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Featured picture for After fierce backlash, Georgia freezes new data center projects through the end of the year

After fierce backlash, Georgia freezes new data center projects through the end of the...

"It's going to pollute our environment and hurt people."
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Selena Sloan Butler, Who Founded the First Black Parent-Teacher Association, Was a Soror of...

Did you know that Selena Sloan Butler, the educator who founded the first parent-teacher association for African Americans and is honored today as a co-founder of the National PTA, was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.?. Selena Sloan was born on January 4, around 1872, in Thomasville, Georgia,...
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Bankrupt Aliera health plan to pay settlement after leaving customers with huge medical debts

The Georgia family behind the now-bankrupt Aliera health plans and Trinity HealthShare has agreed to a California settlement that includes more than $5 million in civil penalties, but court filings show the family claims it does not have enough money left to pay the full amount.
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East Cobb Biz Scene: Kroger unveils 2 new store renovations

While the expansion continues at its Parkaire Landing store, Kroger is putting the finishing touches on renovations at two other stores in East Cobb. Last week the newly renovated store at the Sandy Plains Centre (2960 Shallowford Road) reopened to the public. The $1.95 million renovation includes a new Murray’s...
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Large tree falls in Atlanta apartment complex, damaging vehicles

Crews were out picking up the pieces Monday morning after a large tree fell on a parking lot of a northwest Atlanta apartment building.
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Former High Museum executive pleads guilty to embezzling $600,000

The former Chief Operating Officer of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta pled guilty to federal theft charges after being accused of “pilfering” $600,000 from the museum.
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Texas man accused of threatening Jewish employees of Georgia’s Flock Safety

The Texas man is accused of leaving a message in Atlanta-based Flock Safety's voicemail inbox threatening that he would find and kill the company's Jewish employees.
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Young black bear wanders through metro Atlanta backyard, captured on camera

A young black bear wandering through a Smyrna neighborhood has residents on alert.
Featured picture for Water main break closes a busy road in Roswell

Water main break closes a busy road in Roswell

Officials are urging motorists to avoid the area and use alternate routes.
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2 metro Atlanta men sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking following deadly crash

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking following a deadly crash in 2023, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said. Daryl Hubbard, 46, of Conyers, provided two men with narcotics from a warehouse he leased in...

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