Georgia

News from the state of Georgia

Effects worker sentenced for illegal explosives on movie set

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A special effects worker was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for illegally possessing explosives while working on a movie starring John...

Hate crime bill starts journey through S Carolina Statehouse

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill that would make South Carolina the 48th state in the nation to pass a hate crime law started its...

Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort

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NEW YORK — They're just your regular neighborhood pharmacists, but some now wear superhero capes. ...

Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void

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SURRY, Va. — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near...

In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate...

Georgia moving to repeal citizen’s arrest after Arbery death

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ATLANTA — Georgia moved closer Thursday to the possible repeal of an 1863 law that lets private citizens make an arrest, more than a...

Analysis: NBA All-Star break could lead to testing pratfalls

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MIAMI — The NBA should be worried about this weekend, and that has nothing to do with holding an All-Star Game during the ongoing...

Endangered right whale found dead off S. Carolina beach

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale was found dead over the weekend off the coast of South Carolina, more...

Official: 3 dead in small plane crash in northeast Georgia

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GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A single-engine plane bound for Florida crashed after takeoff Friday evening from an airport in northeast Georgia, killing the three people...

Vaccinated for virus, Jimmy Carter and wife back in church

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PLAINS, Ga. — Now that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are vaccinated against COVID-19, they have returned to one of their favorite...