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The Athens Homeless Coalition gave an annual update to the Athens-Clarke County Commission this week. The organization’s Executive Director said a new tool has drawn a clearer picture of homelessness in the city.
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Activist, author, and forager Robin Greenfield is visiting Georgia this week, five months into his campaign of living by foraging alone.
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The Reclaim Trade Powers Act would end the 10% tariff on most global goods. Senator Warnock discussed the impact on Georgia farmers.
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Senator Raphael Warnock is spearheading a bipartisan measure to stop large corporations from buying large swaths of single-family homes in Georgia and the rest of the nation.
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Athens-Clarke County officials have confirmed a case of rabies in a community cat captured near the Athens-Clarke and Oconee county line earlier this month.
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U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month.
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A mix of decorated veterans and rising stars won 24 medals for Team USA, 13 of them gold. The last one arrived Sunday, when the U.S. sled hockey team beat Canada to win its fifth straight gold medal.
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Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue re-imagines the story of the American West — and the Apache fight for survival — in an epic that's both defiantly challenging and, at times, magical.
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With the Iran war in its third week and the price of oil reaching nearly $105 a barrel on Monday, President Trump again urged NATO and China to help secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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