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Mark Bradley: Isn’t it time we heard from Georgia coach Kirby Smart?

ATLANTA — This is Kirby Smart’s program, for better and for worse. He’s paid $11.25 million per annum to win national titles, which he has done two years running. He’s also charged with running a program filled with players and staff. Forty-five days ago, one player and one staffer died.

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Gender identity schools bill stalls in Georgia Senate

ATLANTA — Georgia legislation that would have prohibited classroom discussions about gender identity without parent permission stalled in a committee hearing Wednesday, undermining its odds of becoming law.

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Several kids sick, 2 taken to hospital after ingesting liquid at Atlanta school

Nine third graders ingested a “foreign liquid substance” at an Atlanta school Wednesday, causing several of them to feel ill, the school district said.

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Police: UGA football staffer drunk, traveling 104 mph before fatal crash

ATLANTA — University of Georgia staffer Chandler LeCroy’s blood alcohol level was .197 -- twice the legal limit -- and she was traveling 104 mph just before the fatal Jan. 15 crash that led to her death and the death of offensive lineman Devin Willock, police announced Wednesday.

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Georgia prisons see unprecedented number of suicides

ATLANTA — Georgia prisons set a record for inmate suicides last year, with 39 men and one woman taking their own lives, an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows.

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Former Atlanta fire chief says God brought slaves to America to save them

ATLANTA — A former Atlanta fire chief, fired eight years ago over his self-published book that likened homosexuality to bestiality, spoke to a group of state government workers Monday for Black History Month. During the meandering speech, Kelvin Cochran said it was God’s plan to bring Africans to America as…

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Atlanta’s Carter Center preps for future without founder

ATLANTA — The first time Paige Alexander shook President Jimmy Carter’s hand, as a 12-year-old touring the White House Rose Garden with her mother, the Atlanta native joked that she never wanted to wash her hand.

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Falcons release Marcus Mariota, gain $12 million in cap space

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marcus Mariota experiment officially is over in Atlanta.

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Falcons Twitter reacts to Marcus Mariota being released

#Falcons fans react to the team releasing quarterback Marcus Mariota

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms leaving White House job

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is leaving her temporary role as a senior official in the Biden administration, but she made clear Monday she intends to stay involved in public policy as she returns to Georgia.

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Bill could remove Black Democrats on South Georgia election board

ATLANTA — Voting rights advocates are warning that Black voters in a South Georgia county could lose representation on their local elections board under a bill advancing through the General Assembly.

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Do older adults have to rethink their retirement plans?

ATLANTA — Rethinking your retirement plans may be more common than you think.

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Refugees and their advocates see a champion in Jimmy Carter

ATLANTA – Dr. Heval Kelli moved to metro Atlanta in 2001 as a Syrian refugee. After washing dishes early on to help support his family – the victims of violence and persecution in their homeland – he became a physician.

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Jimmy Carter's final foe: A parasitic worm that preyed on millions in Africa and Asia

ATLANTA — Just a few hours before President Jimmy Carter underwent his first radiation treatment for brain cancer, he spoke of his hope, in the time he had left, to purge the world of a parasitic worm disease.

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Visit Atlanta’s Apex Museum for the African-American Panoramic Experience

ATLANTA — Founded in 1978, APEX Museum is the oldest Black history museum in the city of Atlanta. There on Auburn Avenue, inside the century-old building constructed by African American Masons, it‘s Black History Month every month.

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Trae Young Silences Hawks Season-Ticket Holder in Wild Twitter Feud

Atlanta's star guard clapped back at a chirping fan.

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Hawks hire Snyder as coach to replace fired McMillan

Quin Snyder has been hired as the Atlanta Hawks coach

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Report: Hawks to Hire Quin Snyder As Next Coach

Atlanta moved quickly to replace Nate McMillan, as they’ve agreed to terms with the former Jazz coach.

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Ohio town reels from Norfolk Southern derailment disaster

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — On the night three weeks ago that a Norfolk Southern train derailed here, flames erupted from the wreckage and released toxic smoke. Brian Crossmon said his eyes burned and his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son vomited as they were forced to flee their home.

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Susie O'Neill reflects on her Olympic memories as young athletes aim for Brisbane 2032

Many young athletes will be setting their sights on the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. So how did the prospect of competing at the 2000 Games in Sydney motivate swimming great Susie O'Neill?

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Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack successfully undergoes open heart surgery as club provide update on his condition

Cormack is in Atlanta and went under the knife earlier on Friday, the PIttodrie club have confirmed.

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Carter Presidential Center is home to archives and activism

ATLANTA — The Carter Center and Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum — collectively known as the Carter Presidential Center — have been a cornerstone of Atlanta’s history since their establishment in the 1980s.

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Phil Steele predicts preseason AP college football top 10. Where is Ohio State?

Phil Steele is one of the best in the business and has a knack for predicting the AP Top 25. Here's what he says about next year. #GoBucks

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Callander songwriter picks up two awards at international competition

Dina receives two ISSA awards at ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.

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New wave of Georgia election bills target ‘Zuckerbucks’ and bar codes

ATLANTA — Republican Georgia senators rolled out a package of bills Thursday that continue to focus on perceived flaws in the 2020 presidential election, attempting to restrict outside money, eliminate votes scanned from bar codes and ban foreigners from being hired as election workers.

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