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Georgia-Pacific Scores Sponsorship with Atlanta World Cup Host Committee to support Soccer Events in Atlanta
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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ATLANTA, June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific is one of a select group of organizations signing on to support the Atlanta World Cup Host Committee, enabling the company to showcase its businesses and brands in customer...
Georgia National Guard introduces Army’s first-ever 'electromagnetic warfare' unit
FOX 23 - Maine
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FOREST PARK, Ga. (TNND) — The Georgia Army National Guard on Monday announced the introduction of an “electromagnetic warfare company,” the first of its kind in the United States Army. Electromagnetic warfare takes place over the electromagnetic...
Georgia’s Chris Carr, 25 Attorneys General supporting president’s National Guard deployment
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined with 25 other Attorneys General in supporting President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to anti-immigration enforcement protests in...
Georgia’s Chris Carr among those supporting President’s National Guard deployment
WRDW 12 - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined with 25 other Attorneys General in supporting President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to anti-immigration enforcement protests in...
Georgia raid is state’s largest fentanyl pill bust ever, federal agents say
WJAX - Florida
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA — Raids at a man’s Atlanta and Douglasville residences found a “massive” fentanyl pill pressing operation, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. Federal agents told Action News Jax’s Atlanta station, WSB-TV, that it is the largest...
Atlanta named 2nd most expensive city for rentals in metro area
WSBTV - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA — A new rent report from Zumper named Atlanta as the second most expensive city to rent in across the metro area. With a one-bedroom apartment rental price at $1,600 and a two-bedroom unit at $2,100 on average, Zumper said Atlanta was only...
American medical research hangs in balance
Island News - South Carolina
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June 11, 2025
By Scott Graber The Island News Sometime in the last century, a virus — long lodged, contented and contained in Malaysian fruit bats — made its way into pigs. In the 1990s, this virus left its porcine host and took up residence in the farmers who...
American Legion sponsors youth leadership camp
Times-Courier - Georgia
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Kids who attend the American Legion’s annual Family Junior Leadership Camp in Georgia know their stuff. In one instance, what they learned in camp about flag etiquette and handling the Stars and Stripes on special occasions came to the fore when...
Georgia is getting a new area code. Here's where
13 WMAZ - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
The announcement comes as the Georgia Public Service Commission was notified that one area code is quickly running out of combinations. MACON, Ga. — The Georgia Public Service Commission announced that Georgia will soon be getting a new area code:...
Georgia’s Fort Eisenhower to be renamed Fort Gordon in broader reversal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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ExploreFirst, Fort Bragg. Then Fort Benning. Is Georgia’s Fort Eisenhower next? The original names of the six other forts also are being restored in honor of soldiers who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II....
Georgia adoption regulations come under fire
Moultrie Observer - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
Published 2:57 pm Wednesday, June 11, 2025 By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Recent changes in the adoptions process in Georgia are causing such extensive delays that the state is no longer considered “adoption-friendly,”...
Atlanta City Council committee pans Capitol ‘skybridge’ plan
Rough Draft Atlanta - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
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Georgia Senate hopeful targets Ossoff with ad over Los Angeles riots
Fox News
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Attorney General Pam Bondi joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the Trump administration's response to violent protests in Los Angeles and the DOJ's lawsuit against a California coffee shop. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX:...
Atlanta-based CDC supporters continue to rally for public health months after mass layoffs began
WABE - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
Every Tuesday afternoon since mid-February, the busy intersection outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention becomes loud and crowded as allies show their support for the center and its remaining employees. The rallies emerged after...
What is ‘No Kings Day’: 1,800 protests planned around U.S., over 70 in Florida, dozens in Georgia
WJAX - Florida
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June 11, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — President Donald Trump is holding a military parade Saturday in Washington, D.C. It’s to honor the 250th birthday of the United States Army. It’s also Trump’s 79th birthday. As that celebration is taking place, more than 1,800...
Families of those killed in collapse of Georgia ferry dock sue companies that built it
Imperial Valley Press - California
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ATLANTA (AP) — Relatives of seven people who drowned in waters off a Georgia island after a ferry dock walkway collapsed announced Wednesday they filed a lawsuit against the companies that designed and built it. Dozens of people were standing on...
Caribbean culture to be celebrated at Mikey Sparkle Family Fun Day in Atlanta
Jamaica Observer
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June 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — After 15 years of staging his annual Mikey Sparkle Family Fun Day in Atlanta, Georgia, organiser Mikey Sparkle says the event continues to grow, while achieving its initial objectives of ensuring patrons have a good time. “I am...
Metro Atlanta roofer loses $12k after State Farm approves replacement, doesn’t pay
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Cumming, Georgia, homeowner and his roofer spent three years going back and forth with State Farm Insurance company to get a full roof replacement approved, only to find they didn’t payout after the job was...
Strictness of Georgia adoption laws questioned in debate
Savannah Now - Georgia
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Georgia's new adoption requirements are causing significant delays, making the state less "adoption-friendly," according to adoption lawyers. While lawyers argue the changes are burdensome and unnecessary, an adoption agency owner and birth mother...
New real estate report shows how many homes in Atlanta area are owned by investors, not residents
WSBTV - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
ATLANTA — Georgia was among the top three states for how many houses investors are trying to sell. While the state’s portion of investors selling homes is 15.9%, the same report said the statewide share of investors buying in the state is 17.3%....