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Federal Government Under Fire Over Conditions at Atlanta Federal Prison

Senators allege Bureau of Prisons officials turned a blind eye to rapidly deteriorating conditions at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta.

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The Georgia GOP 'civil war' might be over

ATLANTA — Just a few months ago, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's biggest political challenge might have hinged on whether he could win over the fractious Republican base amid an onslaught of insults from former President Donald Trump.

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Atlanta native Charlotte Laws takes down ‘The Most Hated Man on the Internet’ in Netflix doc

ATLANTA — Atlanta native and Lovett School graduate Charlotte Laws is a tenacious bulldog when she latches onto something. So when a man hacked her daughter Kayla’s email account, stole nude photos of her and posted them on a revenge porn website, Laws was apoplectic.

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Atlanta-based Global Payments makes $4 billion purchase

Atlanta-based Global Payments, which sells technology for financial transactions, announced Monday that it will acquire EVO Payments for $4 billion.

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Music Midtown pulls the plug over Georgia's gun laws, highlighting a legal gray area

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Music Midtown canceled the annual festival at Piedmont Park because of legal concerns over the organizers' ability to ban guns during the two-day event.

WEKU

Georgia professor arrested for murder of 18-year-old woman shot dead in parking garage

Anna Jones, 18, was killed after being fatally shot while sitting inside her parked car at a garage in Carrollton, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta

The Independent UK

Angelina Jolie announces daughter Zahara will attend Black women’s college

Spelman College in Atlanta is the oldest liberal arts college for women in the US

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Austin Riley walks it off as Braves sweep D-Backs

ATLANTA — Max Fried and Merrill Kelly were at the forefront of the Braves and Diamondbacks’ Sunday matinee. Both starters pitched seven scoreless innings, resulting in a low-scoring affair that ended with a walk-off from a player who’s the hottest in baseball right now.

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Phillies complete four-game sweep in Pittsburgh with season-high 18 hits in 8-2 win

PITTSBURGH — Sunday’s game went about as well as a game could go for the Phillies. They won, 8-2, completing a four-game sweep of the Pirates. Aaron Nola pitched another gem, finishing his day at six innings, six hits, one run, one walk and eight strikeouts. Interim manager Rob Thomson…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fire drop points in 0-0 tie with Atlanta United; Red Stars lose 1-0 in Alyssa Mautz’s farewell

The Fire were unable to win four straight games for the first time since 2017. The Red Stars ran their winless streak to three.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chris Rock jokes about Oscars slap after Will Smith posts apology video

Comedian joked about slap while on stage in Atlanta after Will Smith’s apology video

Evening Standard

Falcons training camp: Day 3 highlight roundup

Atlanta Falcons training camp: Rounding up highlights from Friday's open practice.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Atlanta group implicated in Russian influence scheme

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Justice has connected the Black Hammer Party, a Black-led radical group based in Atlanta, to an alleged Russian plot to sow discord in the United States, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.

Tribune News Service

Ethics panel takes up biggest case yet in probe of Abrams supporters

ATLANTA — The state ethics commission on Monday will consider whether a nonprofit raised and spent millions of undisclosed dollars supporting Stacey Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

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Ranking the 10 best players on the Atlanta Falcons

After two offseasons under GM Terry Fontenot, the Falcons have a completely new identity. We've ranked the top 10 players on the roster.

Tribune News Service

Democratic leaders scout Atlanta as finalist to host 2024 convention

ATLANTA — A team of national Democratic Party officials met Thursday with Atlanta leaders to scope out whether State Farm Arena — which has been used for basketball games, pop concerts and early voting — could be transformed into the host site of the next Democratic National Convention.

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Poll: Raffensperger leads Ga. elections race after resisting Trump

ATLANTA — Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a double-digit lead over Democrat Bee Nguyen in his reelection campaign, gaining support across party lines after standing up to then-President Donald Trump, according to a new poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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In Georgia Senate race, a historic faceoff between 2 Black men

ATLANTA — When Michael Thurmond ran to become Georgia's labor commissioner in 1998, he received a warning from a fellow Democrat: Don't run.

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Falcons to start Marcus Mariota at QB, have plan for Desmond Ridder

The Atlanta Falcons are rolling with Marcus Mariota as the starting QB to kick off camp, but the team has a plan for rookie Desmond Ridder.

WEKU

A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them most

Georgia lawmakers changed voting laws after 2020, including eliminating drop boxes in certain counties, making it harder for many voters in cities and suburbs, often people of color, to access them.

Tribune News Service

AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia's top races

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch for Georgia's top office.

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The local pushback to Georgia’s new anti-abortion law has begun

ATLANTA — In county courthouses and city halls around the state, elected officials are exploring new ways to blunt the sweeping restrictions at the center of Georgia’s new anti-abortion law.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kyrgios Pulls Out of Singles in Atlanta with Knee Problem

Australian Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the Atlanta Open singles draw with a left-knee problem on Tuesday ahead of his first match since finishing runner-up at Wimbledon this month. The 27-year-old was drawn to take on German Peter Gojowczyk in his opening round of the ATP 250 hardcourt event in…

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Michael Cunningham: Depleted farm leaves Braves with fewer trade assets than NL rivals

ATLANTA — When Alex Anthopoulos made trades last summer, the goal was to give the Braves a chance to win a fourth consecutive National League East title and then see what happens in the postseason. The Braves are shoo-ins to play in the postseason this year, so any moves the…

The Independent UK

Prisons chief deflects blame for failures, angering senators

With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal prison system faced a bipartisan onslaught Tuesday as he refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years

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