Georgia’s General Assembly ended its 2021 session Wednesday, with lawmakers acting on the state budget, a rewrite of the state’s citizen’s arrest law, and many other proposals as they worked until midnight. Some key proposals had already passed, including an overhaul of state elections law that adds new restrictions on mail voting and a small […]
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Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
A Capitol Police officer has died after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Video shows the driver of the crashed […]
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Bodanovic scores 26 points, Hawks beat Pelicans 126-103
Bogdan Bodanovic scored 26 points, Kevin Huerter added 24 and five other Atlanta players scored in double figures as the short-handed Hawks beat the injury-slowed New Orleans Pelicans 126-103 on Friday night. The Hawks led 55-54 at halftime and scored 37 points in the third quarter – their highest total in that period this season […]
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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: ___ Delivering grandma’s ballot not a crime under Georgia law CLAIM: “Georgia’s new anti-voting […]
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Johnson and Latson combine for 51 points as Westlake beats Fremont 64-54 to advance to national title game
FORT MYERS, FL. – Westlake’s backcourt tandem of Raven Johnson and Ta’Niya Latson combined for 51 points in their 64-54 win against Fremont High School out of Utah. The Johnson and Latson duo, which many teams in the state of Georgia have been unsuccessful in stopping, was on point Friday afternoon in Fort Myers. Defense […]
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Chauvin’s trial leaves many Black viewers emotionally taxed
For some, it’s too much to watch. Others just can’t turn away. The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has provoked strong emotions among many Black men and women — all tinged with an underlying dread that it could yield yet another devastating disappointment. […]
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Obama congratulates MLB for ‘taking a stand’ against Georgia election law as Trump calls for boycott
Former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump have weighed in on Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new sweeping election law that imposes significant new obstacles to voting. Obama on Saturday congratulated the league “for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all […]
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March hiring accelerated to 916K, yet many jobs remain lost
America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. The March increase — the most since August — was nearly double February’s gain of 468,000, […]
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Vaccines: America’s next Covid-19 culture war is here
It’s America’s next Covid-19 culture war. Growing numbers of businesses, hospitality industries, and even sports teams are considering requiring proof of vaccination for customers, once the world begins to open up. For both patrons and staff, such a system might offer peace of mind — and could stop a cruise voyage around the Caribbean, for […]
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Democratic-led states expand voting rights amid GOP push to restrict access
Virginia and New Jersey this week joined other Democratic-led states moving ahead with new laws that would expand voting access — a stark contrast to the Republican rush in statehouses across the country to make voting more difficult. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, which has tracked voting measures across the country, 843 bills […]
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Read these tips before getting your Covid-19 vaccine
If you are not eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19, you will be soon if you live in the United States. All 50 states plan to open vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older, and several states have already done that, including Alaska, Mississippi and Georgia. According to President Joe Biden, 90% of all adult […]
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LeBron James morphs into Looney Tunes character in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’
In case you weren’t feeling your age lately, it’s been 25 years — a quarter of a century — since the “Space Jam” movie came out. This year, director Malcolm D. Lee and a creative dream team are bringing Warner Bros.’ “Space Jam” back to the big screen with an animated/live-action hybrid sequel, “Space Jam: […]
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DNC Launches Digital Homepage Takeover, thanking Senators Ossoff and Warnock for passing American Rescue Plan
This morning, the Democratic National Committee has launched a new daylong digital advertising campaign taking over The Atlanta Voice homepage to thank Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock for delivering needed relief to Georgians for passing the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan, which has more than 70% bipartisan American support, has already […]
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Faith, civil rights leaders ready for boycott of Georgia businesses
Faith-Based Leaders rallied together at the Georgia State Capitol Thursday morning as they called for a boycott against the state’s largest companies for supporting the passage of Senate Bill 202, the bill that promises election reform while giving the Legislature power to control local election boards and reduce early voting hours, among other actions. Prior […]
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SCLC wants President Joe Biden to use executive order to restore the gutted 1965 Voting Rights Act with expansion
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) called on President Joe Biden to use an executive order to restore Section 4 and Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Officials of the organization, which was co-founded and first led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said the order would restrict states like Georgia from passing […]