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An earthquake of 2.7 magnitude could be felt in northern Georgia on Saturday, but no damage has been reported.
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The $2.9 million grant will assist in the construction of a 4.5 mile section from Maxeys to the Greene County through a section of unincorporated Oglethorpe County.
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The average price of a gallon of regular gas in the greater Athens area is $2.90 a gallon, basically unchanged from a month ago but down 34 cents a gallon from a year ago.
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The groundbreaking ceremony comes almost two years after unanimous approval from the ACC Board of Commissioners in December 2023.
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The Hot Corner Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary in June, featuring food vendors, live music, and local business pop-ups.
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The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
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Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.
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Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with the U.S. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump.
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The two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories.
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