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Trump's list of possible Supreme Court nominees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday, just six weeks before Election Day, is expected to unleash a pitched battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate — and the Republican-led Senate should confirm — her successor, or whether the seat should remain...
Saving Home: Group works to sell historic site
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — The community is in danger of losing one of its historic buildings. One group remains determined to save it. Located at 915 N. Oak St., the John Nelson Deming House waits for occupants. The home erected in 1898 has sat empty for more than a decade and landed on the Georgia Trust for...
More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery in detention
HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned her jail jumpsuit to show the scars on her abdomen. There were three small, circular marks. The 39-year-old woman from Cuba was told only that she would undergo an...
Ronnie Hogue dies, UGa's 1st Black scholarship hoops player
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Ronnie Hogue, the first Black scholarship athlete on the Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team, died Friday, the school announced. He was 69. Hogue was a native of Washington, D.C., and lived in Maryland. No cause of death was given. Arriving at Georgia in 1969, Hogue averaged 20.5...
COVID-19 suspends in-person high school in south Georgia
HOMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A high school in a south Georgia county is stopping in-person instruction for 10 days because of high numbers of COVID-19 exposures. The Clinch County school system closed 350-student Clinch County high school from Friday through Sept. 28, saying many students have been exposed to...
Falcons launch voting initiative in social media campaign
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons are trying to make sure people are registered to vote by launching a social media campaign. The team's “Pass The Vote” initiative was developed by offensive lineman Chris Lindstrom and defensive end Steven Means during training camp. The Falcons'...
The Latest: Virus scraps Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Florida Atlantic postponed its football opener Saturday at Georgia Southern because of a coronavirus outbreak. The two schools hope to reschedule, FAU said Friday. Eleven people in the FAU program tested positive for the...
Georgia man says he couldn't breathe during arrest on video
ATLANTA (AP) — A Black man who was pinned down and repeatedly punched by a white Georgia sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop that was caught on video said Friday that he couldn’t breathe and lost consciousness during the arrest. “I was scared. I feared for my life, and I just pray, just...
Falcons' secondary looks to avoid same mistakes vs. Cowboys
ATLANTA (AP) — Falcons defensive coordinator Raheem Morris blames himself for last week’s loss to Seattle. Morris vows he won’t make the same mistake this week against quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. Morris said his game plan called for a prerequisite on stopping the run and...
AP Exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery
HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned her jail jumpsuit to show the scars on her abdomen. There were three small, circular marks. The 39-year-old Cuban woman was told only that she would undergo an operation...
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