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Georgia housing market may be nearing tipping point

The Newnan Times-Herald - Georgia ·

If you are one of the untold number of Georgians impatiently waiting for the housing market to correct, then you may be in luck soon. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution even announced, “Metro Atlanta becomes buyers’ market—for those who can afford...

CDC union says workers are traumatized, warn Atlanta shooting is not random

WABE - Georgia · August 18, 2025

People leave flowers Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at a makeshift memorial in honor of David Rose, the officer who was killed in the shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon) Most...

An LGBTQ+ guide to Atlanta: style, soul, and Southern charm

Out Magazine · August 18, 2025

Atlanta doesn't need to shout to make itself known. The capital of Georgia, this dynamic metro of more than six million—including around half a million within the city limits—quietly asserts its place at the intersection of history, culture, and...

Hot car child deaths: Most people not sentenced in U.S.

Asbury Park Press - New Jersey ·

LAKEWOOD − The cause of death was extreme heat exposure inside a vehicle. The manner of death was homicide. The sentence a year later: probation. The Ocean County Medical Examiner ruled on the death of an 8-week-old infant girl in Lakewood after...

Hazard, Kentucky’s civic renaissance is changing the narrative about Appalachia

The Brookings Institution ·

CAUDILL: It doesn’t matter in Hazard what you look like, what you do like. There’s always a seat at the table and we wanna listen to you. ‘Cause Hazard is weird. We are full weirdness. We are the odd cats of Appalachia, and we want to hear...

Jason Aldean Answers DJ Daniel’s Call, Raises $200K For Pediatric Cancer Nonprofit

Country Now - Tennessee · August 18, 2025

13-year-old DJ Daniel is a true fighter who suffers from a rare form of brain and spinal cancer. Jason Aldean with DJ Daniel and DJ’s father on stage at the Full Throttle tour stop in Houston, TX on August 15th; Photo by Courtney Reed During his...

Metro Atlanta leaders going to D.C., Maryland and Virginia on LINK trip

Saporta Report · August 18, 2025

The Atlanta region’s 28th LINK trip will be headed to the Greater Washington D.C. area, beginning on Aug. 20 through Aug. 23. The focus this year will be on the suburban communities outside Washington D.C. in Maryland and Virginia. The...

After 27 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Call For Bryan Hooper’s Murder Conviction to be Vacated

Unicorn Riot · August 19, 2025

Minneapolis, MN — Bryan Hooper, another wrongfully convicted Black man in Minnesota, is hoping to be freed from his life sentence after the state’s key trial witness recently admitted to the murder Hooper was convicted for. In late July, the...

UCLA women’s soccer opens new season Thursday at Georgia

West LA Times - California · August 19, 2025

The UCLA women's soccer team will begin its 2025 season on Thursday, August 14, with an away match against Georgia at the Turner Soccer Complex in Athens, Georgia. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPNU. UCLA enters...

South Health District BCW employee to represent public health at conference

WVGA Valdosta Today - Georgia · August 19, 2025

VALDOSTA – South Health District Babies Can’t Wait employee has been chosen to represent public health at national conference. South Health District is proud to announce that Cassandra Kelly, M.Ed./CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist with the...

Afraid of Needles? Here’s How to Skip the Shot and Give Yourself a Flu Vaccine at Home

AOL ·

TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Stock image of a patient receiving a nasal spray vaccine.NEED TO KNOW With flu season on the horizon a needle-free way to take the vaccine is now available Individuals should first check to see if they're eligible for the...

Georgia US Senator visits Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton

WJCL TV - Georgia · August 18, 2025

Many rural hospitals are struggling to stay vibrant, and some are even in danger of closing.There are some who believe that the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill will put even more in peril.With that as a backdrop, Georgia U.S. Senator...

AI, leadership changes, apartments: Here's what you may have missed over the summer

The Daily Gamecock - South Carolina ·

The Daily Gamecock was on break this summer, but the university was not. Over the summer, the University of South Carolina saw shifts in its leadership, made a deal with OpenAI and announced its participation in making a new accreditation agency...

Colorado's Omarion Miller due for breakout season

Sporting News · August 18, 2025

Omarion Miller is back and the Buffs quarterbacks could not have a better weapon at their disposal than the highly touted junior wide receiver out of Vivan, Louisiana. A wideout who lit up the USC secondary in 2023, setting a Colorado freshman...

Afraid of Needles? Here’s How to Skip the Shot and Give Yourself a Flu Vaccine at Home By Vanessa Etienne

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW With flu season on the horizon a needle-free way to take the vaccine is now available Individuals should first check to see if they're eligible for the at-home spray, which is available in 34 states The new product, FluMist, can be...

GA leaders push to keep prescription medications affordable

WSBTV - Georgia · August 18, 2025

ATLANTA — With the cost of prescription medications going up, a push is underway to keep those drugs affordable to those most in need. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Rep. Buddy Carter held a round table discussion that...

Health: Will medical science survive RFK Jr.?

The Week Magazine · August 18, 2025

In hindsight, handing the reins of American public health to a "wholly unqualified anti-vaccine nutter" may have been a mistake, said Rex Huppke in USA Today. Taking a break from his campaigns to promote the recuperative powers of sunshine, raw...

Georgia mental health advocates applaud state fines for insurance violations

Atlanta News First - Georgia · August 18, 2025

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King has issued a $20 million fine to be split among 22 different insurance companies. King’s office said the companies violated the state’s Mental Health Parity Act, which...

Georgia Today: Conyers town hall on BioLab fire; Georgia scores low on college affordability

Georgia Public Broadcasting ·

Peter Biello: Welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode, Conyers residents have lingering questions about chemical exposure in the wake of the BioLab fire, a plane crash...

For the women on Hadassah’s 2025 list of Zionists to watch, Oct. 7 was a call to action

Jewish Herald-Voice - Texas ·

By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to New York, Austin grew up in Brooklyn and decided early on that being a Jew was important to her...