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Georgia's abortion rate continues to rise as state awaits decision on new law

ATLANTA — The number of abortions performed in Georgia jumped by nearly 4,000 in 2021 — about 12% — over the previous year, according to the latest count from the state Department of Public Health.

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Donnell Rawlings, 'Chappelle's Show' alum, working on Netflix special a second time

ATLANTA — Veteran stand-up comic Donnell Rawlings late last year taped an hourlong special for Netflix with Dave Chappelle as the executive producer.

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John Clay: SEC commissioner gives his state-of-the-conference message: ‘We are a superleague’

ATLANTA — Greg Sankey wasn’t about to beat around the proverbial bush.

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Georgia congressman fights subpoena from Fulton County grand jury

ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Jody Hice on Monday became the second member of Congress to challenge a subpoena issued by the Fulton County special grand jury examining Georgia’s 2020 elections.

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Delta orders 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines is adding the Boeing 737 MAX to its fleet with an order for 100 of the jets.

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W. Kamau Bell wrestles, surfs, eats bison bile and tackles the word 'woke'

ATLANTA — Comedian, activist and CNN host W. Kamau Bell admits he's no athlete and proved it multiple times this upcoming season on his Emmy-winning magazine series "United Shades of America," courtesy of taping an episode focused on sports.

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Legal arguments in judges' hands as Georgia awaits abortion ruling

ATLANTA — State lawyers told a federal appellate court Friday it should let Georgia's stalled abortion law go into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Terrible Restrictions on Food Trucks Are Still a Thing

Atlanta, Sioux Center, and too many other cities and towns are still treating food trucks like second-class businesses.

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Atlanta’s homicides up for 3rd straight year as leaders take steps to combat deadly surge

ATLANTA — A baby killed by a stray bullet. A cab driver slain after dropping off his passenger. A young woman shot to death over mayonnaise.

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Vaccine uptake slow as cases among youngest children rise

ATLANTA — Sesame Street’s Elmo, who is 3½, recently got his COVID-19 vaccine.

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Some NBA execs deem Dejounte Murray, Rudy Gobert trades ‘reckless’

But there is always risk, no matter how great the players involved. Several front-office executives around the league used a word beyond "risk" to describe the recent Atlanta and Minnesota deals for Dejounte Murray and Rudy Gobert respectively: ...

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Deadline day for attorneys to file arguments in Georgia's abortion law

ATLANTA — Attorneys debating Georgia's stalled anti-abortion law have through the end of the day Friday to file documents arguing their case to a panel of federal appeals judges after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

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Henry Payne: Road tripping to a Georgia raceway in the Cadillac XT5

BRASELTON, Georgia — Three years ago, I watched here at Road Atlanta Raceway as a blood red, V-8-powered Cadillac DPi-V.R prototype streaked ahead of a snarling pack of IMSA race cars into Turn One on its way to a convincing victory at the Petit Le Mans 10-Hour endurance race.

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Dikembe Mutombo Has Long Battled Disease in His Native Country. Then COVID-19 Hit His New Home.

The longtime NBA star died of brain cancer Monday. We are republishing this story from 2022, honoring his many humanitarian efforts.

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A new reality: Georgia Democrats keep money advantage over GOP

ATLANTA — Long before Stacey Abrams released her financial figures, Republicans ensured key supporters knew she would raise more campaign cash than Gov. Brian Kemp. The biggest question with U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's latest haul was whether he'd top his last record-breaking report.

Axios

Low-income groups hit hardest by heat waves

This Axios video shows how climate change affect slow-income Atlanta residents.

WEKU

There's a massive housing shortage across the U.S. Here's how bad it is where you live

Hundreds of cities and towns are seriously short of housing, both homes to buy and rentals, according to a new study. It's the main reason that home prices and rents are so high.

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Mark Bradley: The Braves lost a series. The Mets proved a point.

ATLANTA — This was different. The Mets left town having not embarrassed themselves. They took the series, stretched their division lead by a game and gained the respect of their longtime nemesis.

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Mets knock three HRs on way to 7-3 win over Braves, clinching series

ATLANTA – The Mets broke out the bats and poured it on in the series finale at Truist Park. They took advantage early and left no doubt about which divisional playoff contender would snatch the critical three-game set in their first matchup of many in the coming weeks.

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Monkeypox cases in Georgia increase to 48

ATLANTA — With the number of monkeypox cases ticking upward in Georgia and around the world, more monkeypox vaccines are expected to arrive in the state soon as part of a nationwide effort to stem the outbreak.

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Warnock raises more than $17M in three-month span

ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock set the latest in a string of fundraising records by collecting $17.2 million between April and June, ending the quarter with roughly $22.2 million in the bank for a race that could decide control of the Senate.

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EXPLAINER: How Trump allies may be pushed to testify in Ga.

The Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election is heating up

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Atlanta hits pair of two-run homers to defeat Mets

ATLANTA — For a second time in as many games Tuesday night, the Mets’ depleted lineup managed to do what few other clubs have done lately, drive up the pitch count of one of Atlanta’s highly effective starters and get him out of the game during or immediately after the…

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Braves’ Ronald Acuña confident he can win Home Run Derby

ATLANTA — As a kid, Ronald Acuña wouldn’t miss a Home Run Derby.

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Campaign misstep? Herschel Walker’s strategy — double down

ATLANTA — Herschel Walker’s claims that he worked in law enforcement were debunked as untrue. So it would seem like he’d want to steer clear of the topic.

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