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On: October 12, 2011

Cubs fans mercilessly boo popular podcast star Alex Cooper during 7th-inning stretch performance July 8, 2025
"Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper was booed by Chicago Cubs fans during her performance of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.
Florida shark attacks surfer, latched on ‘like a bear trap’ in world’s bite capital July 8, 2025
A 40-year-old surfer describes a shark attack at New Smyrna Beach in Florida as feeling "like a bear trap" and "electricity."
Resurfaced Mamdani photo sparks social media firestorm, outrage from key voting bloc: 'Shameful' July 8, 2025
Socialist Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash for a June 2020 photo he posted online flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus and calling for its removal.
Stacey Abrams touts 10 steps to autocracy, says 'do not let the propaganda win' July 8, 2025
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams suggested the U.S. was approaching autocracy, touting a 10-step framework, during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel's show.
Trash piles up around Philadelphia as city worker strike reaches 1 week July 8, 2025
Philadelphia streets overflowed with trash as a city worker strike entered its second week, with negotiations stalling despite the mayor's offer.

Georgia man gets 35 years for dealing fentanyl
ATLANTA — Dwan Maurice Hewlett must have thought he was about to make a lucrative deal when he drove to an Athens gas station. His car was filled with fentanyl and other drugs, in baggies ready to go. Instead, he wound up sprinting down the road, in a hapless attempt to evade police officers. A […]
Burt Jones enters race for Georgia governor
ATLANTA – Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced Tuesday he’s running for governor, a long anticipated move that sets up a primary race next year among Republican heavyweights. Jones, a former state senator from Butts County, posted his first campaign video on YouTube, touting Georgia’s accomplishments in recent years under Republican rule and laying out his […]
Appellate court: Local elections officials must certify results
ATLANTA – Certification of election results in Georgia is a mandatory duty of local elections officials – not a discretionary decision – the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The decision dismissed a lawsuit filed by Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registration who refused to certify the […]
Georgia lawyers consider limited role for legal assistance by non-attorneys
ATLANTA — A committee created by the Georgia Supreme Court is recommending that the state try letting people with special legal training do limited kinds of attorney work that would give more people access to the justice system. A three-year pilot program in three parts of the state — rural, urban, and a mid-sized community […]
Former Georgia senator to head state health agency
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp named Dr. Dean Burke Monday commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH). Burke, 67, a former state senator now serving as the state agency’s chief medical officer, will take up his new role on Aug. 1. Before serving in the Georgia Senate for a decade representing a district […]
Georgia courts deliberate over how to incorporate AI into the justice system
ATLANTA — It started harmlessly enough, with kids using artificial intelligence to cheat on their writing assignments, but the technology has become a palpable threat to society as lawyers and others in the justice system have conducted novel experiments with it and even clearly misused it. In the five years since OpenAI unleashed Chat GPT-3 […]
Impact of data centers in Georgia ‘a mixed bag’
ATLANTA – Whether the quick rise of data centers in Georgia will ultimately prove good or bad for the state’s economy is a hotly debated topic this summer. Georgia boasts the fastest growing data center market in the nation, behind only Virginia – the world’s largest data center market – in volume. Data centers are […]
Atlanta to get Shriners children’s medical research facility
ATLANTA — Shriners Children’s will establish a new pediatric medical research facility near Georgia Tech, bringing jobs and significant investment, the health-care nonprofit announced Wednesday. Gov. Brian Kemp touted the new development as “an incredible addition to Georgia’s growing nonprofit, R&D, and life sciences communities.” Leslie D. Stewart, chairman of the Shriners Children’s board, said the […]
State revenue chief tapped for new Georgia Tax Court
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday nominated state Commissioner of Revenue Frank O’Connell chief judge of the newly created Georgia Tax Court. Georgia voters approved a constitutional amendment last November creating the tax court, aimed at improving efficiency in the handling of tax cases at the state level. O’Connell has headed the revenue department for […]
PSC approves Georgia Power rate freeze
ATLANTA – State energy regulators Tuesday unanimously approved Georgia Power’s plan to freeze customer rates for the next three years. Under an agreement the Atlanta-based utility and the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached in May, Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates until 2028 at the earliest. However, the […]