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NEWS BRIEFS: Steps made in Georgia’s fight for medical marijuana

09/24/2022 2:00 AM

Two companies receive authorization to sell medical marijuana oil.

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NEWS BRIEF: Georgia Democrats running 8 women in statewide elections, Republicans running 0

09/24/2022 2:00 AM

Does this surprise anyone?

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NEWS BRIEF: ‘Stranger Things’ home in Fayetteville is up for grabs

09/24/2022 2:00 AM

Your chance to own a piece of pop culture history.

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NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta Hawks celebrate healthcare heroes, HBCUs, & more in upcoming season

09/24/2022 2:00 AM

19 home games will feature giveaways & special ticket promotions

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NEWS BRIEF: Agnes Scott College to hold third annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference

09/24/2022 2:00 AM

This year’s theme is “Leading Inclusively: Transformative Change Across the Globe.”

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NEWS BRIEF: Get your COVID booster & $100 at Stonecrest Mall this Saturday

09/23/2022 2:00 AM

Get to Stonecrest Mall before 1 p.m. and leave with money in your pocket.

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NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta Slutty Vegan CEO Pinky Cole poses with new baby in PETA ad

09/23/2022 2:00 AM

The PETA ad follows Slutty Vegan’s seventh restaurant opening in Brooklyn.

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NEWS BRIEF: Kenny Rogers memorabilia up for auction

09/23/2022 2:00 AM

Kenny Rogers passed away on March 20, 2020.

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NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta meets EPA smog standards (barely)

09/23/2022 2:00 AM

Atlanta is a D student, according to EPA

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NEWS BRIEF: New commemorations for the 1906 Race Massacre unveiled this weekend

09/23/2022 2:00 AM

Remembering Atlanta's troubled past.

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NEWS BRIEF: The battle for Star Bar is a fight against greater gentrification

09/22/2022 2:00 AM

We can’t let old Atlanta die without a fight.

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NEWS BRIEF: Buckhead Zesto closes after 60+ years of service

09/22/2022 2:00 AM

Three Zesto locations are left in the Atlanta.

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NEWS BRIEF: MARTA’s Artbound & NEXT Atlanta team to launch new art & social change “Movement”

09/22/2022 2:00 AM

The NEXT Movement highlights Atlanta artists of color fighting for social change with their work.

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NEWS BRIEF: Braves/Mets rivalry heats up as New York take the divisions top seat

09/22/2022 2:00 AM

The two teams battle it out for first on September 30.

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NEWS BRIEF: The Atlanta Opera provides opportunity to emerging artists

09/22/2022 2:00 AM

Atlanta’s up-and-coming stars include director Bruno Baker, bass Edwin Jhamal Davis, and mezzo Gretchen Krupp.

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NEWS BRIEF: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge fights to gain World Heritage listing

09/21/2022 2:00 AM

400,000 acres, thousands of animal and plant species.

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NEWS BRIEF: Trump allies spotted handling Georgia voter equipment, new video shows

09/21/2022 2:00 AM

The equipment contained the personal information of over seven million Georgia voters.

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NEWS BRIEF: Poor Georgia schools and students deserve higher funding, say Chatham County educators, parents, and students

09/21/2022 2:00 AM

Many suggest moving to an “opportunity weight” system, that would give poor areas more funding.

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NEWS BRIEF: Is Brian Kemp planning to ban contraception?

09/21/2022 2:00 AM

Atlanta doctors weigh in.

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NEWS BRIEF: Tin Lizzy’s Cantina in Buckhead catches fire

09/21/2022 2:00 AM

There are three other Tin Lizzy’s locations in the Atlanta-area.

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OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Hank Huckaby and the resignation ruse

05/04/2021 9:07 AM

Another view on the former University System chancellor

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OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: The 'special' review

12/31/2020 6:21 PM

The university system and its independent audit — of itself

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OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Waiting for Brian Kemp’s reply

12/21/2020 11:39 AM

The 13th time’s the charm?

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OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: The strange case of Georgia’s disappearing and reappearing Constitution

10/29/2020 5:04 PM

Why the Legislature is asking Georgia voters to save the state’s Constitution from the Georgia Supreme Court

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OUTLANDISH CONSPIRACY THEORIES: The October Surprise is not what Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr had in mind

06/18/2020 1:51 PM

Outlandish Conspiracy Theories - A look at Georgia's Justice System

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