COVID numbers

Compared to last week’s total, cases of COVID-19 in Georgia are up 14%, deaths are up 79%, and ICU admissions are up 69%. Nationwide, cases are high and mitigation efforts such as masking on planes are no longer enforced.

July 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A customer holds a credit card at the pay-at-the-pump gasoline pump in Rolling Meadow, Ill., Thursday, June 30, 2022. U.S consumers have so far defied higher prices for gas, food, and rent and have been spending more in 2022, providing crucial support to the economy. The Wall Street Journal reports that Visa and Mastercard have raised the amount a gas station can hold up to $175 on credit or debit card at the pump.

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Governor suspends Georgia gas taxes through mid-August

Georgia's governor is extending the suspension of the state's motor fuel tax through mid-August. Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed an executive order extending the suspension for a second time.

July 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman walks to the field for the presentation of his World Series championship ring, before the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Friday, June 24, 2022 in Atlanta.

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Ex-agent: Braves fostering 'false narrative' about Freeman

The former agent of Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman says his ex-team, the Atlanta Braves, is presenting a "false narrative" about the first baseman's departure in March.

July 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Delta planes sit at their gates on June 13, 2022, at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges it falsified information about deliveries of international mail, including mail sent to U.S. soldiers overseas. The Justice Department said Thursday, June 30, 2022, that Delta was under contract to the Postal Service when it falsified records about deliveries from 2010 to 2016.

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Delta pays $10.5 million to settle post office allegations

Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges it falsified information about deliveries of international mail, including mail sent to U.S. soldiers overseas.

July 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Plant Bowen in Bartow County

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Georgia’s coal-fired plant closings likely to go on despite Supreme Court EPA ruling

The West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency opinion was a victory for Georgia and 18 other Republican-led states as it limits Democratic President Joe Biden’s ability to pursue his climate goals. 

July 01, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The Georgia Supreme Court overturned Tex McIver’s murder conviction. He shot his wife, Diane McIver, as they drove home from a party in 2018.

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Murder conviction overturned for man who shot wife in SUV

Georgia's highest court has thrown out a murder conviction for a once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife as they rode in an SUV. The unanimous opinion says the jury should have had the option of a misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter charge.

July 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Terry Englund

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Georgia teacher raises, anti-CRT law, needs-based college aid take effect in July

July 1 starts a new fiscal year for the state of Georgia, bringing in a new budget and the effective date of laws passed earlier in the year, including many that will affect how Georgia public school students learn.

July 01, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
DeMarcus Beckham, HIV advocate in the North Central Public Health district, performs a demonstration of an HIV test. Rapid HIV blood tests take less than five minutes for results.

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  • Health

Georgia has some of the highest HIV rates in the country. But treatment has never been easier

The ability to know your HIV status only takes minutes, which should mean good things for preventing new infections.

July 01, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Delta Air Lines pilots demonstrate outside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on June 30, 2022, demanding better working conditions.

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GPB evening headlines for June 30, 2022

A federal judge has denied a request to temporarily block part of Georgia's 98-page election law.

Over 400 Delta pilots picketed at Hartsfield Jackson today against what they call poor working conditions.

The Georgia Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of a once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife while riding in an SUV.

June 30, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly, center, sits with his defense attorneys Thomas Farinella, top, and Nicole Blank Becker during the first day of his defense in his sex trafficking case, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in New York. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

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Atlanta family of woman involved with R. Kelly pleased with the sentencing Wednesday

After R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the attorney for the parents of Joycelyen Savage said in a statement "they hope that now Joycelyn will return home."

June 30, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
Delta Air Lines pilots march outside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's South Terminal on June 30, 2022, as part of a nationwide demand for better pay, scheduling and retirement benefits

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  • Business

Delta Air Lines pilots demonstrate for better working conditions

Ahead of the busy Fourth of July weekend, more than 400 Delta Air Lines employees picketed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport against what they call poor working conditions. 

June 30, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews

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What does Georgia's 2019 abortion law HB 481 do?

Abortion is still legal in Georgia up until 20 weeks into a pregnancy, But future court rulings on a 2019 law could drastically limit access.

June 30, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
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