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Voters are seen exiting the polling station, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.

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Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'

Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a "ghost town" on Election Day. Republicans tried to avoid voting early in the last two election cycles because Donald Trump cast doubt on the practice.

November 01, 2024
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Rev. Byeong Cheol Han poses for a portrait at Korean Central Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Chamblee, Ga. The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders say Korean Americans need to be more vigilant to protect against religious cults and the possible exploitation of new arrivals from South Korea.

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'Soldiers of Christ' killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults

The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders say Korean Americans need to be more vigilant to protect against religious cults and the possible exploitation of new arrivals from South Korea.

January 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Damage is seen at a house on South Main Street in Pembroke, Ga., 30 miles from Savannah, after a storm passed through the city, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

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La Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run

The natural temporary weather phenomenon La Nina is gone and that's good news for a disaster-weary Southeast. Weather disasters generally but not specifically connected to La Nina repeatedly smacked the region during the three years it lasted.

March 10, 2023
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Cordel Tyus and Devo McGraw sit on roofing that blew off of an industrial building and wrapped around their house after a tornado ripped through Selma, Alabama, U.S. January 12, 2023. Mickey Welsh/USA Today Network via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

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Tornado death toll grows in Alabama and Georgia

Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South in a system that killed at least nine people in Alabama and Georgia and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of the civil rights movement.

January 13, 2023
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  • Kim Chandler, Associated Press|Jeff Martin, Associated Press
Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., pauses as she gathers her thoughts at a news conference on her reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022. Derzis also owns a clinic in Columbus, Ga.

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In Columbus, an abortion clinic is in high demand from other states with no access

Diane Derzis thought she was prepared for Roe v. Wade, and the constitutional right to an abortion, to be overturned. At clinics she owns across the South, she had, in fact, been preparing for months. 

“Then you get there and it’s like ‘Oh my God,’” Derzis said. 

June 28, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Gregory Matarazzo takes a break from cycling as the temperatures hovered over 100 degrees in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

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Heat wave keeps Midwest and South in its sticky grip

People are flocking to pools, beaches and cooling centers in a swath of the Midwest and South spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes, as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond.

June 16, 2022
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How to keep yourself safe during a tornado

Outrunning a tornado is very unlikely. But there are several things you can do to increase your chances of staying safe if a tornado hits.

March 22, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A grave marker amid the trees in the African American cemetery outside the Penfield Cemetery of Mercer University.

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  • History

A path toward reconciling history and slavery cuts through a cemetery

Around the country, colleges and universities are beginning to work through their historical relationships to the institution of slavery. Sometimes the history is well documented, even if ignored. In other cases, the connection between higher learning and slavery requires some detective work.

March 11, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
A winter storm with record snowfall slammed into the Mid-Atlantic states, stranding thousands of motorists overnight on 50 miles of I-95 in Virginia.

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The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are bracing for several more inches of snow

Heavy snow rolled through Tennessee and Kentucky on Thursday, and was expected to hit several states across the northeast next.

January 06, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
In 2015, Trapper Dan Eaton prepares to release a female coyote, wearing a GPS tracking collar, after working with scientists to include her in a three year study of coyotes in the Deep South.

Seeing Coyotes Everywhere? New Science Explains Why

Three years ago, a coyote with ice blue eyes lay stock still as scientists took her blood, weighed her, and fixed a GPS collar around her neck on a dirt...

January 08, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
President Trump speaks to reporters on June 18, 2019, the day he tweeted that the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants would soon begin. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has said a more modest 2,000 will be targeted.

Kept Or Not, Trump's Immigration Promises Change Lives

Most weekdays, Ana wraps up cleaning houses around 4 and gets in her car. That’s when she starts her second job: cruising the streets of Houston County...

June 23, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Food

'White Trash Cooking' Becomes Recipe For 2019 James Beard Award

Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking was released in 1986 to mixed reviews. Some of the recipes in the cookbook include "Uncle Willie's Swamp...

May 06, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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  • Author Interviews

Author Breaks Down The Language Of 'Southern Lady Code'

Understanding what southern ladies are saying has nothing to do with accents. That's what author Helen Ellis wants people who aren't from the South to...

April 29, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott

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"On Second Thought" For Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The University of Tennessee is making a big promise: Starting in 2020, the system will offer free tuition to qualifying low-income students enrolling at...

April 09, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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A home destroyed by a tornado in rural Crawford County near the city of Fort Valley. The family who lived there were away when the storm hit.

At Least 23 Dead as Storms, Possible Tornados Hit Deep South

Originally published Sunday, March 3 at 8:47 p.m. This story has been updated. A sheriff confirmed at least 23 people were killed Sunday by a possible...

March 04, 2019
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