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The fourth suspect wanted in connection with the March 8th shooting that killed a three-year-old Athens child has been arrested.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a recent study shows that the nation’s young people are struggling.
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Mother’s Day is this weekend and a recent study compared states to see which were best and worst for working moms.
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The measure also limits charitable organizations, nonprofits, individuals, and others from bailing out more than three people a year.
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 24 counterparts from other Republican-led states in challenging a new federal rule governing emissions from coal-burning and gas-fired power plants asking a federal court to declare the rules unlawful.
NPR News
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The Biden administration is finally wrapping up its review of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. It will keep those tariffs, and add more on things like electric vehicles.
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Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.
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The U.S. Treasury ran a surplus last month, thanks in part to the April 15th tax deadline. But the federal government is still expected to end the year more than $1.5 trillion in the red.
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Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year, according to an annual tally by the Social Security Administration.
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