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Published September 21Health Equity Is Women’s Equity: Why Access Still Depends on ZIP Code
By Thomasine Leachman, health and wellness manager, YWCA Greater Atlanta In Atlanta, a short drive can mean a dramatic difference in how long a person can expect to live. The Atlanta Regional Commission has documented wide differences in life expectancy across metro Atlanta. In…
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Published September 21Comcast Opens New Xfinity Store in the City of South Fulton’s Cascade Community
Third Georgia store opening this year brings more convenience to South Fulton community.
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Published September 21A Lesson in Vigilance: Safeguarding the Continued Effectiveness of Antibiotics
By Jay Moye for the CDC Foundation On the night of November 30, 1940, German bombs tore through a police station in Southampton, England, killing a sergeant and injuring two constables. One of them, a reserve officer named Albert Alexander, survived the blast, but a scratch near…
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Published September 21Georgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’
Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials.
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Published September 21CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump after being barred from White House
Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they were prevented from entering the White House grounds after President Trump announced plans to ban all three outlets.
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Published September 21World leaders convene for UNGA. And, Trump says D.C. arch will be a 'military complex'
This week, world leaders convene for the U.N. General Assembly as war continues in Ukraine and the Gulf. And, President Trump has proposed that his arch serve as a military complex.
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Published September 21Germany's leader stands his ground after his party loses in state elections
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms.
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Published September 21A new DOJ program restores ex-felons' right to own guns. What you need to know
A felony conviction usually means losing rights like voting, serving on a jury or owning a gun. But for the first time in decades, the Justice Department is giving ex-felons a chance to get at least one of those rights back: gun ownership.
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Published September 21What to know as world leaders converge at the United Nations this week
United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions.
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Published September 21The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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Published September 21Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.
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Published September 21This farm raised thousands of pigs for slaughter. Now it's growing mushrooms instead
The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.