The Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s Office for Civil Rights sent letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. Those states have barred […]
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Gov. Kemp begs hesitant Georgians to get vaccinated; stops short of COVID mandates
Monday afternoon, Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp pledged to call up as many as 2,500 additional National Guard troops to combat the Delta Variant of the Coronavirus. In his executive order, Kemp also announced a subsidy to get state employees and retirees fully vaccinated. Additionally, Kemp reminded everyone at the State Capitol that getting vaccinated […]
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January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in ‘Stop the Steal’ rally
The House Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot has requested that a group of telecommunications companies preserve the phone records of a group of GOP members of Congress and former President Donald Trump, as well as members of the Trump family, who played some role in the “Stop the Steal” rally that served […]
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Krystal celebrates ATL culture with new collaboration with Butter.ATL
Krystal Restaurants LLC, the South’s original destination for fun flavors and authentic good times, is celebrating its Atlanta ties with an immersive restaurant takeover in partnership with Butter.ATL. Starting this week, Krystal is spotlighting the spirit, history, and traditions of Atlanta at its Northside Drive restaurant (626 14th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318). “We are […]
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Hurricane Ida winds hit 150 mph ahead of Louisiana strike
Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just before hitting the Louisiana coast near one of the country’s main centers for drilling for and moving oil. As Ida moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world in the northern Gulf of Mexico, its top winds grew […]
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US airlifts aid to Haiti to reach areas hardest hit by quake
U.S. military aircraft are now ferrying food, tarps and other material into southern Haiti amid a shift in the international relief effort to focus on helping people in the areas hardest hit by the recent earthquake to make it through the hurricane season. Aircraft flying out of the capital, Port-au-Prince, arrived throughout the day Saturday […]
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Georgia’s absentee ballot signature match study is moving forward
Georgia’s secretary of state is moving forward with a study of the effectiveness of the signature verification process that the state used for absentee ballots until it was replaced by new identification requirements this year. In the weeks after the November election, then-President Donald Trump and his allies claimed without evidence that the election was […]
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Renewed fears of political violence grip Capitol Hill ahead of right-wing rally
Lawmakers and law enforcement officials are growing concerned about the possibility of violence and unrest on Capitol Hill as two key dates approach next month: a right-wing rally in support of the jailed January 6 rioters and the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Those fresh fears come as the community is still reeling from a recent […]
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Pick Six: Picking the playoff and the national champion
At this time last year, trying to make predictions about college football started with guessing whether the season would actually reach a conclusion. Only 60% of FBS conferences kicked off in September — which explains picking UCF to make the College Football Playoff in 2020. Does it explain picking Texas? There are only so many […]
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Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home. The only sounds that […]
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, COVID-19 vaccine deaths do not outnumber virus deaths CLAIM: Data shows that […]
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Cantlay comes up clutch to beat DeChambeau in playoff at BMW
Clutch down the stretch and for six dynamic playoff holes, Patrick Cantlay put a fitting end to an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the BMW Championship on Sunday. DeChambeau missed a 6-foot putt for 59 on Friday and missed four birdie putts to […]
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Vaccines Remain Largely Effective Against Delta Variant, Counter to Claims From Fox News Guest
Multiple studies show the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced. But a guest on Fox News falsely claimed the delta variant “really is not responsive at all, or protected at all by the vaccines” and there is […]
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Romney: US potentially leaving Americans and Afghan allies in Afghanistan after withdrawal ‘a moral stain’
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of US troops there this week that would represent “a moral stain” on the US. “Leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who’ve worked with us would put upon us and will […]
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US carries out Kabul airstrike targeting suspected ISIS-K car bomb posing ‘imminent’ threat to airport
The United States carried out a defensive airstrike in the Afghan capital, Kabul, targeting a suspected ISIS-K car bomb that posed an “imminent” threat to the airport, US Central Command said Sunday. US forces have been racing to complete their evacuation operation before Tuesday’s deadline and under the threat of a new terror attack on […]