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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has ruled out calling a special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps in 2026.
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More than 184,000 voters turned out for the first week of early voting, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
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The University of Georgia Police Department is warning of several reports of burglary which took place in Morris Hall last week.
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New wildfires are popping up daily but Governor Kemp is hopeful that they will be contained. Wildfires continue to plague Georgia despite the small respite to the ongoing drought provided by the recent rain.
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WUGA’s student journalists are integral in the mission to serve Northeast Georgia with quality journalism that informs and entertains.
NPR News
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Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?
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Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.
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Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.
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