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News Articles: Georgia

 Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Top row, from left Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Michael Roman, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sen. Shawn Still. Center row, from left, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro. Bottom row from left, Robert Cheeley, Harrison Floyd, Stephen Lee, Scott Hall, Misty Hampton, Cathleen Latham, Trevian Kutti

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U.S. Supreme Court immunity ruling likely further delays Fulton racketeering case

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday establishing a legal standard for presidential immunity could further slow down Georgia’s 2020 presidential election interference case, several legal experts predict.

July 02, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Plastic bottles

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GPB morning headlines for July 2, 2024

The Atlanta City Council has approved a $2 million settlement to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car in 2020.

A challenge to voter registrations in Macon-Bibb County failed Monday on the first day a new state law took effect that many say is aimed at making those challenges more successful.

People in Middle Georgia's Upson County are beginning to question whether or not they want to be the site for a cutting edge plastics recycling facility. 

July 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Sharkland: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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Georgia Today: SCOTUS grants immunity for presidents; New Georgia laws; Safety around sharks

On the Monday, July 1 edition of Georgia Today: The Supreme Court grants U.S. presidents immunity for "official acts"; new laws go into effect as Georgia's new fiscal year begins; and a fish expert shares how to stay safe from sharks as you venture out into the ocean.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs the budget for the year beginning July 1, 2024 at the state capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Kemp says the document shows Georgia can boost spending and cut taxes at the same time.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for July 1, 2024

Today begins the state's new fiscal year, with many new laws going into effect.  Those include a pay-raising budget for teachers.

Many critical infrastructure sites in coastal Georgia are projected to flood at least twice a year by 2050 because of sea-level rise.

Five members of a Georgia family visiting New York for a baseball tournament died when a small plane crashed in rural New York.

July 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural part of the state.

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  • News

5 members of Georgia family killed when small plane crashes in New York

Authorities say five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural part of the state.

July 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Tyler Mitchell's 'Untitled (Paper Planes), 2022' is a key work in his new solo exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. The show is on display until Dec. 1, 2024.

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  • Art & Design

'Tyler Mitchell: Idyllic Space' shines at Atlanta's High Museum. Plus: art at CDC, fashion at SCAD

Several art exhibitions and Atlanta are grabbing attention at the High Museum of Art, SCAD Fash and the CDC. GPB's Devon Zwald and Kristi York Wooten discuss why they're shows worth seeing.

July 01, 2024
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  • Devon Zwald and
  • Kristi York Wooten
An empty waiting room with four chairs

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  • Health

'Sickle cell warriors' now have a sanctuary in Atlanta

The sanctuary specializes in holistic wellness through exercise, massage, stress management and psychotherapy for people living with sickle cell disease.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Usher poses with the Lifetime Achievement award in the press room during the BET Awards on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

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  • News

BET Awards 2024: Usher is honored by Childish Gambino, Chloe Bailey performs

Usher has been honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards. Childish Gambino, Coco Jones and Keke Palmer were part of a stacked all-star tribute to the R&B superstar.

July 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Students in AI Camp react to teacher Joe Finkelstien prompting an AI on the projector. From left to right, campers from the week of June 10, 2024: Christabelle Kabuye, Bryson Brandon, Aiden Wright, and Lawson Surles.

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  • Technology

A Macon day camp introduces kids to the ethics of AI

Young children today may never know a time without AI.  So how do you teach kids to use AI effectively — and ethically?

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Taleen Hanna
Douglas G. Frank speaks to a group of people about the Georgia election process as data is projected onto his body, Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Rome, Ga. Frank is among those urging people to file voter challenges using a software tool called EagleAI to get potentially ineligible voters removed from the registration rolls.

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  • News

In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges

Conservative activists in Georgia and other states are using a new software tool as part of a broader effort to scrub voters from the rolls. As part of this initiative, they're asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge.

July 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
 Several winners of the June 18 Georgia Legislative primary runoffs will spend the early months of 2025 working long hours inside the state Capitol’s Gold Dome. (File Georgia Recorder)

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  • Law

Georgia teacher pay raises among flurry of new state laws taking effect July 1

Soon after the Georgia legislative session ends in the waning days of winter is when bills lawmakers passed become laws but it isn’t until the summer sizzles July 1 when many of those laws take effect.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
U.S. Men's National Team captain Christian Pulisic (center) pursues the ball with Panama's  Michael Murillo right behind him at the June 27 Copa America match at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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  • Sports

At the epicenter of U.S. soccer, Atlanta experiences a seminal moment for the Men's National Team

It is a testament to "Soccer City, USA” that just over 59,000 people made it to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to watch the US Men’s National Team take on Panama in Matchday two of the Copa America Thursday. The fans of the red, white, and blue came to a dinner-hour kick and fought traffic plans, rolling road blocks, and detours to see what was a seminal moment in the tenure of head coach Gregg Berhalter and the host country of the tournament. 

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Nelson
Trump / Biden debate

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  • News

Georgia Today: Pres. debate reactions; Savannah to demolish arena; Weekend art exhibitions in ATL

On the Friday, June 28 edition of Georgia Today: We'll learn more about what Georgians wanted from last night's presidential debate; Savannah city council members vote to demolish a 10,000-seat arena; and we'll tell you about several art exhibitions on view in Atlanta this week.

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden dropped by a Waffle House in Atlanta to pick up food shortly after midnight. He told reporters “I think we did well” when asked about his debate performance. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 28, 2024

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump's nights didn't end when their CNN debate in Atlanta finished yesterday.

The Savannah City Council has settled long-running questions about the future of the city-owned Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena.

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta remains quote "quite optimistic that things are heading in the right direction."

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
The front facade of the Savannah Civic Center, which comprises both the Martin Luther King Jr. Arena and the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

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  • Arts & Life

Savannah City Council votes to demolish Martin Luther King Jr. Arena, renovate Johnny Mercer Theatre

No timeline or cost estimates were included in the resolution.

June 28, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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