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TaxScout, has now entered into its fourth market - Atlanta.

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GPB morning headlines for April 15, 2025

The federal government has revoked the student visas of some international students in Georgia; Georgians rushing to meet the April 15th deadline to file taxes have a little breathing room; Atlanta will host millions of soccer fans over the next two summers who are visiting the city for World Cup events.

April 15, 2025
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Netflix’s new docuseries takes on the dark side of kidinfluencing. Tudum/Netflix

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Georgia’s most famous influencer gets a new Netflix docuseries

Netflix’s latest docuseries, Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, is an explosive look into Georgia native and child star Piper Rockelle, who is one of the most infamous online personas of her generation.

April 15, 2025
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  • Sundi Rose and
  • The Telegraph
Students and other bystanders gather in the Quad as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hold an event in a nearby building at Emory University, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for April 14, 2024

The student visas of some international students in Georgia have been revoked; Georgians have some extra time to file taxes due to Hurricane Helene; a Macon hospital is taking extra steps to treat pregnant or postpartum people.

April 14, 2025
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Georgia Today: Tax filing deadline approaches; Student visas revoked; WWII veteran honored by France

On the April 14 edition: Georgians have a little extra time to file taxes this year; a Macon hospital has special care program for pregnant or postpartum; a 100-year-old WWII vet receives France's highest honor. 

Tax filing deadline approaches; Student visas revoked; WWII veteran honored by France

April 14, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
A downed tree at Smith-Gaudry Park in Savannah after Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

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Haven't filed your taxes yet? Georgians have until May 1 due to Hurricane Helene

Georgians rushing to meet the April 15 deadline to file taxes have a little breathing room due to a natural disaster.

April 14, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Some universities are using AI to help read student names at graduation ceremonies. Image by Midjourney AI

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Georgia colleges restrict use of AI for classwork. Some will use it to call names at graduation

Young adults across Georgia will soon be passing that major milestone: walking across the stage, taking their diplomas in hand and basking in the applause after their names are read.

April 14, 2025
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  • Ross Williams
People gather for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery to announce the installation of a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington.

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Funding cuts to humanities councils are affecting plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary

Leaders of state humanities councils, including Georgia Humanities, say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration will force them to scale back or eliminate celebrations next year commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary.

April 14, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Tybee Island beach in Savannah, Georgia. (Visit Savannah/Facebook)

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GPB morning headlines for April 14, 2025

Do waves from ships headed to Savannah affect Tybee Island? Fort Gaines disbands its police department; Rory McIlroy is the 2025 Masters champion.

April 14, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Bernice King

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Georgia Today: Bernice King speaks out against HUD cuts; Fort Gaines disbands its police department

On the April 11 edition: Bernice King speaks out on federal cuts to public housing; Fort Gaines disbands its police department; and Columbus celebrates the centennial of the Liberty Theatre

April 11, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
Bernice King daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Jr Center Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for April 11, 2025

A killer mistakenly released from jail in Clayton County recaptured in Florida; Trump administration to release records about the Bobby Kennedy and MLK assassinations; Bernice King speaks out on Trump funding cuts in public housing.

April 11, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs, Ga.

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Lawmakers Huddle: Warm Springs commemorates 70th anniversary of polio campaign

This weekend, Meriwether County marks a significant milestone in medical history — the 70th anniversary of the nation's polio vaccination campaign.

April 11, 2025
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  • Donna Lowry
Bernice King daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Jr Center Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Bernice King reflects on the Fair Housing Act, made law after her father's killing

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for projects and tries to reduce funding for nonprofits that handle housing discrimination complaints. King is the CEO of The King Center and the youngest daughter of civil rights leaders The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

April 11, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Participants learn arrangements at a CommUnity ATL Choir session on Jan. 27, 2025.

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Atlanta's CommUNITY choir offers singers career advice — and their favorite songs from decades past

Strangers gathering to sing hit songs from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is a worldwide trend people are willing to pay to experience. Deanna Dixon's choir is betting on it.

April 11, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a media tour and grand opening at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for April 11, 2025

The family of a mentally ill Macon man who died in the Bibb County jail are preparing a civil lawsuit; Gov. Kemp is weighing a U.S. Senate run; hunters worry about bird flu in turkey hunting season.

April 11, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Twenty-two people originally from 15 different nations took the Oath of Allegiance to become United States citizens at the William Augustus Bootle Federal Courthouse in Macon Wednesday. The group was made up of students, mothers, fathers, engineers and even an entomologist.

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In Macon, a day to celebrate becoming an American

Close to two dozen people took the final step toward American citizenship in a ceremony in Macon's Bootle Federal Courthouse.

April 11, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
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