Georgia

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...

Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd

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Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers...

Democrats seizing growing power to run for statewide offices

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ATLANTA — For more than a decade, Georgia Democrats struggled to lure highly qualified, big-name candidates to run for statewide office. With Republicans firmly...

VP Harris making Southern stops to promote vaccination

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration's top environmental official are making stops in several Southern states to promote an...

Undoing Trump rule won’t likely affect Okefenokee mine plan

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Biden administration’s plan to revive protections for some wetlands and streams that got eliminated during Donald Trump’s presidency isn't likely...

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....

Georgia state trooper shoots suspect on I-285 near airport

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ATLANTA — A Georgia State Patrol trooper shot a murder suspect in an exchange of gunfire off a highway near the Atlanta airport Wednesday...

Pipeline exec to face Congress as US recovers most of ransom

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WASHINGTON — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware last month is expected to detail his company's response to the...

Martha White dies, sparked ’53 Louisiana capital bus boycott

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Martha White, a woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana's capital city, has died. She was...

Black pastors in Georgia press for federal voting bills

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ATLANTA — Black church leaders in Georgia vowed Tuesday to keep up their fight for federal voting rights legislation, with one pastor urging President...