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Protester critically injured after setting self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured. A Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest, Atlanta...
Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state's congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority and again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's district for wholesale...
Falcons look to stay on top in NFC South when they face the struggling Jets
ATLANTA (5-6) at NEW YORK JETS (4-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox OPENING LINE: Falcons by 3, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Falcons 3-8; Jets 4-6-1. SERIES RECORD: Falcons lead 8-6. LAST MEETING: Falcons...
AP PHOTOS: Rosalynn Carter's farewell tracing her 96 years from Plains to the world and back
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter was memorialized this week with three days of public ceremonies and tributes that spanned the breadth of her long life, from her roots in Plains, Georgia, to the White House and across the world through four decades of work as a global...
AP Week in Pictures: North America
NOVEMBER 24-30, 2023 From a glowing moonrise in Kansas City, to the majestic lighting of Christmas Trees and holiday performances in New York and Washington, D.C., to an honor guard standing by former first lady Rosalynn Carter's casket at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and...
Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down
NEW YORK (AP) — The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down. Paste Magazine, a digital pop culture publication based in Atlanta, announced Wednesday that it was buying Jezebel.com from G/O Media, which closed it and laid off...
Rapper Young Thug's trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Young Thug is the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods or he's an inspiring success who pulled himself out of poverty to rap stardom through hard work and determination. Those are the competing narratives presented to the jury as the...
Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight her reach as first lady and humanitarian
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds turned out to salute Rosalynn Carter on Monday with the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian's final journey from her rural hometown to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta as her family began three days of memorials following her death at age...
Saints seeing signs of patience wearing thin, frustration growing as mistakes continue
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — During each of Alvin Kamara's first four NFL seasons, the New Orleans Saints were a playoff team and even the NFC's top playoff seed during the dynamic running back's second year on the club. So Kamara knows what it feels like to be on a team of such quality, and...
Georgia Senate Republicans propose map with 2 new Black-majority districts
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Senate Republicans are proposing a new map that would create two Black-majority voting districts, but would probably retain Republicans' 33-23 edge in the General Assembly’s upper chamber, in an effort to fix a map a judge said illegally dilutes Black votes. ...
