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JEFF AMY

JEFF AMY

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Crime|News|US

Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings

The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will both stay in custody after back-to-back court hearings

Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings
Crime|News|US

Mother's warning to Georgia school raises questions about moments before shooting

The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented

Mother's warning to Georgia school raises questions about moments before shooting
Crime|Education|News|US

The teen accused in Georgia's high school shooting enrolled 2 weeks late and was often absent

Investigators say the 14-year-old who is accused of killing four people in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia started school two weeks late

The teen accused in Georgia's high school shooting enrolled 2 weeks late and was often absent
Crime|News|US

Most students in a Georgia district return to class nearly a week after a school shooting

Many students in Georgia’s Barrow County headed back to class six days after a school shooting killed two teachers and two students at Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta

Most students in a Georgia district return to class nearly a week after a school shooting
Election|News|US

Judge disqualifies Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in Georgia

Georgia state court judges have disqualified presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in the state

Judge disqualifies Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in Georgia
Crime|News|US

Georgia Republican leader seeks policy changes after school shooting but Democrats want more

Georgia’s state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta

Georgia Republican leader seeks policy changes after school shooting but Democrats want more
Election|News|US

Georgia’s lieutenant governor won’t be charged in 2020 election interference case

A special prosecutor has decided not to pursue charges against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in the state

Georgia’s lieutenant governor won’t be charged in 2020 election interference case
Election|News|US

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count in Georgia for now

In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count in Georgia for now
Crime|Education|News|US

Georgia official seeks more school safety money after Apalachee High shooting

Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta

Georgia official seeks more school safety money after Apalachee High shooting
Education|News

After shooting at Georgia high school, students will return next week for half-days

Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week

After shooting at Georgia high school, students will return next week for half-days
Election|US

Georgia election rule changes by Trump allies raise fear of chaos in November

The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election controversies even before the first ballots of this year’s presidential race are cast

Georgia election rule changes by Trump allies raise fear of chaos in November
Election|News|Opinion|Political|US

Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count

Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Election|News|US

Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

Georgia's Supreme Court says presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren't qualified to be on the state's ballots and votes for them should not count

Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Election|News|US

Republican-led group sues to block Georgia rule requiring hand count of ballots

A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia’s new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand

Republican-led group sues to block Georgia rule requiring hand count of ballots
News|US|World

Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

Donald Trump is spreading falsehoods about the federal response to the deadly Hurricane Helene, despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster

Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene
Health|News|US

Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy

A Georgia judge has struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy

Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy
Environment|News|US|World

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene

Rescuers are scouring the mountains of western North Carolina for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene’s remnants caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast

Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
Americas|News|World

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

Hurricane Helene has left millions without electricity, water and phone service across the Southeast in the six days since making landfall

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
News|US|World

The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200

Searchers are combing the remote mountains of North Carolina to locate the missing and those needing supplies nearly a week after Hurricane Helene barreled through the Southeast

The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
News|US|World

When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury

Nearly 700,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast are still without power more than a week after Hurricane Helene blew through the region

When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury
News

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

Hurricane Helene severely damaged drinking water utilities in the Southeast

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough
Election|US

Lawsuit seeks to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

Three voting rights groups are asking a federal judge to order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections

Lawsuit seeks to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene
Education|Sports

Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports

Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports
Election|US

A federal judge will hear more evidence on whether to reopen voter registration in Georgia

At least for now, a federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections

A federal judge will hear more evidence on whether to reopen voter registration in Georgia
Election|US

A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

A federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections in the presidential battleground state

A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

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