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A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. NASA.

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GPB morning headlines for April 8, 2024

Georgia will see part of the North American solar eclipse this afternoon.

50 years ago today, Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the record set by Babe Ruth in 1935.

Columbus is offering $5,000 incentives to lure remote workers to the city.

April 08, 2024
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GPB evening headlines for April 5, 2024

Georgia's Republican Party started the process of removing its vice chairman after a judge found he violated state election laws.

A state inmate faces federal charges for allegedly building bombs from inside prison -- and mailing them to government buildings.

Police are investigating after a man being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail was stabbed to death by another inmate.

April 05, 2024
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Bernice King, CEO of the King Center, speaks in front of her parents' crypt on April 4, 2024 to mark 56 years since her father was assassinated.

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GPB morning headlines for April 5, 2024

Georgia's Republican Party started the process Thursday of removing its vice chairman after a judge found he violated state election laws.

Federal prosecutors have indicted a state inmate in Georgia with charges of making and mailing bombs from inside prison in South Georgia.

Thursday marked the 56th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His family gathered at Atlanta's King Center for a wreath-laying ceremony.

April 05, 2024
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Onlookers gather to watch as volunteers  release rehabilitated and endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles into the waters off Jekyll Island.

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A second chance at life for rehabilitated sea turtles released off Georgia coast

Volunteers gathered at Jekyll Island’s South Beach to release dozens of endangered sea turtles back to water — the largest such release in Jekyll Island's recorded history.

April 04, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 in the Georgia case accusing the former president of scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss. The bond agreement was outlined in a court filing signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Trump’s defense attorneys.

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GPB evening headlines for April 4, 2024

The judge overseeing Georgia's election interference case has rejected former president Donald Trump's free speech arguments.

Today marks the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His family marked the day at the King Center.

Nuclear Plant Vogtle's expansion has reached another milestone as it nears completion after years of cost overruns and delays.

April 04, 2024
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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The electric utility said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 that its second new reactor has begun splitting atoms.

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GPB morning headlines for April 4, 2024

The second of two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle has reached 100% power.

Jekyll Island Wednesday saw the largest release of rehabilitated sea turtles in the islands recorded history. 

Food-reviewing TikTokker Keith Lee says he plans to give Atlanta another try.

April 04, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for April 3, 2024

Powerful thunderstorms moved across Georgia over night and into this morning. 

Kaiser Permanente is investing nearly $500,000 to support the work of Resilient Georgia and its Mental Health Workforce Accelerator program.

Over the last year, over 500,000 adults and kids in Georgia have lost their Medicaid coverage during a nationwide check of program eligibility, dubbed Medicaid unwinding. 

April 03, 2024
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PBS NewsWeekend What’s at stake for Americans at risk of losing Medicaid as unwinding continues

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GPB evening headlines for April 2, 2024

Over the last year, more than a half-million Georgians have lost their Medicaid coverage in a nationwide review of program eligibility.

A line of strong thunderstorms is expected to roll into Georgia tonight, starting in Northwest Georgia, with damaging winds possible.

Warmer spring weather also brings more snakes slithering around Georgia.  But most of them you'll encounter are not dangerous.

April 02, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for April 2, 2024

Georgia regulators have found in favor of a small railroad in an eminent domain dispute between the company and landowners in rural Hancock County.

The Port of Brunswick is expected to handle a wave of diverted shipments from the Port of Baltimore, where terminal traffic is reduced because of last week's bridge collapse.

New funding will help reopen the hospital in Cuthbert. 

April 02, 2024
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Rebirth Brass Band (left) and Eddie 9V will perform at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival, which runs through April 13 at various venues in the city.

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Savannah Music Festival brings world-class performances to intimate venues. Here's what to expect

The 2024 Savannah Music Festival runs through April 13 at various venues in the city. The festival supports year-round educational programs and presents a wide variety of musical genres, including performances by soprano Renée Fleming, pianist Emanuel Ax, Rosanne Cash, Rebirth Brass Band and others.

April 01, 2024
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A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson

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GPB evening headlines for April 1, 2024

The Port of Brunswick is expected to handle a wave of new shipments from the Port of Baltimore after last week's bridge collapse.

A new study finds that human-caused climate change is threatening thousands of archaeological sites along Georgia's coastline.

It'll be a little more expensive to go shopping in Augusta-Richmond County starting today because of a voter-approved sales tax.

April 01, 2024
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Ossabaw Island, seen here partially eroded after Hurricane Michael in 2018, is among the coastal regions at risk of cultural heritage loss, according to new research.

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Study finds thousands of Georgia's archaeological sites in danger due to storm surge, sea level rise

The research gives preservationists “a sense of how to plan” in the face of climate change.

April 01, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for April 1, 2024

A new study finds that human-caused climate change is jeopardizing thousands of archeological sites in coastal Georgia.

Georgians have until April 2, 2024 to make sure their homes, businesses and neighborhoods are accurately represented on a map of areas that lack high-speed Internet access.

The Macon Bibb County Sheriff’s office is asking people who own doorbell cameras and other surveillance systems to join a new program giving officers easier access to the footage.

April 01, 2024
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Governor Brian Kemp is shown speaking in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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GPB evening headlines for March 29, 2024

State lawmakers stayed up past midnight last night to pass bills and reject others on the last day of this year's General Assembly.

The legislature handed Governor Brian Kemp many of his top economic priorities.  Many of the Senate's "culture war" bills stalled.

The sheriff's department in Macon-Bibb County wants residents with doorbell cameras to join a program to help share the footage.

March 29, 2024
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Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal will perform in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts as part of the 2024 Savannah Music Festival. The duo will also perform at Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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Ahead of Savannah Music Festival, Rosanne Cash talks 30 years of 'The Wheel' and Georgia music faves

Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal are touring in celebration of  the 30th anniversary of The Wheel, Cash's album they co-produced together in 1993. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with Cash ahead of her upcoming performances with Leventhal on April 3 at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival and April 7 at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta. 

March 29, 2024
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