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News Articles: News

Gas prices over $6 a gallon are displayed at a Mobil station in Los Angeles on May 4.

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  • Politics

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran

Suspending the federal gas tax would require an act of Congress.

May 11, 2026
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Cruise ship MV Hondius

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  • News

Georgia Today: Passengers with hantavirus at Emory; New tax bills now law; Last week to early vote

On the May 11 edition: Two-people who were on a ship with hantavirus are now at Emory University; Braves fans say goodbye to iconic manager Bobby Cox; And a new report from Georgia environmental regulators highlights the severity of the state's ongoing drought.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox waves to the crowd as he is introduced at a ceremony to open the Braves' new stadium before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, April 14, 2017, in Atlanta.

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  • Obituaries

Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager of Atlanta Braves, dies at age 84

The Braves announced Cox's death on Saturday. He managed the team to prominence during the 1990s, including a championship in 1995, before retiring after the 2010 season.

May 11, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain.

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  • National

U.S. cruise passengers arrive in the U.S. after one tests positive for hantavirus

One of the 18 Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus during the U.S. return flight. A French woman has also tested positive — she was was among five French passengers repatriated to Paris.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Pien Huang
An image recorded on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission in 1969 shows the shadows of astronauts, along with a highlighted area above the horizon showing "unidentified phenomena," according to the Defense Department.

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  • National

UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department

Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs — the military's term for UFOs — are described in documents released Friday.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Voters depart after casting their ballots at a polling location at the Westover Library on April 21, in Arlington, Va.

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  • Elections

National mood is against Republicans, but redistricting could help prop them up

The national political landscape looks bad for President Trump and Republicans, but recent wins in the redistricting fight could soften the blow they might have suffered without them.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
President Trump said on social media that Iran's response to a U.S. ceasefire proposal was "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"

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  • Middle East

Trump rejects Iran's latest response to U.S. ceasefire proposal

Iran delivered its response to Pakistani mediators on Sunday, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Current Braves manager Brian Snitker with former Manager Bobby Cox in golf cart

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for May 11, 2026

Atlanta Braves icon Bobby Cox died over the weekend; Georgia is now home to U.S. Soccer headquarters; new research shows not all patients receive equal access to cancer screenings; and this is the final week of early voting in Georgia.

May 11, 2026
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Health

Marketers say NAD+ pills and infusions can boost longevity. What's the evidence?

Wellness and longevity influencers are pushing a compound called NAD+. There's scientific interest in its potential, but researchers say the marketing claims have gotten ahead of the science.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Will Stone
Julien Simonis, Programme Manager for Cacao of Excellence, smells and meticulously inspects halved cocoa beans during a physical quality evaluation at the laboratory in Perugia. This sensory and visual assessment allows for the immediate verification of fermentation levels and the identification of aromatic potential or internal defects in the samples

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  • Global Health

A chocolate laboratory in Italy will be good for chocolate eaters — and farmers

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Cacao of Excellence" program.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
President Trump speaks to members of the media prior to a Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White House on May 8, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Trump rejects Iran's ceasefire proposal response. And, Congress to tackle ICE funding

Trump rejected Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal, calling it "totally unacceptable." And, Congressional Republicans are trying to push for three years of funding for immigration enforcement.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
J. Schuberth, who is running for Oregon governor as Pencil, speaks with voters and curious passersby as they walk around downtown Portland, Ore., to campaign on April 23. Schuberth is an advocate for reforming the state's K-12 school system.

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  • National

Oregon's most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point

Oregon's public schools rank last in fourth-grade reading, according to an analysis of national testing. As a wake-up call for elected leaders, Pencil is running for governor as a write-in candidate.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Dirk VanderHart
Let us know your best hacks for cutting costs.

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  • National

How do you cut your food bill? NPR wants to hear your tips

With rising food costs, NPR wants to hear your tips and hacks for reducing your bill.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026.

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  • World

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says

Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said Sunday.

May 11, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The Sa-Nur settlement is pictured in the south of Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 7. Nearby, Israeli settlers dug up the grave of an elderly Palestinian man and forced his family to remove his body.

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  • Middle East

Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their father

The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave.

May 11, 2026
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  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Nuha Musleh
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