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Bibb County Sheriff David Davis announced he would temporarily cancel speeding tickets issued by automatic school zone cameras Wednesday, March 20, 2025, in a video on the sheriff’s office Facebook. Bibb County Sheriff's Office Facebook

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  • Politics

Automatic speeding tickets suspended in Macon. Sheriff wants clarity from GA lawmakers

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis paused the citations after local feedback, seeking clarity from the Legislature about enforcement.

March 21, 2025
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  • Jesse Fraga
In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington.

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  • Law

U.S. government cannot deport Georgetown scholar until court rules, judge orders

A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump Administration and accused of spreading Hamas propaganda.

March 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Carl Erik Rinsch at an event in Los Angeles in 2015.

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  • Law

Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million

Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer's money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, and more.

March 20, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Have you seen this toilet?

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  • Strange News

UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty

The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.

March 20, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. A federal judge is asking the government for proof that it complied to his order in its deportation of more than 200 alleged Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1789.

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  • Law

Judge calls 'woefully insufficient' the Trump administration response to his order

Judge James Boasberg had earlier asked the Trump administration to provide more details about weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador — despite his order to turn the planes around.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
An investigator looks over the scene at a Tesla Collision Center after a person used incendiary devices to set several vehicles on fire on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that five Teslas were damaged and believe that the suspect fired three rounds from a firearm at the vehicles and spray painted the word "RESIST" on the entrance.

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  • National

3 people face federal charges for Tesla attacks. Are such acts domestic terrorism?

Attorney General Pamela Bondi says the accused are part of a "wave of domestic terrorism." Experts say this is a common stance of the federal government and can be used to seek stiffer penalties.

March 20, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Lawmakers in the Georgia House react to the vote in SB 68, which passed 91 to 82 on March 20, 2025, with a handful of representatives crossing party lines in their vote on the legislation.

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  • News

Tort reform passes Georgia House, advances closer to becoming law

The Georgia House narrowly passed a bill that would limit civil lawsuits in the state, bringing Gov. Brian Kemp’s top legislative priority closer to becoming law. 

March 20, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis

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  • National

Do you feel you can exercise your right to free speech? NPR wants to hear from you

NPR wants to know who is feeling more and less free to exercise their free speech rights in this moment. Have you found yourself letting loose more under President Trump or are you holding back?

March 20, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference on tariffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Ottawa.

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  • Asia

Canada says China executed four Canadians earlier this year

Beijing's embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due to drug crimes and noted that China does not recognize dual citizenship.

March 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Trump administration deported hundreds of alleged members of the Tren De Aragua and Mara Salvatrucha gangs to El Salvador over the weekend.

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  • Law

Judge extends deadline for deportation flight details as DOJ continues to resist

The Justice Department is fighting not to divulge more information about flights that deported alleged gang members to El Salvador. The federal judge is giving lawyers another day to respond.

March 19, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil (R) talks to the press during a press briefing organized by Pro-Palestinian protesters in June 2024.

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  • Law

Mahmoud Khalil's immigration case moves to New Jersey from New York

The decision offers a venue compromise in the bellwether case, while Khalil's legal team seeks to release him from detention and block his deportation.

March 19, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

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  • World

Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024

The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, especially by those based in Congo and the Central African Republic.

March 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A young supporter of bullfighting joins a demonstration in support of bullfighting outside Mexico City's Congress where lawmakers are expected to debate its continuation in Mexico City on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration

The decision sparked angry protests from bullfighting supporters and matadors, some of whom tried to breach a police barricade at the local Congress.

March 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to be the final arbiter of many of the challenges to the Trump administration's actions.

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  • Law

Trump calls for the impeachment of a judge, as lawsuits pile up

To date, 127 legal cases have been filed against the Trump administration's actions since President Trump took office. The cases challenge an enormous range of subjects.

March 18, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Former U.S. Agency for International Development employees terminated after the Trump administration effectively dismantled the agency collect their personal belongings at USAID headquarters on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution

The Trump administration likely violated the Constitution when it effectively shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge has ruled.

March 18, 2025
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  • Fatma Tanis and
  • Benjamin Swasey
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