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Atlanta Hawks Trae Young

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Hawks lose All-Star point guard Trae Young for at least 4 weeks with a torn ligament in left pinkie

The Atlanta Hawks' All-Star point guard Trae Young was hurt during Friday night's loss to Toronto and will have surgery Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

February 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Power hikes prompt legislation to restore consumer advocate for PSC electricity rate cases

Two House and Senate legislative committees unanimously backed proposals that would shift the responsibilities of Georgia’s utilities regulators. State legislators also advanced a bill to give the PSC authority over water companies.

February 26, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for February 26, 2024

Georgia is in the minority among U.S. states in not having a centralized, statewide plan for addressing homelessness. 

Nonprofits in Georgia are expanding to provide more people with disabilities access to medical equipment and assistive technology.

The state House is backing a measure to criminalize the use of "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence to impersonate candidates in political campaign ads.

February 26, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A suspect is in custody for the death of Laken Riley, UGA police said Friday.

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Georgia university town is shaken by the killing of a nursing student who was out on a run

The killing of a nursing student in Georgia who was out running has shaken the university town of Athens. Twenty-two-year-old Laken Hope Riley, who was studying at Augusta University, went out for a run Thursday morning but did not return.

February 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
FILE - A runner makes her way along the path at Gray's Lake Park, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. The killing of a 22-year-old nursing student has once again put the spotlight on dangers faced by female athletes who practice sports alone. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Killing of nursing student out for a run underscores fears of solo female athletes

The killing of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Hope Riley while on a morning run in a forested area of the University of Georgia has once again put the spotlight on dangers faced by female athletes who practice sports alone.

February 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A suspect is in custody for the death of Laken Riley, UGA police said Friday.

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Suspect taken into custody in death on UGA campus

The University of Georgia Police Department said there were no indications of a continuing threat to the UGA campus related to this matter.

 

February 23, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
A police mobile command center vehicle is shown in the distance across a grass lawn and in front of apartment unites.

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GPB evening headlines for February 23, 2024

The University of Georgia has identified a person of interest being questioned in connection with the death of a woman on campus.

Movie heavyweight Tyler Perry is pausing plans for an $800 million expansion at his Atlanta studio because of artificial intelligence.

The state House is backing a measure to criminalize the use of "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence in campaign ads.

February 23, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist was one of several landmarks that Savannah's St. Patrick's Day parade passed by. The parade traditionally begins after the conclusion of the cathedral's morning mass.

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New historical marker in Savannah honors roots of city's 200-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade

The downtown marker at 132 Montgomery St. will be unveiled Saturday.

February 23, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
WellStar Atlanta Medical Center shut its doors on Nov. 1, leaving the city 460 hospital beds poorer. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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Report: Portion of Atlanta Medical Center to be used as temporary shelter

The former athletic club at Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center will become a temporary emergency shelter for unhoused residents, according to a report by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

February 23, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Georgia State Capitol

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Georgia Republicans seek to stop automatic voter registration in state

Georgia’s automatic voter registration has put almost all eligible citizens on the rolls, but now some Republicans want to turn that system off.

February 23, 2024
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  • Jeff Amy and
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Rep. Lauren Daniel (R- Locust Grove), spoke at the March for Life at the Georgia Capitol on Feb. 22, 2024.

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'Lawmakers': Mid-year budgets, artificial intelligence and remembering Rosalynn Carter on Day 25

Today at the Capitol, the chambers clashed over the mid-year budget, and lawmakers debated safeguards against a new type of election fraud.  

February 22, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Fifth grade Due West Elementary School teacher Katie Rinderle is shown seated in this posed photo.

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Georgia board upholds firing of teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity

The firing of a suburban Atlanta teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class has been upheld by the Georgia Board of Education. 

February 22, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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EPA tells Georgia it is not following the law on toxic waste from generating electricity

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has begun asserting its authority over Georgia plans for the long term storage of the toxic material left over from burning coal to make electricity, so called coal ash.

February 22, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Okefenokee Swamp

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GPB evening headlines for February 22, 2024

State lawmakers are considering a three-year pause on permits for mines near Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

State lawmakers seem ready to ease limits on the construction of new health care facilities -- limits known as Certificate of Need.

State Attorney General Chris Carr vowed to defend the state's anti-abortion law at the annual March for Life at the Georgia Capitol.

February 22, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A son hugs his father in a kitchen

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Georgia study counts Americans born in the '80s and '90s living with an intellectual disability

Researchers with Augusta University are estimating how many adults nationwide are living with an intellectual disability.

February 22, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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