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News Articles: Atlanta

Officials talk on the phone in front of Gold Spa after a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left multiple people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Ga. Shooting Raises Concerns Of Targeted Violence; Biden's Border Crisis Conundrum

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A shocking string of violence in metro Atlanta raises questions of racial hatred and bigotry. How does Tuesday night's deadly shooting spree fit into this concerning trend?

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden faces a crisis at the country’s southern border less than 2 months into his presidency.

March 17, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
This undated photo provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, in Georgia, shows a person of interest in a massage parlor shooting. Several people were killed and others injured at a massage parlor in Cherokee County, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, officials said. Shootings at other massage parlors in Atlanta also occurred.

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  • News

Police: Suspect Charged In Massage Parlor Deaths Planned To Kill More

Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock told officials he had "a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate," Capt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

March 17, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Crime Scene at Young's Asian Massage in Cherokee County, GA

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for March 17, 2021

In this morning's headlines, eight people are dead after shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area. Most of the victims were Asian women.

March 17, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Young Asian Massage parlor with police out front

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  • National

Local Reaction To Massage Parlor Shootings: 'Unspeakable Tragedy'

As Cherokee County residents reacted to the unusual crime — the sheriff’s office investigated only one homicide in both 2020 and 2019 — some insisted the solution is more guns.

March 17, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Savannah Port

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  • News

GPB Evening Headlines for March 16, 2021

Among this evening's headlines, there's a potential for tornadoes over the next couple days.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
This undated photo provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, in Georgia, shows a person of interest in a massage parlor shooting. Several people were killed and others injured at a massage parlor in Cherokee County, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, officials said. Shootings at other massage parlors in Atlanta also occurred.

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  • News

Georgia Massage Parlor Shootings Leave 8 Dead; Man Captured

Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been captured hours after eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp and ASL interpreter David Cowan

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  • Health

Kemp Adds Judges, Court Staff To List Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccination

Gov. Brian Kemp added judges and courthouse staff to the list of Georgians currently eligible for vaccination, which includes anyone in a high-risk category such as cancer survivors, people with asthma and those considered obese.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton

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  • Law

Lawmakers Brief: Right To Speedy Trials Could ‘Overwhelm’ Court System, Ga. Chief Justice Warns

Georgia’s court system could face an “avalanche of demands” that would “overwhelm” it following the yearlong shutdown because of the pandemic.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Alligators in swamp

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  • Environment

How Many Alligators Do You See In This Georgia Swamp Photo? Even Experts Missed One

Missing an alligator in any swamp is dangerous, but the 438,000-acre Okefenokee is far from average, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Mark Rice
An illustration of arrows pointing at a single virus.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As Vaccine Eligibility Grows, A Look Back (And Forward) At The COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday on Political Rewind: a pandemic year in review as we looked back at the devastating track of the coronavirus in Georgia. The pandemic dramatically shifted many lives in our state. But can we see the light at the end of the tunnel? Yesterday, eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine appointments were expanded to include a majority of Georgia adults.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Homeless man

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  • Politics

Legal Homeless Camps Proposed In General Assembly Bill

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, would send state dollars currently earmarked for building shelters and short-term housing to be used instead on so-called “structured camping facilities” for a city or county’s homeless population.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Beau Evans
Voting rights protestors outside Coca-Cola in Atlanta

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  • Politics

Protesters Draw Georgia Big Business Into The Voting Rights Fray

Voting rights protesters gathered Monday outside the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta and some threatened a boycott if the beverage giant does not speak out more forcefully against sweeping voting restrictions being considered in the Georgia Legislature.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for March 16, 2021

In this morning's headlines, Democratic lawmakers say the COVID Relief Plan could provide the funds for expanding Medicaid in Georgia.

March 16, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Child at dentist

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  • Medical Treatments

Georgia House Passes Sedation Protections For Patients

Legislation adding new protections for patients being sedated for certain medical and dental procedures in outpatient settings cleared the Georgia House of Representatives Monday.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Health Care

Will New Incentives For Medicaid Expansion Sway Georgia Leaders?

The Biden administration has shaken up the health care arithmetic nationally, and that could reverberate here in Georgia. For one thing, the incentives for a state to expand Medicaid have become much more enticing.

March 15, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
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