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Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud speaks with reporters in the Braves clubhouse Monday, April 22, 2024.

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Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud enjoying 'wild' hot streak

Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud is currently enjoying a hot streak rarely seen in Braves history. 

April 23, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. The NFL's investigation of the Atlanta Falcons' possible violation of tampering policies before signing quarterback Kirk Cousins won't conclude before this week's NFL draft. For Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot, that means the team won't lose any draft pick this year as he looks to build around Cousins.

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Falcons' draft won't be impacted by NFL's investigation of possible tampering violation with Cousins

The NFL's investigation of the Atlanta Falcons' possible violation of tampering policies before signing quarterback Kirk Cousins won't conclude before this week's NFL draft. For Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot, that means the team won't lose any draft picks this year.

April 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Eddie Murphy, a cast member in "Candy Cane Lane," is interviewed at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles.

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Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie 'The Pickup'

Several crew members were injured when a car and truck collided on the Georgia set of the Eddie Murphy film "The Pickup." Amazon MGM Studios says in a statement that the accident happened Saturday and all safety precautions were taken beforehand.

April 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Queens House of Detention, New York

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Georgia Today: Dept. of Corrections held in contempt; Tick map; School choice bill becomes law

On the Tuesday, April 23 edition of Georgia Today: The Georgia Dept of Corrections is in trouble for failing to fix certain practices deemed unconstitutional; a new map lists the locations of Georgia's most common tick species; and Gov. Brian Kemp signs into law a controversial school choice bill.

April 23, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Gov. Brian Kemp

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GPB evening headlines for April 23, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill offering students at low-performing public schools $6,500 vouchers to attend private school.

A federal judge has found the Georgia prison official in contempt over conditions in the state's harshest solitary confinement unit.

A California recycling company said today it plans to build a $1 billion facility to turn used plastic into new plastic in Upson County.

April 23, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Kemp signing bill

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Controversial school vouchers bill signed into law

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial school choice bill into law on Tuesday. 

 

April 23, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden is announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

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Biden will speak at Morehouse commencement, an election-year spotlight in front of Black voters

President Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker for Georgia's Morehouse College and at West Point next month. The Morehouse appearance in Atlanta gives Biden a key election-year platform on one of the nation's preeminent historically Black campuses.

April 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A worried young woman sits on a bench in this stock image.

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It must be the network: 42% of Georgia’s insured children use out-of-network mental health providers

An estimated 42% of Georgians have to go out of network for residential substance misuse and psychiatric residential treatment for kids, according to new research.

 

April 23, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Morehouse College graduate Yaegel Welch (right) performs in the Broadway touring production of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' with actor Richard Thomas. The cast performs in seven shows from May 7 to 12, 2024 at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' actor Yaegel Welch on the story's timeless lessons about race and truth

Morehouse College graduate Yaegel Welch stars with Richard Thomas in the current Broadway touring adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee's 1960 novel about Southern life in the 1930s. He spoke with GPB ahead of its run at Atlanta's Fox Theatre May 7 through May 12.

April 23, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver, second from left, in a 2023 meeting of the Board of Corrections. Oliver is one of the named defendants in a civil rights case flowing from Georgia's solitary confinement practices.

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In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises

A federal judge has found leaders of the Georgia Department of Corrections in contempt of a 2019 agreement GDC made with attorneys for people incarcerated in the state’s most extreme solitary confinement unit.

April 23, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship

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Emory researchers have mapped lone star tick locations in Georgia

The map can give researchers clues to understanding tick-borne diseases, while also showing the public where they’re likely to encounter a lone star tick in the state.

April 23, 2024
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  • Devon Zwald
A new historical marker on Macon's Poplar Street describes the slave market on the site of the brick building in the left background of the image which at one time recently was a yoga studio.

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 23, 2024

A federal judge has found leaders of the Georgia Department of Corrections in contempt of a 2019 agreement GDC made with attorneys for people incarcerated in the state’s most extreme solitary confinement unit.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in congressionally directed spending is making its way down to Macon, where some of that money is helping grow emergency medical services. 

New historic markers unveiled in Macon on Monday will serve as the anchor points to a new digital presentation of the city’s Black history. 

April 23, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Former Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan announces his retirement during a news conference Monday, April 22, 2024, in Flowery Branch, Ga.

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Matt Ryan calls it a career. The quarterback officially announces his retirement

Matt Ryan has called it a career. Ryan officially announced his retirement as a player after putting up Hall of Fame-worthy numbers over his long career with the Atlanta Falcons but coming up shy of a Super Bowl championship.

April 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Atrium Health Navicent received $600,000 in federal appropriations to buy four new van-style ambulances Sen. Jon Ossoff says are “the latest and greatest.”

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Atrium receives $600K to purchase new ambulances for Macon, Middle Georgia counties

Atrium Health Navicent received $600,000 in federal appropriations to buy four new van-style ambulances Sen. Jon Ossoff says are “the latest and greatest.”

April 23, 2024
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  • Laura Corley
A new historical marker on Macon's Poplar Street describes the slave market on the site of the brick building in the left background of the image which at one time recently was a yoga studio.

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  • History

'A long time coming': How Macon is preserving Black history in bronze and QR codes, one by one

New historical markers unveiled Monday in Macon are the first to present the city’s Black history solely for its own sake. 

April 22, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
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