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Governor Brian Kemp and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma celebrate with a fist bump after Verma announced that the Trump administration would approve both Georgia's health care "waiver" requests. (PHOTO by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver6h ago

This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site

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WATCH: Murder suspect arrested by Sandy Springs police inside hospital

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A man was taken into custody Friday on multiple counts of aggravated assault and weapons charges related to a bizarre series of shootings targeting a specific townhome in Marietta. (Credit: Marietta Police Department)

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Smyrna man arrested, charged with shooting at Marietta townhome

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University of Georgia football player JT Daniels interacts with fans during the Dawg Walk as part of the team’s celebration parade in Athens, Georgia on January 15th, 2022.(Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Local

Saturday's Weather-Traffic. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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SATURDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Cold temps here; possibility of light snow in east Ga.

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Edward Irons: a dean emeritus at Clark Atlanta University, dies at 98

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No students injured in shooting near McNair High during school hours

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2 metro Atlanta real estate agents plead guilty to mortgage fraud conspiracy

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gierke poses for a recruit training graduation photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, May 18, 2021. Lance Cpl. Gierke, 19, from Lawrenceville, Georgia, was a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. He was pronounced dead by a competent medical authority at the scene of a tactical vehicle mishap on January 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of MCCS Recruit Photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Collins Hill grad dies in Marines tactical vehicle accident

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UPDATE: Man charged in fatal shooting of mother in Atlanta park

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials

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Cops: Stolen school van leads officers to Clayton County ‘chop shop’

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Nation & State

FILE - Singer Meat Loaf performs in support of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Meat Loaf, whose "Bat Out Of Hell" album is one of the all time bestsellers, has died, family said on Facebook, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Weber Grills apologizes for ill-timed meatloaf recipe email

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2.9 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of NW Georgia

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools

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SPECIAL REPORT | Repeat offenders in Georgia: A failed system, a family shattered

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Actor-comedian Louie Anderson appears at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

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Louie Anderson made many visits to ATL, including ‘Coming 2 America’

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US man accused of faking death to avoid charges jailed in UK

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Rare blast of snow, ice takes aim at Southeast US coast

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Anti-abortion protesters optimistic at March for Life in DC

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Politics

Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

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Politically Georgia: Perdue pitches election police force16h ago

Georgia's tax collections are up 18.1% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. (lamprey / E+ / Getty Images)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging

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Rudy Giuliani walks to a senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The Georgia Senate Committee on Judiciary has formed a special subcommittee to take testimony of elections improprieties and evaluate the election process. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The Jolt: John Isakson’s snub of Trump team’s phony Georgia elector scheme

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President Joe Biden's new debt relief program targeted specifically to Black, Hispanic and Native American farmers shows the political weight of Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., shown in Washington, D.C., in 2021. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds

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OPINION: Raphael Warnock’s year of victories, defeats and Senate prayers17h ago

Due to backlogs, more than 6,000 sexual offenders are living in communities across the state without ever getting reviewed and rated by the Georgia Sex Offender Registration Review Board. The board was created 15 years ago by the General Assembly to help protect the public from the most dangerous sex offenders once they leave prison or get placed on probation. (GBI)

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Case backlog in Georgia sex offender oversight agency undermines safety

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Dick Williams in 2004 in London with a newspaper, a medium he always loved. Williams was a fixture in Atlanta journalism for decades. CONTRIBUTED

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Atlanta journalist Dick Williams dies at 77

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams was arrested in 2018 during a protest in the Georgia Capitol while she was serving in the state Senate. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the law she was charged with violating. The charges against Williams and others arrested in the protest were dismissed in 2019. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Lawsuit challenging protesters’ arrest argued in Georgia Supreme Court

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker collected $415,000 for paid speeches between July 2020 and December 2021, including about $172,000 from six appearances since he announced his campaign in August. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)

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Walker has limited public campaign stops, but he’s profited from private events

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Neighborhoods

Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in 2021. On Thursday, Ragsdale said the district would resume posting coronavirus case counts. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks

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Collins Hill grad dies in Marines tactical vehicle accident

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DeKalb County ethics officer Stacey Kalberman (center) and members of the DeKalb County ethics board met over Zoom Wednesday afternoon, their first gathering since 2018. SCREENSHOT

Search for DeKalb’s next ethics officer will launch soon

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This is a rendering of what Tucker plans to do with the properties it just purchased.

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Tucker gets $1.5M grant to build trail from downtown to Northlake Mall

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03/03/2021 —Marietta, Georgia — Cobb County resident Willia George, 84, receives a single dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine while at a Cobb and Douglass County Public Health Department COVID-19 vaccine drive thru at Jim Miller Park in Marietta, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Cobb to distribute delayed COVID test kits Sunday

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Randall Toussaint is the new economic development director in Johns Creek. Courtesy Johns Creek

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Johns Creek hires new economic development director

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MARTA announces some train and bus trips are canceled on Tuesday. A spike in COVID-19 among employees has contributed to disruptions in metro Atlanta transit services in recent weeks. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Passengers stranded as COVID forces metro Atlanta transit services to cancel trips

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Tarece Johnson is sworn in to the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Dec. 17, 2020. Johnson was elected board chair for 2022. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Gwinnett school board elects Tarece Johnson as next chair

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Investigations

December 1, 2021 Atlanta - Asya Morgan (left) and Ali Abdulrab talk in front of the mural of the murder victim Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, on Wylie Street near the Krog Street tunnel on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Ali Abdulrab and Asya Morgan have become activists seeking to strengthen the way the state oversees sex offenders. This comes in the wake of the murder of Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, over the summer. She was a bartender who was abducted in front of her southeast Atlanta home and shot and killed. Her accused killer is Demarcus Binkley, a convicted sex offender who was out on probation. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Repeat offenders in Georgia: A failed system, a family shattered

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Case backlog in Georgia sex offender oversight agency undermines safety

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New Jersey-based Cross River Bank, left, and Atlanta-based Kabbage (now K Servicing) were among four online lenders found more likely to process loans for those with felony criminal records, according to a study by researchers at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. (RyeCityRoller / WikiCommons; Steve Schaefer for the AJC)

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Red flags ignored as federal loans flew out the door

Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley listens to Ahmaud Arbery's father give an impact statement during the sentencing for the three men convicted of Arbery's muder. Episode 19 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast examines the sentences received by Travis and Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan. (Stephen B. Morton / AP)

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‘Breakdown’ Ep. 19: Life in prison

The campaign to undermine Georgia’s election

Access Atlanta

A 2020 Portrait of Chef Kevin Gillespie at his restaurant Cold Beer. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Kevin Gillespie’s Beltline restaurant Cold Beer to close8h ago

Gov t Mule, (left to right) Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Matt Abts and Danny Louis, performs at the upcoming Sweetwater 420 Fest. CONTRIBUTED

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Louie Anderson (1951-2022) made many visits to Atlanta over the years, including ‘Coming...

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Atlanta journalist Dick Williams dies at 77

John Legend and Usher will perform at the Beloved Benefit Feb. 24 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. AJC FILE PHOTOS

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Usher, John Legend to perform at Beloved Benefit at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Feb. 24

Sports

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) dribbles past Miami Heat forward P.J. Tucker (17) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)

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Hawks survive close call vs. Heat to nab third straight win

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Loyola Chicago guard Marquise Kennedy, right, backs down Georgia Tech guard Bubba Parham in the first half of a college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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Bubba Parham out for remainder of season for Georgia Tech

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Atlanta United midfielder Emerson Hyndman (20) looks to pass against the Seattle Sounders during the first half Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

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Atlanta United’s Emerson Hyndman pleased with progress after injury

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March 13, 2021 Macon - Milton's head coach Allen Whitehart shouts instructions during the 2021 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAAA Boys Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Saturday, March 13, 2021 Milton won 52-47 over Berkmar. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Class 7A blog: Milton boys basketball team playing well in trying times

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Jan. 9, 2022 - Atlanta, Ga: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) jogs off of the field after their loss against the New Orleans Saints 30-20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Sunday, January 9, 2022, in Atlanta. JASON GETZ FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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NFL playoffs show quick rebuild possible for Falcons

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U.S. defender Miles Robinson (left) Martinique forward Johnny Marajo go up for the ball during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match in Kansas City, Kan., Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

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Robinson, Lennon called up by USMNT for World Cup qualifiers

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Class A Public Blog: Key region games begin to put top four seeds in focus

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Atlanta United Head Coach Gonzalo Pineda passes the ball during team training at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Marietta on Friday, January 21, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Gonzalo Pineda pleased with Atlanta United’s roster

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