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News Articles: Georgia

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, center, announced a $200,000 reward leading to the arrests and convictions of arson suspects allegedly protesting the construction of the city’s public safety training center. (Screen capture)

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Police announce $200K reward for information on ‘Cop City’ arson suspects

A $200,000 reward is being offered for information on arson suspects protesting the construction of the city’s public safety training center, also known as “Cop City.” 

December 15, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. Meadows is trying to avoid having to testify before a Georgia special grand jury that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the state's 2020 election. A lawyer for Meadows on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, argued in a court filing in South Carolina that Meadows shouldn't have to go to Atlanta to testify.

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GPB evening headlines for December 15, 2023

Former Trump aide Mark Meadows wants a federal appeals court to move his trial on election interference charges to federal court.

A federal judge temporarily is blocking Metro Atlanta's Cobb County from using a newly-drawn political map for its school board.

The chief magistrate in Fulton County plans to stop handling preliminary hearings in felony cases for the county's Superior Courts.

December 15, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Best Music of 2023

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The best music of 2023

Taking a cue from NPR's Best Music of 2023 lists, members of the GPB News staff have compiled their favorite Georgia gems, Southern sounds, musical moments and international hits from the past 12 months.

December 15, 2023
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Georgia Today: Giuliani loses defamation suit; Vigil for journalists killed in Gaza; StubHub list

On the Friday, Dec. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Voting rights groups score a win in their challenge to Cobb County's school board district maps; Atlanta journalists rally in support of reporters killed in Gaza; and we'll tell you which Atlanta events had the highest attendance this year according to StubHub.

December 15, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Indigo Girls Emily Saliers (left) and Amy Ray are enjoying a year of resurgence thanks the film projects and high-profile appearances. The Atlanta duo's latest album "Look Long" was released on Rounder records in 2020.

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Indigo Girls on their incredible, musical year: 'Barbie' movie 'kicked off a snowball effect'

Film projects, high-profile media coverage and a revival of their 1989 single "Closer to Fine" boosted the careers of Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and Emily Saliers in 2023. The Atlanta duo spoke with GPB about the importance of music and causes during a time of global unrest, their kinship with the city's hip hop community and all things Barbie.

December 15, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Attorney Sidney Powell, an attorney for Donald Trump, speaks during in Alpharetta, Ga., Dec. 2, 2020. A Georgia judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them all of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long

The apology letters that Donald Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were required to write as a condition of their plea deals in the Georgia election interference case are just one sentence long.

December 15, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County Jail

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Chief magistrate decision would increase Fulton jail overcrowding, officials say

The ACLU of Georgia and the Southern Center for Human Rights shared suggestions to deal with overcrowding at the embattled Fulton County Jail and police violence in Atlanta in a joint press conference on Thursday.

December 15, 2023
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  • Bob Pepalis
Fulton County Jail

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GPB morning headlines for December 15, 2023

The deadline to sign up for health insurance through the marketplace is Friday. Plans provide coverage established through the Affordable Care Act also known as “Obamacare.”

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat testified in front of a panel of state Senators Thursday as part of a legislative investigation into Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail.

A federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday that could decide the fate of an effort to stop a planned police and fire-fighter training center in Atlanta.

A group of Atlanta based journalists and local press are coming together to hold a vigil for the news workers killed in Gaza since the war began October 7th.  

December 15, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
 Georgia and Alabama have agreed to four objectives that include minimum water flow levels at sites in Columbus, Georgia and Columbia, Alabama.

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Advocates hopeful after Georgia, Alabama officials announce plan to settle water war outside court

An agreement between the states of Georgia and Alabama in a yearslong water dispute is being celebrated for where it came about: outside of a courtroom.

December 15, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

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Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers' case

Jurors will continue deliberating Friday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives.

December 15, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A pilot program that will supply Buford Highway-area families with weekly groceries opened on Dec. 7, thanks to the non-profit We Love Buford Highway. 

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Little Bodega opens to feed Buford Highway families

A pilot program that will supply Buford Highway-area families with weekly groceries opened on Dec. 7, thanks to the non-profit We Love Buford Highway. 

December 15, 2023
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  • Logan Ritchie
Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, speaks to the press at a diner on Monday, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Ferguson said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, that he plans to leave office after finishing his term next year, saying he looks forward to spending more time with his family.

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Georgia Today: 'Cop City' referendum appeal; U.S. Rep. Ferguson retiring; Perry HS are state champs

On the Thursday, Dec. 14 edition of Georgia Today: A federal appeals court hears arguments on the Atlanta police training center referendum; West Georgia congressman Drew Ferguson says he plans to retire; and Perry High School celebrates its first state championship.

December 14, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, speaks to the press at a diner on Monday, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Ferguson said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, that he plans to leave office after finishing his term next year, saying he looks forward to spending more time with his family.

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GPB evening headlines for December 14, 2023

West Georgia Congressman Drew Ferguson, a fourth-term Republican, says he'll retire from the US House at the end of next year.

A federal appeals court heard arguments today that could decide the fate of an effort to stop a police training center in Atlanta.

State education officials today released a full spectrum of school accountability numbers for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

December 14, 2023
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Looking for health insurance? Georgia insurance navigators can help

If you enroll in a marketplace plan on or before Dec. 15, 2023, coverage will begin on Jan. 1, 2024. If you enroll in a plan after Dec. 16, 2023, coverage will begin on Feb. 1, 2024. 

December 14, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Activists gather outside Atlanta City Hall, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, where they delivered dozens boxes full of signed petitions to force a referendum on the future of a planned police and firefighter training center. An analysis of petition entries by four news organizations finds it’s unclear whether petitioners have enough valid entries to force the citywide vote, with nearly half the entries unable to be matched to eligible registered Atlanta voters.

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Appeals court hears 'Cop City' petition case

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case that could decide the future of an effort to stop Atlanta's planned new public safety training center.

December 14, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
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