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At around 3:40 am, an Athens-Clarke County Police officer responded to the sound of a vehicle crash on West Broad Street and found a man unresponsive in the road. The pedestrian, identified as 34 year old Michael Kitchen of Madison, was rushed to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.
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Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle is officially in commercial operation, coming online nine months after the completion of Unit 3 at the plant south of Augusta.
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Pathways in the Health & Human Services Academy and STEM Academy received recognition from the Georgia Department of Education and other organizations.
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Early voting began on Monday and ends on Friday, May 17.
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During an appearance in Atlanta, Tony Sanger, whose vice president of facilities for the company acknowledged concerns over the company’s plans for the state but stressed they’re not abandoning Georgia even through they have shifted production of its new R2 SUV to its sole plant located in Normal Illinois.
NPR News
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Members of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Los Angeles sometimes tussled, with reports that protesters used fireworks and pepper spray. It was hours before police restored calm.
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Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.
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Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got.
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Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
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