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Fentanyl and xylazine in street drugs are deadly. Here's how to get free test strips to detect both

Test strips for xylazine are available alongside fentanyl test strips to help prevent overdose deaths.

March 08, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The Tomochichi Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, as seen on April 17, 2023.

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  • Politics

Renovation timeline is delayed at Savannah's federal courthouse, after last year's partial collapse

The downtown gem has been closed since September 2021.

March 08, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James shoots during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles.

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'The Book of James' chronicles basketball legend LeBron's power on and off the court

LeBron James is arguably the greatest basketball player to ever play the game — some argue even better than Michael Jordan. But James has brought more than tremendous skill to the court.

March 08, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
An electric truck built by electric vehicle maker Rivian

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Georgia Today: Rivian plant on pause; Mental health app; Atlanta United opening weekend

On the Friday, March 8 edition of Georgia Today: Rivian's plan to pause its Georgia EV plant is causing a lot of finger pointing among local officials; a new app aims to help health care workers care for their mental health; and it's home-opener weekend for Atlanta United. We'll explain why expectations are so high.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Part of the roof at Mary Mac’s Team Room collapsed during heavy rain in Atlanta.

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UPDATE: Mary Mac’s Tea Room working to reopen as ‘quickly as possible’ after roof collapse

 Mary Mac’s Tea Room on Ponce de Leon Avenue is working to reopen “as quickly as possible” after heavy rain caused a partial collapse of the restaurant’s roof on Wednesday morning.

March 08, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley

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Georgia jobless rate down for first time in more than a year

Georgia’s unemployment rate declined in January for the first time in more than a year, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.

March 08, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
President Joe Biden holds up a Laken Riley Botton as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024, in Washington.

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Biden says her name — Laken Riley — at urging of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republicans had demanded it but never expected President Joe Biden to say it during his State of the Union address. Biden said the name of Laken Riley.

March 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Martin Luther King III, right, the son of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., walks with his daughter Yolanda, and Naomi King, left, the wife of Rev. King's brother, A.D., through an exhibition devoted to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King died Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Atlanta, according to family members. She was 92.

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Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies

Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92. Family members say she died Thursday in Atlanta.

March 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A truck leaves the site of a planned Rivian electric truck plant Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Rutledge,Ga. Rivian says it's pausing construction of the $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia.

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Automaker Rivian pauses construction of its $5 billion electric truck plant in Georgia

Electric truck maker Rivian says it's pausing construction of a $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia. The announcement Thursday put the brakes on Georgia's second-largest economic development project, which came with $1.5 billion in incentives from the state and local governments.

March 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Wide exterior shot of the Georgia state capitol

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GPB morning headlines for March 8, 2024

President Joe Biden addressed the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in his State of the Union address last night.

The Georgia House approved a $36 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The federal agency that oversees government property has added over a year to the renovation time line of Savannah's historic federal courthouse.

March 08, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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No bond for the brother of accused killer of Laken Riley

A federal judge denied bond on immigration chargers for the brother of the suspected killer of Georgia college student Laken Riley.

March 07, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Name Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens visited the legislature Thursday. House Speaker Jon Burns recognized the mayor's dedication to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, and Dickens spoke on statistics in crime reduction.

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‘Lawmakers’: Atlanta’s mayor — and hundreds of scouts — visit the Gold Dome on Day 31

Lawmakers in the House fulfilled an important requirement for the session today, and several special visitors came to the Capitol.  

March 07, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Gov. Brian Kemp stands next to a Rivian electric truck while announcing the company's plans to build a $5 billion plant east of Atlanta projected to employ 7,500 workers, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Some residents oppose the plant, saying it will spoil their rural quality of life.

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GPB evening headlines for March 7, 2024

Rivian will produce a new electric vehicle model in Illinois instead of Georgia, a major setback for state officials counting on a plant.

The brother of the man accused of killing Athens nursing student Laken Riley will be detained without bond on immigration charges.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has qualified to run for reelection as she faces a firestorm of scrutiny in the election case.

March 07, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A large reproduction of an Oscar statuette stands at a luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. in 2023.

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Oscars preview: Which films have Georgia connections?

Sunday is the 96th annual Academy Awards. Big-name films like Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon are up for honors this year. For Georgians, there are a couple categories to watch as movies and actors from the Peach State are up for nominations. 

March 07, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, holds a poster with photos of murder victims Sarah Root and Laken Riley as she speaks on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington.

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House Republicans push bill to arrest migrants accused of theft after Georgia student killed

The House has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of theft. Republicans are seizing on the recent death of a nursing student in Georgia to rebuke President Joe Biden's border policies just hours ahead of his State of the Union address.

March 07, 2024
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