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The Sapelo Island ferry dock on Saturday afternoon. A ramp collapse left several dead on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for October 21, 2024

Seven people are dead after part of a ferry dock collapsed Saturday on coastal Georgia's Sapelo Island, about 40 miles south of Savannah.

Vice President Kamala Harris was joined by musician Usher for an Atlanta rally over the weekend.

Residents in South Georgia are continuing to reach out for mental health services three weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated their homes and communities. 

October 21, 2024
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A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

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Georgia authorities investigate a deadly dock gangway collapse on a historic island

Georgia authorities say they are investigating the collapse of a dock gangway that killed seven people on an island where crowds gathered for a celebration by the island’s community of Black slave descendants.

October 21, 2024
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People enter building on Sapelo Island following dock collapse

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7 dead, 8 injured after Sapelo dock collapse

A dock collapsed at Sapelo Island, leaving several dead and many injured. The island was celebrating its annual Cultural Day.

October 19, 2024
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Hanson (from left): Brothers Isaac, Zac and Taylor perform at Atlanta's Buckhead Theater on Oct. 22 and 23, 2024

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Hanson reflects on 20 years of 'Underneath' and favorite Georgia memories

The Grammy nominated trio from Tulsa, Oklahoma, returns to Atlanta to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its album Underneath. They'll play two nights of concerts at Atlanta's Buckhead Theater on Oct. 22 and 23, 2024.

October 18, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
View from a Home Depot parking lot as smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Ga., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

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GPB evening headlines for October 18, 2024

Nineteen days after a fire at the BioLab plant, Rockdale County officials say all of the chemicals at the facility have been removed.

A federal agency wants to expand the boundaries of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to include a proposed mining site.

South Georgia residents continue reaching out for mental health services three weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the region hard.

October 18, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A sign directs voters to the entrance of the Cobb County Government Services Center in Marietta, Ga., on Oct. 15, 2024.

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Georgia Today: Over one million early voters in Georgia; BioLab fire update; New EV parts manufacturer

On the Friday October 18th edition of Georgia Today: More than one million Georgians have already cast their ballots; Officials in Rockdale County say that all of the chemical product from the BioLabs fire is gone; And another manufacturer of electric vehicle parts is coming to Georgia. 

October 18, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Danae Antoine, who is an Atlanta-based artist, poses for a photo they designed and painted memorializing two Georgia women who died trying to have an abortion. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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New mural a memorial to Georgia women whose deaths advocates blame on state’s six-week abortion ban

A new mural memorializing two Georgia women who died after trying to have an abortion has been unveiled in Decatur, serving as a public reminder of what advocates say is the harm caused by abortion bans.

October 18, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
A FloodVision rendering of a 1% annual chance flood in 2050 at the World War II Home Front Museum on St. Simons Island.

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PHOTOS: Can these images predict Coastal Georgia flooding risks for 2050 and beyond?

“Google Street View, but for coastal flooding” is how one researcher described the tool.

October 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Conservation groups filed suit Tuesday, Nov. 15, against a U.S. government agency challenging its decision to allow a mining project to move forward without federal permits near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge.

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Proposed expansion of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge could lead to buyout of mining project

A federal agency is proposing an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge. That could lead to a buyout offer for property that would otherwise be used for mining project conservationists have fought for years.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
People leave after voting in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia.

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Republicans appeal a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules

The state and national Republican parties are appealing a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republicans want to overturn a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who on Wednesday ruled that the board did not have the authority to pass the rules.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Mayor Andre Dickens and Councilmember Liliana Bahktiari speak about fresh food access following an Invest Atlanta board meeting on October 17, 2024.

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Invest Atlanta partners with city officials to improve fresh food access

A new plan with funding from Invest Atlanta will put 2.5 million dollars towards five new grocery locations in low income areas of Atlanta. 

October 18, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Students and parents file out of the campus of Appalachee HIgh School in Winder, Ga., after being released from lockdown following the school shooting there Sept. 4, 2024.

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Guns: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

A mass shooting at a Georgia high school in September thrust the issue of gun violence to the forefront of the presidential race. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump agree that gun violence is a major problem, but they offer strikingly different views on how to address it.

October 18, 2024
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Resch Expo in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

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Harris will campaign with the Obamas later this month in Georgia and Michigan

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
 Voters line up to cast their ballots on Tuesday, despite the fact that statistically, some of them fear their votes will not be counted. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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If Georgia’s elections are more secure than ever, why do so many voters distrust the system?

Election experts in Georgia often ponder a major discrepancy – the gap between the security of the state’s election apparatus and the amount of trust some people have in it.

October 18, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for October 18, 2024

A grand jury has released indictments against the suspect and his father in last month’s school shooting in Winder, Georgia.

Wellstar Health System says it plans to redevelop its former Atlanta Medical Center campus.

A climate science nonprofit has launched a new tool to help show what major flooding caused by climate change might look like in the future.

October 18, 2024
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