The election director for Georgia’s most populous county said Thursday that technical issues have prevented officials from processing absentee ballot applications sent in by email, causing a backlog of thousands of pending applications ahead of the June 9 primaries. Voters in Fulton County, covering Atlanta and its northern and southern suburbs, have complained of weeks […]
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City of Atlanta, Invest Atlanta awarded EPA clean-up grants for opportunity zones
The City of Atlanta and Invest Atlanta were among dour grant recipients in Georgia to receive awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields program. The City of Atlanta was awarded $300,000 and Invest Atlanta was awarded $500,000. The Georgia grantees are among 155 […]
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Biden plans to stay home, testing limits of virtual campaign
Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home. The virtual campaign Biden is waging from Wilmington, Delaware, is a stark contrast with President Donald Trump, who is planning travel despite warnings […]
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Tesla’s Elon Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading, picking up support — as well as critics — on social media. Musk, with 34 million Twitter followers, has openly defied an order from the Alameda County Health Department to conduct only minimum operations at the […]
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Covid-19 isn’t just a respiratory disease. It hits the whole body
The patient had been relatively fine for the first 10 days he was down with Covid-19. Just 38, he didn’t fit the description of people at high risk of complications from the new coronavirus. “He had mild pulmonary symptoms that he was just sitting at home with,” said Dr. Sean Wengerter, a vascular surgeon in […]
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Fauci warns: More death, economic damage if US reopens too fast
The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert issued a blunt warning Tuesday that cities and states could “turn back the clock” and see more COVID-19 deaths and economic damage alike if they lift coronavirus stay-at-home orders too fast — a sharp contrast as President Donald Trump pushes to right a free-falling economy. “There is a […]
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Brian Kemp optimistic on Georgia virus fight as concerns linger
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp eased a few restrictions Tuesday on businesses and child care operations but said he was keeping most current rules until at least the end of May. The Republican governor reiterated that he believes Georgia is containing the COVID-19 respiratory illness, despite areas of concern. Kemp said he’s most encouraged by low […]
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Breonna Taylor’s family hires civil rights attorney
Attorney Ben Crump, prominent civil rights and personal injury attorney, has been hired by the family of Breonna Taylor who was fatally shot by Kentucky police in her home. Crump has represented the families of other high-profile black shooting victims, including Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. He was hired Monday by the Taylor family, who […]
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#Election2020 – AOC among top Dems promoting Biden-Sanders unity
Joe Biden and the last rival he bested to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders, on Wednesday announced the members of joint task forces their campaigns will use to promote party unity by hammering out consensus on six top policy issues. They include New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who will provide input on […]
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Atlanta school system confirms Lisa Herring as new superintendent
School board members in Atlanta have confirmed as their new superintendent the woman who now leads schools in Alabama’s largest city. Atlanta has named Birmingham Superintendent Lisa Herring as its sole finalist in April. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the board voted 8-1 on Monday after a required 14-day pause to hire Herring, The 47-year-old Herring […]
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DeKalb County rejects former New York superintendent
One of Georgia’s largest school districts won’t be hiring the former leader of school systems in New York City and Miami after board members were faced with complaints about his past record. DeKalb County school board members on Monday voted 4-3 to reject a contract for Rudy Crew to lead the suburban Atlanta district. The […]
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Rep. Maxine Waters says her sister died from coronavirus
Rep. Maxine Waters’ sister recently died from coronavirus, the California Democrat said Wednesday. “While I’m sitting here, my sister’s viewing is going on today in St. Louis,” Waters said during a hearing of the House Oversight Committee’s new select coronavirus committee. “Many families have been touched, and so I’m hopeful that we can all get […]
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Black light experiment shows how quickly a virus like Covid-19 can spread at a restaurant
A viral video from Japan aims to show how easily germs and viruses can spread in restaurants when just one person is infected. The experiment simulates the atmosphere at a buffet restaurant or on a cruise ship. It was conducted by the public broadcasting organization NHK in conjunction with health experts. The video shows 10 […]
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Trump calls Fauci’s caution on schools reopening ‘not an acceptable answer’
President Donald Trump voiced frustration Wednesday at the nation’s top infectious disease specialist after he warned a day earlier against reopening schools and businesses too quickly. “I was surprised by his answer, actually,” Trump said when asked about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warnings during televised congressional testimony that reopening states too quickly could have dire consequences. […]
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Grocers react to sharp spike in grocery food prices, consumer concerns of price-gouging
Prices for supermarket staples, including eggs, meat and cereal soared last month in the largest one-month spike in close to fifty years, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall, food prices climbed an average of 2.6%, the highest increase since February 1974. The price index for eggs climbed more than […]