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U.S. Postal Service vehicles

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GPB morning headlines for September 19, 2024

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff previewed a bill Wednesday he says will address what he calls “leadership failures” at the United States Postal Service.

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to strengthen its rural efforts.

September 19, 2024
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U.S. Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock

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Warnock seeds fortunes of Georgia’s Black farmers as gridlock stalls federal farm bill

Georgia’s Black farmers, who have faced decades of racial discrimination at the hands of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, remain more vulnerable than ever to economic downturn. 

September 19, 2024
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  • Chaya Tong
Zach Manifold is the elections director in suburban Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, where training for 2,000 poll workers begins this week.

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Georgia election officials worry a GOP-led board will OK last-minute voting changes

Georgia election officials have said they are “gravely concerned that dramatic changes” approved by the State Election Board “will disrupt the preparation and training processes already in motion.”

September 18, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
Demonstrators march to the courthouse supporting 61 defendants that are being arraigned on RICO charges related to vandalism at the site of the new Public Safety Training Center, outside the a Fulton County courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for September 18, 2024

Prosecutors have dropped some charges against three people indicted in connection with Atlanta police training center protests.

The two candidates for district attorney in Savannah's Chatham County clashed over experiences and records in a forum this week.

Georgia's Supreme Court is rejecting an effort to force new Republican primary elections in northwest Georgia's Catoosa County.

September 18, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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Georgia Today: Some charges against 3 'Cop City' activists dropped; Chatham DA race; Corpse flowers

On the Wednesday, Sept. 18 edition of Georgia Today: A trio of bail fund administrators have the money laundering charges against them dropped; candidates for Chatham County district attorney clash at a forum in Savannah; and the Atlanta Botanical Garden celebrates the blooming of four rare African corpse flowers. 

September 18, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
woman wearing goggles and gloves in a science lab

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The only American maker of generic antibiotics wants the government to buy local

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently lists amoxicillin in its database of drugs experiencing a shortage.

September 18, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Miller’s 16-year-old son, Christian, holds his mother’s ashes at home in Atlanta. Credit: Rita Harper, special to ProPublica

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Afraid to seek care amid Georgia’s abortion ban, she stayed at home and died

Candi Miller’s family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.” Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia’s abortion ban.

September 18, 2024
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  • Kavitha Surana and
  • ProPublica
Signs are posted for the "Stop Cop City" movement at one of their headquarters, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Georgia prosecutors drop all 15 counts of money laundering against 3 'Cop City' activists

Georgia prosecutors have dropped all 15 counts of money laundering that were levied against three Atlanta organizers accused of misusing a bail fund to aid violent protests against the city's proposed police and fire training center.

September 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Atlanta Has Become a Top Tourist Destination

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Georgia sets tourism records for second straight year

Georgia broke tourism records last year for the second year in a row, setting an all-time high for visitors.

September 18, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
at “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song,” a 100th birthday tribute to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Tuesday, September 17. Photo by Rick Diamond/The Carter Center

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Star-studded performance in Atlanta honors former President Jimmy Carter

Musical artists paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday in celebration of his upcoming birthday. Artists and community leaders praised Carter’s legacy inside and outside of the White House as they walked the red carpet at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

September 18, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a voters' forum next to Republican challenger Andre Pretorius at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah on Sept. 16, 2024.

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Chatham County district attorney candidates make their case to voters at forum

Shalena Cook Jones became the first Black woman to serve as Chatham County DA when she won office in 2020.

September 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in Macon

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GPB morning headlines for Sept. 18, 2024

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz kicked off a Harris campaign swing through two battleground states — Georgia and North Carolina — in Macon Tuesday. 

The two candidates for Chatham County district attorney took to the stage this week in Savannah for a voters' forum.

Musical artists paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday in celebration of his upcoming birthday.

September 18, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, shakes hands with Winner Scottie Scheffler at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga.

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The Masters adds two hours of weekend coverage on Paramount+

The Masters and CBS are expanding weekend coverage by five hours from Augusta National. The club says the Saturday telecast will start an hour earlier at 2 p.m.

September 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Lt. Shaun Gorski with the Cobb County Sheriff's Department, speaks during an election security training session at Cobb County Emergency Management headquarters, Aug. 23, 2024, in Marietta, Ga.

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Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass

Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day. Bulletproof glass and drug-sniffing dogs in election offices, and panic buttons and security officers for polling places are some of the steps they are taking.

September 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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These states will decide the election. We went to all of them to talk to voters

Your guide to the six swing states that will decide this year’s presidential election: Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania.

September 17, 2024
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