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Rosalynn Carter set for funeral and burial in the town where she and her husband were born
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians. ...
Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It's one in a series of redistricting sessions...
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. ...
Imperfect Falcons have opportunity to take advantage of weak schedule in woeful NFC South
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons' imperfections remain obvious, topped by inconsistent play at quarterback. Even so, the Falcons used a combination of grit, big plays by their red-zone defense and a relentless running attack to end a three-game losing streak and move back into...
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter could not remember their first meeting. She was a newborn. He wasn't long out of diapers himself, a would-be U.S. president peering down at the future first lady his mother had delivered a few days earlier. What flourished in the...
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — In spring 1955, Rosalynn Carter was doing what she had sworn to avoid when she married an ambitious Naval officer: keeping house and raising children in the same tiny town where they grew up. Then Jimmy Carter called for help from his family’s peanut farming...
Tiffany Haddish arrested on suspicion of DUI in Beverly Hills
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tiffany Haddish was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The actor and comedian was detained after Beverly Hills police received a call about 5:45 a.m. Police said she appeared to be found slumped over the wheel of...
