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Hundreds of people lined up at City Hall to sign up to speak out against the police training center at a city council meeting May 15, 2023.

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Political Rewind: The latest on 'Cop City' protests; Trump vs. Kemp in Columbus; MTG takes on Biden

Friday on Political Rewind: Former President Donald Trump's presence at the state GOP convention highlights the rift between Gov. Brian Kemp's supporters and MAGA Republicans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a campaign to impeach President Biden and other administration officials. Also: the latest on "Cop City" protests.

May 19, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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 Sen. Raphael Warnock, left and Rep. Lucy McBath, right, urge Congress to take up new gun regulations.

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Warnock, McBath join president’s call for new gun restrictions in wake of mass shootings

On Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the 2018 Sante Fe High School shooting that left 10 people dead and 13 others wounded, President Joe Biden issued a statement urging Congress to act on a list of gun safety proposals.

May 19, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
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Georgia’s air polluted with fewer emissions as coal-fired electricity production winds down

A new report released this week offers a rare bit of positive climate news: Overall greenhouse emissions in Georgia declined 5% from 2017 to 2021, due largely to the state’s largest electric utility moving away from coal.

May 19, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
In this screenshot taken from Camden County Detention Center surveillance video provided by attorney Harry Daniels, jailers beat detainee Jarrett Hobbs at the facility, in Georgia, on Sept. 3, 2022.

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3 former officers indicted in beating of Georgia jail detainee

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted three former sheriff's officers in the beating of a Black jail detainee that was recorded by security cameras.

May 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August

The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia seems to be suggesting that any grand jury indictments in the case would likely come in August.

May 19, 2023
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In this screenshot taken from Camden County Detention Center surveillance video provided by attorney Harry Daniels, jailers beat detainee Jarrett Hobbs at the facility, in Georgia, on Sept. 3, 2022.

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GPB morning headlines for May 19, 2023

A grand jury has indicted three former sheriff's officers in the beating of a Black jail detainee.

Georgia’s behavioral health leaders say staffing shortages are creating challenges for those needing mental health treatment. 

May 19, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Valerie Handy-Carey stands with family members and city leaders on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway on March 19, 2023, in Atlanta. Several months earlier, her daughter, Brittany Glover, was hit by a car and died while trying to cross the intersection. With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest in four decades, citizens across the nation are urging lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on car culture. Atlanta, she said, needs to do more to protect pedestrians and cyclists.

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Push for transit, walkable communities growing across U.S.

With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest point in four decades, advocates and urban residents across the nation are urging city councils and state lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on road improvements and car culture. From Salt Lake City to Atlanta to Charlotte, N.C., frustrated residents are pushing for increased funding for public transportation and improvements that make it safer to travel by bike or on foot.

May 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
The Freedom Pines Fuels facility, under construction in Soperton, is slated to become the first commercially operated sustainable jet fuel refinery in North America, according to owner LanzaJet.

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Factories, farms and flight: How Georgia could propel sustainable jet fuel into the future

Ethanol — and a quirky crop — could pave the way for the Peach State.

May 19, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
A Cobb County School bus moves on street Friday, March 13, 2020, in Kennesaw, Ga. Georgia's second-largest school district on Thursday, July 14, 2022 approved a policy allowing some employees who aren't certified police officers carry guns in schools, but excluded teachers from those who can be armed.

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GPB evening headlines for May 18, 2023

Parents and school officials in Dalton are scrambling to find ways to get students to school after school bus drivers went on strike.

A federal appeals court heard arguments in the case against the Food and Drug Administration's approval of an abortion drug.

A journalist arrested for filming police near the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta has filed a First Amendment lawsuit.

May 18, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
(Photo Courtesy of Matti Mattila via Flickr.)

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How a default on U.S. debt could affect Georgians

In the event of a debt default, the U.S. government would then have to prioritize which of its bills it would pay, creating what Michael Toma calls "winners and losers."

May 18, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
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Georgia Today: Gov. Kemp to visit Israel; Bus drivers on strike; Donald Trump at Ga. GOP convention

On the Thursday, May 18 edition of Georgia Today: Donald Trump will speak at the Georgia GOP convention next month; Gov. Brian Kemp is headed to Israel; And school bus drivers are on strike in Northwest Georgia.

May 18, 2023
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  • Peter Biello ,
  • Jeremy Powell ,
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In this 2013 file photo, Samuel Little appears at Superior Court in Los Angeles. Georgia investigators recently confirmed the identity of one of two women Little murdered in Macon: Yvonne Pless, who was strangled in 1977. Damian Dovarganes AP  Read more at: https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article275543491.html#storylink=cpy

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Decades after a Macon woman was strangled, investigators identify her and her killer

Almost half a century after a woman’s remains were found in Macon, local and state investigators have confirmed her identity and linked her to the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.

May 18, 2023
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  • Caleb Slinkard
President Joe Biden

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Political Rewind: Debt ceiling talks; Trump coming to Georgia GOP convention

Thursday on Political Rewind: President Biden is facing off with a GOP-held House over a looming debt ceiling default. Donald Trump will also appear at Georgia's Republican convention, but Gov. Brian Kemp will not.

May 18, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Parked yellow school bus

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Unionized school bus drivers in Georgia city continue strike, accusing company of unfair practices

School bus drivers are on strike in the northwest Georgia city of Dalton, leaving parents and school officials scrambling to take students to and from school.

May 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills.

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GPB morning headlines for May 18, 2023

Judges in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans Wednesday heard arguments in the case against the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, the drug commonly used for abortions and miscarriages.

A state judge has cleared the way for nearly 200 United Methodist Churches in North Georgia to vote on whether or not to leave the denomination.

Every summer the Georgia Department of Natural resources asks everyday people to count bats on summer evenings. 

May 18, 2023
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