Georgia

News from the state of Georgia

Men accused in Arbery’s death to get jury selection hearing

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A judge is expected to delve into the jury selection process at a hearing Thursday for the upcoming murder trial of...

Senators seek Medicaid-like plan to cover holdout states

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ATLANTA — Three Democratic U.S. senators from states that have refused to expand Medicaid want the federal government to set up a mirror plan...

Reports detail tense moments with Georgia election monitors

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ATLANTA — As a pair of election workers sat at a table counting ballots during an audit of Georgia's presidential election in November, no...

Bernice King: Racial justice activism must focus on strategy

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ATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s youngest daughter said she's afraid American society is unraveling, telling a Christian radio network on Thursday...

Kasim Reed files to campaign for comeback as Atlanta mayor

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ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed filed paperwork Wednesday to run again for his old job just four years after leaving City Hall....

Mississippi city honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later

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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi's capital city is honoring the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other...

Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis

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Volunteers at Hindu temples, Muslim groups and Sikh relief organizations across the United States are mobilizing to support India as the world's second most...

Black cemeteries are reflection of deep segregation history

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CHICAGO — As a child, Linda Davis and her mother broke clay pots over the gravesites of their ancestors, allowing the flowers in them...

Gaetz, Greene flaunt new paths to power, testing GOP leaders

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WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans...

Georgia’s Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022

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ATLANTA — President Joe Biden called Georgia's new voting law an “atrocity.” A leading Black bishop called for a national boycott of companies headquartered...