Local News
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Athens Area Diaper Bank will receive $200,000 from Sen. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to expand available services.
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Pam Knox, the director of the University of Georgia’s Weather Network, will have her official last day in the office on May 29.
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Youth from military families can face several hardships, but new research from UGA suggests that there are ways to support them.
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The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday called on major corporations across the U.S., including those that previously expressed support for voting rights and racial justice, to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts.
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When the two segregated high schools in Athens merged in 1970, high school football was a key part of civic life in the South. Local historian Mark Clegg takes on this subject in his book The Crimson and Gold: Football and Integration in Athens, Georgia.
NPR News
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In 2024, nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to temporarily block President Trump's executive order that calls for restricting mail-in voting. Another judge may rule on the order soon.
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Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose reversing medication.
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The bill says it would permit the teaching of the positive impact of Judeo-Christian values in U.S. history. Opponents say it offers a skewed view of history.
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