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Tim Weah of the United States leaves the field after receiving a red card during a Copa America Group C soccer match against Panama in Atlanta, Thursday, June 27, 2024.

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  • Sports

US Soccer Federation says Weah, other players targets of racist abuse after Copa America loss

Tim Weah and other members of the U.S. national team were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the Americans were beaten 2-1 by Panama in the Copa America. The U.S. Soccer Federation issued a statement saying it was "deeply disturbed with the racist comments made online."

June 28, 2024
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  • Associated Press and
  • Orlando Montoya
Sen. Jon Ossoff at the Fulton County Courthouse on June 25 for a press conference to discuss to continued USPS mail delays.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Senators on incarcerated deaths, military infrastructure, row crop farmers

For the week ending June 28, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on launching an inquiry to help prevent the deaths of incarcerated people in federal, state, and local facilities, providing infrastructure upgrades to several military facilities in Georgia, introducing legislation to double the Pell Grant maximum award to students, and supporting row crop farmers in Georgia.

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Raphael Warnock praises President Joe Biden’s debate performance in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

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  • Elections

Georgians react to Biden-Trump debate

Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.

June 28, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Jill Nolin
This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for June 28, 2024

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off in Atlanta last night in the first debate of the 2024 election.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Midtown ahead of the presidential debate in Atlanta last night.

Savannah councilmembers voted Thursday to demolish the city-owned Martin Luther King Jr. Arena, a roughly 10,000-seat venue downtown.

June 28, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
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  • Elections

Biden and Trump address economy and immigration in presidential debate

In the first debate of the presidential election, President Biden and former President Trump address economy and border security concerns.

June 27, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

A raspy and sometimes halting Biden tries at debate to confront Trump, who responds with falsehoods

A raspy President Joe Biden has repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

June 27, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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Georgia Today: Pres. debate tonight in ATL; Inclusive brain scans; Port of Brunswick biz increases

On the Thursday, June 27 edition of Georgia Today: The presidential debate will be held in Midtown Atlanta tonight; an effort is underway to make brain scans work equally well for Black and white kids; and the port of Brunswick continues to takes on more traffic after the Baltimore bridge collapse.

June 27, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
fNIRS scan

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  • Health

Scientists have cutting edge technology to scan kids' brains. But it wasn't built for all heads

How a Middle Georgia researcher is working on making brain scanning technology more accessible.

June 27, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSONSAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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GPB evening headlines for June 27, 2024

Georgia swing voters, along with partisans on both sides of the political spectrum, all have their eyes on a presidential debate.

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump could shake up the race for the White House tonight on CNN in Atlanta.

GPB's Sarah Kallis is traveling with the president and will be inside CNN. GPB's Amanda will be outside covering potential protests.

June 27, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The mouth of Blackbeard Creek on Sapelo Island, as seen in 2017. The island's post office is among more than a dozen coastal infrastructure sites in Georgia identified in a new study on sea level rise.

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  • Climate

Coastal Georgia's at risk from sea level rise. Here are 15 sites where regular flooding could happen

From a nuclear submarine base in Camden County to a maritime shipping warehouse in Savannah, sea level rise is threatening essential infrastructure up and down the Georgia coast.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence panel at their first meeting on June 26, 2024. (Ambria Burton/GPB News)

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  • Politics

‘Part of the fabric of our society.’ State Senate committee on AI holds first meeting

On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence met for its first meeting. Created from Senate Resolution 476, the study committee will dedicate seven to eight meetings to look at AI, its current and future in Georgia, and the concerns surrounding it in society.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Georgia Medical Cannabis Society Founders Yolanda Bennett (left) and Angela Weston (right) frequent the Bookstore Gallery, an Atlanta cannabis store, to buy products that help manage their pain.

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  • News

'We’ve got a long way to go.' Georgia residents navigate complex maze of cannabis laws

Laws around marijuana are getting looser on some levels and stricter in others. Georgia consumers are left to figure things out for themselves.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Gina Palmer, owner of She Salon, is flanked by Senator Jon Ossoff (right) and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, spoke of having to watch many of her friends close their small businesses during the Trump administration. “I have seen my friends close their businesses because they were struggling to get by,” Palmer said. “Because of the Biden-Harris administration we are making a comeback.” Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

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  • Elections

Biden and Trump surrogates set sights on the Black vote in Georgia

With the 2024 presidential election just a little more than four months away, surrogates for both the Biden-Harris administration and for former United States President Donald J. Trump are hitting the campaign trails throughout Georgia. 

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Donnell Suggs
East Point City Hall

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  • Politics

Sen. Ossoff proposes bill providing $20 million funding for East Point water infrastructure

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is proposing legislation that would designate $20 million to make improvements to one metro Atlanta city’s water system.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Preparations for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season began in advance of the June 27 CNN broadcast.

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for June 27, 2024

President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump are facing off in Atlanta for the first presidential debate of 2024.

A ‘Sickle Cell Sanctuary’ in Atlanta is providing health support and education for managing chronic disease and the pain that goes with it. 

A program of the US Department of Agriculture aimed at stemming child hunger during the summer break from school has officially begun in Georgia.

June 27, 2024
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