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Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in September, 2024.

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  • Africa

Attack leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Such attacks have become common in north-central Nigeria, where gunmen exploit security lapses to launch deadly raids on farmers in a fight over land resources.

April 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Netflix series <em>Adolescence</em> follows Jamie (Owen Cooper), a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham plays Jamie's father, Eddie. Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happening?"

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  • Television

'Adolescence' co-creator says 'maybe we're all accountable' for youth violence

The Netflix series follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happening?"

March 31, 2025
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By:
  • Sam Briger
Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the way chimps treat strangers.

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  • Animals

Unlike chimps, bonobos offer hope that maybe we can all get along

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.

November 16, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel

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  • Global Health

In a hot room, you're told to play a vicious game. Will heat make you behave badly?

The study assigned subjects to one of two rooms: 68 degrees or a sweat-inducing 86 degrees. They played a computer game that can bring out the worst in human nature. What are the real-world lessons?

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
The future middle Georgia home of the GBI Gang Task Force, the Bibb County government known by some as "The Castle."

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  • Law

Macon-Bibb County and the GBI ink deal for a regional gang task force headquarters

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is moving the headquarters of the Middle Georgia branch of the state’s Gang Task Force into a fortress-like Macon-Bibb County government building known by many simply as “The Castle.” 

April 21, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As antisemitism goes mainstream, a look at the Jewish history of Georgia

Friday on Political Rewind: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazi Party. But disturbingly, antisemitism is once again being mainstreamed in our politics. Our special panel explores Georgia's Jewish history, marked with both hope and violence.

January 27, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
Andre Dickens Atlanta Jan. 21, 2023

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  • News

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says arrested rioters 'traveled to our city to wreak havoc'

The Atlanta mayor appeared on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday morning after a protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta Saturday night.

January 23, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
From left, Macon-Bibb County Fire Department Chief Shane Edwards, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis and Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller during the announcement Monday of efforts to hire part time patrol deputies.

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  • Law

Macon-Bibb County will attempt to shore up its deputy ranks with part-time officers

Macon-Bibb County will attempt to shore up its understaffed deputy ranks with part-time officers.

October 17, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Washington State Prison in Davisboro is one of two Georgia prisons completely without air conditioning.

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  • Law

Lots of things drive violence in prison. Add heat to the list

To keep our cool in this record hot summer, most of us are probably choosing to spend more time in air conditioned spaces. But many people in prison, especially across the South, don’t have that option. Meanwhile, the federal Department of Justice is still investigating Georgia prisons, trying to get to the root of persistent violence there. They might take a look at the heat.

 

August 16, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Press conference at Macon Government Center

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  • Law

Macon's mayor wants to bring the community together to prevent violence. Here's the plan

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller unveiled a sweeping violence-prevention plan aimed in part at combating the soaring homicide rate here by uniting police, schools and dozens of local agencies with a common goal: curtailing crime.

 

December 09, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Kovac
Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence.

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  • Law

Ahead Of Macon Violence Forum: 'Come Not Looking To Win, But For Solutions'

Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence. She has advice for those attending the second: "Come not looking to win, but to look for solutions that benefit all of us."

July 14, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
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  • Law

Looking For Solutions Amid The Pandemic Homicide Spike

The covid pandemic has coincided with more death from one of the nation’s chronic health issues: gun homicide. Cities across the country, but more often in the South, have seen a spike in the number of gun homicides in the last year and a half. What isn’t easy to understand is why this is happening or what to do about it.

June 10, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Israeli police take a Palestinian into custody during a protest at the Masjid al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Clashes Between Palestinians, Israeli Police In Jerusalem Leave Many Injured

Around 100 Palestinians were injured as protesters and Israeli police clashed in the latest of several nights of violence over possible evictions of Palestinians from land claimed by Jewish settlers.

May 09, 2021
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  • H.J. Mai
First lady Melania Trump says she condemns the violence at the Capitol last week and personal attacks on her.

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  • Politics

Ignoring Husband's Role, Melania Trump Decries Violence, 'Salacious Gossip' About Her

The first lady issues a statement denouncing violence and "false misleading accusations on me."

January 11, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp preempts the ability of the state's cities and counties from mandating the wearing of masks.

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  • National

Georgia Governor Calls Up National Guard, Declares State Of Emergency Due To Violence

Georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency and called up the National Guard. It follows weeks of violent crime and property destruction in Atlanta. Thirty people were shot last weekend.

July 07, 2020
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  • Stephen Fowler
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