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People attach a towline to a stranded vehicle on a flooded street after heavy rain from Tropical Storm Debby, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Savannah, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for August 6, 2024

About 45,000 homes and businesses don't have power in South and coastal Georgia Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Debby moves through the region.

A South Georgia hospital is modernizing its labor and delivery unit to better serve new parents. 

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NOAA forecast: Hurricane Debby could dump up to 30 inches of rain along the coastlines of Georgia and South Carolina through Friday, Aug. 9, 2024

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GPB morning headlines for August 5, 2024

Hurricane Debby made landfall in Northern Florida Monday morning. The storm is tracking northeast toward Georgia.

Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Atlanta Saturday evening.

Attorneys for a man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found near a running trail at the University of Georgia campus have asked a judge to move his case out of Athens-Clarke County.

August 05, 2024
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Oct. 1, 2024 is Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday. A concert featuring more than a dozens celebrities and musical acts will pay tribute to the former president at Atlanta's Fox Theatre on Sept. 17, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for August 2, 2024

A group trying to energize conservative women visited Atlanta Thursday as part of a national bus tour ahead of former President Donald Trump’s Atlanta rally Saturday

An ongoing federal investigation into the mistreatment of pregnant women in U.S. prisons and jails has found over 200 reports of human rights abuses, according to Georgia’s U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff at a hearing on Wednesday.

Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock is introducing a bill meant to address the affordable housing crisis in the state and across the country.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored next month ahead of his 100th birthday.

August 02, 2024
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The USPS 2024 Hank Aaron Stamp features artwork by Chuck Styles.

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GPB morning headlines for August 1, 2024

Agriculture is one of Georgia’s leading industries, bringing in roughly $80 billion a year. Now state senators are considering legislative approaches to curb agricultural land loss over a series of committee meetings that started on Tuesday in Statesboro. 

Stamp collectors and baseball fans converged at Truist Park in Atlanta Wednesday to witness the unveiling of the new Hank Aaron stamp.

August 01, 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two as she departs Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for July 31, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Atlanta Tuesday evening for a rally to energize Georgia voters.

The Georgia State Election Board voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally.

Ahead of the November election, the Georgia office of the secretary of state is making surprise spot checks of county boards of elections to ensure voting machines are working fairly and accurately.

July 31, 2024
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Georgia Secretary of State's Office technician Chris Bellew runs a test on Bibb County elections systems while Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks to a reporter Tuesday.

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Bibb County and others get a clean bill of voting machine health from the state

Ahead of the November election, the Georgia office of the secretary of state is making surprise spot checks of county boards of elections to ensure voting machines are working fairly and accurately.

July 30, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for July 30, 2024

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has launched a new way for Georgia voters to cancel their own voter registrations.

Some residents in Rome's Floyd County are pushing against plans for the site of the Rome Speedway.

Officials in Macon-Bibb County have released results of a pilot study into how childhood trauma affects the mental health of people in the community.

July 30, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for July 29, 2024

A Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission met for the first time last week to address Medicaid reform in Georgia.

It's back-to-school season for Georgia students over the next few weeks. And it'll be the first return to classes with a new state law aimed at protecting students around bus stops.

July 29, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for July 26, 2024

The family of an incarcerated man who died in custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections is suing the agency over negligence. 

A state judge has denied a request filed by three district attorneys to block the Prosecuting Attorney’s Qualification Commission.

Georgia has almost double the national rate of pregnancy-related deaths. And a big part of that is access to maternity care. But a new study from Georgia Tech suggests measuring access to obstetric care is flawed.

July 26, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for July 25, 2024

President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office last night for first time since he announced he was stepping aside in the race for president.

A Savannah-based nonprofit is partnering with the City of Atlanta to distribute food, shelter and other services to immigrants and refugee families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness.

A new program is providing relief for family members and unpaid caregivers of Georgians living with dementia.

July 25, 2024
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President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the State Dining Room of the White House on April 4, 2023, in Washington.

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GPB morning headlines for July 24, 2024

President Joe Biden will address the nation Wednesday night for the first time since he announced his withdrawal from the presidential race.

A probate court judge has approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South's last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants.

Delta Air Lines has canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday—more than the total flights canceled by the airline in 2018 and 2019. The Atlanta-based company is now facing a federal investigation.

July 24, 2024
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Opioid settlement from Kroger is set to bring millions to Georgia. But like others, it'll take time

Some Georgia counties are being invited to get their share of Kroger’s $1.2 billion, multi-district settlement over the franchises participation in the opioid addiction crisis.

July 23, 2024
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Hundreds of suitcases are lined up near baggage claim at the airport in long lines

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GPB morning headlines for July 23, 2024

Georgia voters have been reacting to President Joe Biden ending his reelection campaign and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.

Delta passengers are still  waiting in long lines at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson International Airport to be reconnected with their luggage after a software update Friday led to mass flight delays cancellations. 

Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff traveled to technical colleges in Georgia Monday to promote legislation that he says will help community colleges better prepare students for in-demand careers.

July 23, 2024
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President Joe Biden speaks about the government’s COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022.

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GPB morning headlines for July 22, 2024

President Joe Biden announced on Sunday in a statement posted to social media that he is bowing out of the race for president.

The effects of the global technology outage on Friday continued through the weekend.

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found off the coast of Ireland for the first time in more than 100 years.

July 22, 2024
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Headstones from the Woolfolk family sit overturned in the Rose Hill Cemetery on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. The Woolfolk family marker includes nine family members who were murdered in 1887. The area was vandalized this month. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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Macon graves linked to infamous Georgia murder were vandalized. Investigation underway

A gravesite in Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery containing the remains of a family killed in a grisly murder more than a century ago was vandalized earlier this month, and investigators are looking for the suspects.

July 19, 2024
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