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Report: Falcons to start rookie QB Desmond Ridder after bye week

The Atlanta Falcons will come out of their bye week with a new starting quarterback

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 8, 2022

‘I need to eat’: Venezuelan migrants take first steps in Georgia labor market

By the time he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and arrived to Atlanta in late August, Klinsman Torres had exhausted his savings. The Venezuelan migrant’s most immediate priority was to find work.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

New initiative takes aim at mental health crisis among refugees

ATLANTA — U.S. troops’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is something Hogai Nassery has been confronted by long after August 2021, when the last plane took off from Kabul, marking the end of the U.S.’ longest war. Starting last year, Nassery has supported Afghan evacuees who have resettled in metro Atlanta…

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Christian Walker, Herschel’s son, weighs in on his dad’s Senate runoff loss

ATLANTA — The first person from the Walker family to speak about the outcome of the runoff was Herschel Walker’s eldest child, Christian, and he did not mince words in light of his father’s defeat in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Warnock’s narrow victory solidifies Georgia as a battleground state for 2024

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock’s narrow reelection win in Georgia’s runoff puts a historically Republican state up for grabs in 2024, giving President Joe Biden an early opening in his bid for a second term.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Warnock wins Georgia run-off against Walker to win the Senate for the Democrats

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia run-off election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming mid-term cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 7, 2022

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Back on My Feet inspires with running, confidence to change lives

ATLANTA -- It’s 5:45 a.m. on a brisk Wednesday as about two dozen men and women gather in the parking lot of The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

'The people have spoken': Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats scandal-prone Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate runoff

ATLANTA — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker Tuesday in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff, securing a 51st seat for Democrats in Congress’ upper chamber, giving the party greater power to push its agenda in a closely divided Washington.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022

Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats scandal-prone Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate runoff

ATLANTA — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker Tuesday in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff, securing a 51st seat for Democrats in Congress’ upper chamber, giving the party greater power to push its agenda in the chamber.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022