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GPB News
Published 93 minutes agoGPB evening headlines for September 30, 2026
The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting five new measles cases among members of one family living in Middle Georgia's Jasper County. As the cost of fuel continues to rise, a coalition of aviation companies and agricultural groups are partnering to produce a…
GPB News
Published 1 hour agoGeorgia Today: BioLab anniversary; More measles; FEMA funds
On the September 30 edition: It's been two years since the BioLab chemical fire in Conyers and residents are still worried about their health; the Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting five-new measles cases in Middle Georgia's Jasper County; and Georgia has a new "I…
GPB News
Published 4 hours agoTrump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
GPB News
Published 5 hours agoHow Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message
The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoRural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities
This article by Ali Swenson, Sarah Jane Tribble, and Linley Sanders, The Associated Press, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Sep 30, 2026 About half of rural...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoUS Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims
This article by Phil Galewitz, Andrew Jones, and Claudia Boyd-Barrett first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Sep 30, 2026 Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoTrump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
by Jonathan Shorman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 29, 2026 President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoBookman: Whatever came of that urgent FBI probe into the 2020 election in Fulton County?
by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 30, 2026 Nine months ago this week, FBI agents raided the Fulton County...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoAs AI political deepfakes go viral, lawmakers struggle to keep up – 2 states’ laws show limits of what they can do
by Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoStarship’s first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test – how it fares could determine if SpaceX’s vision is possible
by Sven Bilén, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, reached Earth orbit for the first...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours agoCriminal conspiracy to steal used cooking oil shows how trash can become treasure
by Edward D. Melillo, Amherst College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal prosecutors recently described an interstate criminal enterprise with all the trappings of organized...
SaportaReport
Published 6 hours agoAtlanta Can Lead the Drum Major Moment on AI
Atlanta knows what it costs to arrive late to opportunity. This is the city where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached about the drum major instinct, the human desire to be out front, and asked us to point that instinct toward service. It is also a city where too many families…