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Lines and lines of cars are seen as drivers wait on Monday to be tested for COVID-19 at a coronavirus testing site in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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In Miami, Rolling Back Openings To Contain The Coronavirus Surge

In Miami, local officials have ordered a rollback of some reopening measures because of the region's soaring coronavirus cases. Gyms have to close and in-person dining at restaurants is prohibited.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Clouds loom over the Miami skyline Thursday, May 14, 2020. According to the National Hurricane Center website, "A trough of low pressure over the Straits of Florida is producing a large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms."

System Off Florida Could Become Season’s First Named Storm

A trough of low pressure moving through the Florida Straits could organize over the northwestern Bahamas later Friday or Saturday and become the first...

May 15, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

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Political Rewind: Chaos Marks Start of Kavanaugh Hearing

On this edition of Political Rewind, Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week in hopes of becoming the next justice to...

September 04, 2018
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  • Robert Jimison
Brian Kemp speaks during a campaign event outlining policy intiatives for veterans in Georgia.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Finding Middle Ground On Polarizing Issues

On this edition of Political Rewind, with just over two months until voters decide this year’s election campaigns on both sides of the aisle are busy.

August 29, 2018
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  • Robert Jimison
An agricultural irrigator fueld by the Flint River waters down a peanut field near Colquitt during a drought in 2011.

U.S. Supreme Court Names No Winner In Water Wars

The long awaited U.S. Supreme Court decision named no clear winner in the decades long dispute between Florida and Georgia over the Chattahoochee/Flint...

June 27, 2018
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  • Grant Blankenship
In this April 2, 2015, file photo, John Stokes, center, culls Apalachicola oysters while his two sons Ryan, left, and Wesley Stokes tong oysters from the bottom of Apalachicola Bay.

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Supreme Court Extends Longtime Georgia-Florida Water Battle

From GPB News, this is Political Rewind. Today, a long-awaited decision from the United States Supreme Court in Florida’s fight with Georgia over water...

June 27, 2018
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  • Tom Faust
Lauren Groff will read from "Florida" at SCADshow in Atlanta Friday, May 8.

Sunshine And Strangeness Define Lauren Groff's 'Florida'

Lauren Groff never thought she would become a Floridian, but then again she also never anticipated that her novel " Fates and Furies " would become...

June 07, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Wednesday, April 18, 2018

What makes Vidalia onions so special that they get their own festival — and declaration as Georgia's official state vegetable? We asked Delbert Bland of...

April 18, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 5 more
The Chattahoochee River is one of the waterways at the center of a water crisis in the Southeast.

Tri-State Water Wars Overflow Into Tennessee

Georgia has been at war with Alabama and Florida over tri-state water use for decades . More recently, Tennessee entered the mix . The legal dispute...

April 18, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Adam Ragusea
GPB News NPR

GPB Music Presents: The Pauses

The Pauses hail from Orlando, Florida, but they may as well be honorary Georgians. The three-piece has spent the last few years touring with Athens...

November 07, 2017
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  • GPB Newsroom
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the decades-long dispute between Florida and Georgia over water rights.

US Supreme Court To Hear Tri-State Water Wars Case

The Supreme Court says it will hear a decades-long dispute between Florida and Georgia over water rights. The justices on Tuesday issued a brief order...

October 10, 2017
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  • Associated Press
Sustained winds up to 8 mph were expected to keep pushing flames Thursday into areas of swamp parched by drought inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, where a lightning strike sparked the blaze April 6.

Wildfire On US Refuge Doubles In Size In Less Than A Week

A wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has blackened 115 square miles after doubling in size within a few days, officials said...

April 27, 2017
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  • Associated Press
Nearly all of the burned acreage has been confined to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia and the neighboring Osceola National Forest and John M. Bethea State Forest in Florida.

Growing Wildfire In Okefenokee Refuge Exceeds 90 Sq. Miles

Officials say a wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has burned more than 90 square miles (233 sq. kilometers) as winds spread...

April 26, 2017
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  • Associated Press
The West Mims Fire continues to burn across 19,000 acres on the Georgia-Florida line.

Wildfire Burns Across 19,000 Acres On Georgia-Florida Line

An immense wildfire continues to burn across 19,000 acres on the Georgia-Florida state line. The West Mims Fire was ignited by a lightning strike on...

April 18, 2017
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By:
  • Najae Lamar
Fans leave Augusta National for a weather warning during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Augusta, Ga.

Big Hail, Heavy Rains Pelt Deep South As Storms Move In

Big hail and heavy rains pelted the Deep South early Wednesday, and schools and churches shut down as severe storms that forecasters said could spawn...

April 05, 2017
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  • Kate Brumback,
  • Jay Reeves,
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