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Georgia Today: Public Service Commission Primary Elections; Job Corps students sue Dept. of Labor

On the Wednesday June 18th edition of Georgia Today: Voting in the Public Service Commission primaries come to a close, with low voter turnout; Job Corps students sue the US Department of Labor; and Senator Jon Ossoff criticizes the defunding of maintenance programs for military housing.

June 18, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Karen Read and members of her legal team gesture to supporters with the American Sign Language "I love you" sign after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, in Dedham, Mass.

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Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal

Read was accused of hitting her boyfriend with her car and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, but alleged she was the victim of a cover-up by his fellow officers. Her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer arrives before a House Education and Workforce hearing, Thursday, June 5, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Job Corps students bring a second suit to stop plans to shutter the program

Two suits have now been filed to stop the federal Department of Labor from ending an almost 60-year-old program for job training for low income young people.

June 18, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
President Trump speaks to the press as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025.

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Pro-Trump media figures split over the U.S. role in the Israel-Iran conflict

Many of President Trump's nominal media allies are breaking with him over his backing of Israel, arguing it will lead to a wider war.

June 18, 2025
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  • Huo Jingnan
Alexander Freeman #16 of the United States battles Sheldon Bateau #4 of Trinidad and Tobago during the Gold Cup 2025 on Sunday in San Jose, Calif. The U.S. defeated Trinidad and Tobago to snap a four-game losing streak as it eyes next year's World Cup, which the U.S. is co-hosting.

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With the World Cup a year away, the U.S. men's soccer team needs a shot in the arm

A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.

June 18, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Rosalynn Carter testifies on behalf of the President’s Commission on Mental Health before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources on February 7, 1979. She was the second first lady to appear before Congress.

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How the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers advocates for Georgians caring for loved ones

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers is merging with the Carter Center's mental health program. How will the merger help RCI meet its goals?

June 18, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
Marian, left, and Charlie Keen get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cochran, Ga. in January 25, 2021.  The South Central Health District which includes Cochran was on pace to vaccinate as many as 300 people at the six hour vaccination event.

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Georgia department of public health cautions about summer wave of infectious diseases

COVID cases often spike in the summer. Meanwhile reported cases of measles and pertussis have been much higher this year compared to last.  

June 18, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Federal prosecutors say seven men from Southern California stole approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and watches in 2022, some of which are pictured in this photo shared by the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.

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Prosecutors call it the biggest jewelry heist in U.S. history. Here's what to know

A federal indictment accuses seven Californians of stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, precious gems and luxury watches from an armored semitruck leaving a jewelry show in 2022.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Jazz House Kids students

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Jazz House Kids is rewriting the rules of jazz education

Jazz House Kids trains the next generation of jazz stars — alums include Isaiah J. Thompson and Immanuel Wilkins — and gives every young musician a place to belong.

June 18, 2025
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  • Emily Springer
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York's 17th District, marches in the 2025 Israel Day Parade, on New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, May 18.

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Iran 'dangerous' to peace, says GOP Rep. who backs Trump on U.S. military involvement

As President Trump weighs U.S. military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., says he backs any move by the president "if that is what is required to finish the job."

June 18, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • H.J. Mai
Vials for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2025.

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  • Health

A sixth case of measles in Georgia this year infects a member of an unvaccinated family

The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed its sixth measles case of 2025. The individual is an unvaccinated family member of a previous case.

June 18, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.

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Remembering Mother Emanuel, 10 years after racist attack on famed Charleston church

Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.

June 18, 2025
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  • Debbie Elliott
InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut in which he was being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre.

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of hiding money from Sandy Hook families

U.S. bankruptcy Trustee Christopher Murray has filed three suits accusing Infowars host Alex Jones of hiding millions of dollars in cash and property.

June 18, 2025
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  • Tovia Smith
Major Supreme Court cases that remain include a challenge to President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship. About two weeks remain in the term.

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Supreme Court faces new headwinds with roughly 2 weeks left in the term

Some 20 cases remain to be decided — about a third of the total argued cases — many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket, with its own list of cases, looms over the other opinions.

June 18, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
The southern black racer is one of Georgia’s 40 non-venomous snakes that are protected by law from being hunted or killed. Richard Stovall/Unsplash

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Killing GA’s non-venomous snakes may bring more trouble than you think

Georgia ranks eighth among states with the most snake species, according to the World Population Review, but only seven out of 47 are venomous. Despite this, it is illegal to kill non-venomous snakes and most nongame animals in the state of Georgia.

June 18, 2025
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  • Cameron Smith and
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