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Georgia Legislature approves new process for banning books in schools

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would change the process for removing books from schools due to parent complaints about obscenity.

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Atlanta is back and taking bigger swings than ever before

Donald Glover’s unique comedy drama returns with biting commentary and unsettling horror, defying genre and upending expectations

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Georgia elections bill gutted in committee vote

ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate committee voted unanimously Tuesday to remove every contentious proposal from a broad elections bill, discarding plans for GBI fraud investigations, paper ballot inspections and funding limitations.

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David Perdue says he misunderstood ‘lock him up’ chants about Gov. Brian Kemp

ATLANTA — Republican David Perdue said he “misunderstood” the Donald Trump supporters who chanted about imprisoning Gov. Brian Kemp when he smiled and flashed them a thumbs-up sign at the former president’s rally.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs bill letting parents opt kids out of school mask mandates

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed legislation that allows parents who don’t want their children wearing masks to opt out of any school district mandates.

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Atlanta Falcons take Georgia football star in latest NFL mock draft

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Q&A: Verbal harassment against Asian Americans and people of color is harmful, but not currently criminal

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and a year after the fatal spa shootings in Atlanta that targeted and killed people of Asian descent, reports of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander violence and bigotry have increased. Stop AAPI Hate, an organization tracking and reporting on these acts of racism that…

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Hawks, Heat mentioned as suitors for Jaylen Brown?

Losing can spark wandering eyes. If Philadelphia had not been able to unload Ben Simmons, Brown would have been near the top of the Sixers' wish list. Atlanta and Miami were often mentioned by league figures as hopeful Brown suitors, too. Source: ...

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No noncitizen voters found in Georgia election review

ATLANTA — Citizenship checks prevented any noncitizens from voting in recent elections in Georgia, though 1,634 people with unverified U.S. citizenship tried to register to vote, according to a review released Monday by state elections officials.

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Georgia House passes bill to change the way books are banned in schools

ATLANTA — Legislation that would require principals rather than librarians to decide which books should be banned from schools passed the Georgia House on Friday.

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Klay Thompson scores 37 points in Warriors’ loss to Hawks

ATLANTA — Klay Thompson scored 37 points and Jordan Poole recorded his first career double-double, but the Warriors still managed to fall, 121-110, to the Atlanta Hawks Friday at State Farm Arena.

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Marcus Mariota looking to restart his career with Falcons

ATLANTA — Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota, who signed a two-year, $18.7 million deal Thursday, was not promised the starting job.

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Warriors center James Wiseman ruled out for season

ATLANTA — James Wiseman has been ruled out for the season after he experienced a second setback last week in his recovery from a knee injury, the team announced Friday.

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Marcus Mariota will wear the No. 1 for the Falcons

Marcus Mariota said he won't be asking Kyle Pitts to switch jersey numbers, and said he intends to instead wear the No. 1 in Atlanta.

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Georgia House passes bill to change the way books are banned in schools

ATLANTA — Legislation that would require principals rather than librarians to decide which books should be banned from schools passed the Georgia House on Friday.

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'Atlanta’ hinted at the haunted history of Lake Lanier. But what’s the real story?

The season 3 premiere began and climaxed at an unnamed version of the storied, memeified Georgia lake. The real history is just as dark.

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Asian American mothers confront multiple crises of pandemic, anti-Asian hate and caregiving

In memory of the Atlanta massage spas shootings on March 16, 2021, that killed eight people, including six Asian women, communities around the country gathered a year later to mourn and demand responses to violence against Asian Americans, especially women who work in service industries.

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Georgia election bill rooted in Trump supporters’ complaints about 2020

ATLANTA — Few people mention Donald Trump in hearings on Georgia’s latest elections bill, but complaints about his loss in the 2020 election are motivating Republican efforts to again rewrite the rules.

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Falcons’ Marcus Mariota ready for reunion with Arthur Smith

ATLANTA — The last time Marcus Mariota played for Arthur Smith, he was benched.

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Permit-less carry of handguns clears panel, heads to Georgia Senate floor

ATLANTA — The state Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday quickly passed legislation that would let Georgians carry a concealed handgun without first getting a license from the state.

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Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection

ATLANTA — A group of Georgia voters has filed a challenge to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reelection bid, saying her actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack should disqualify her from holding office.

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"Atlanta" returns to unsettle us all

Four years after its "Robbin' Season," Donald Glover's hit comedy journeys to Europe, birthplace of whiteness

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Falcons recap: Joey Harrington has some advice for Marcus Mariota

The Atlanta Falcons signed former Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota, prompting Joey Harrington to give him some advice on Twitter.

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Inside the ‘absurdist’ ‘concept album’ that is ‘Atlanta’ Season 3

The last time a new episode of “Atlanta” aired was in May 2018. And obviously, much has changed since then — if not “Atlanta” itself, whose third season, premiering Thursday, opens with a stand-alone horror story before shifting the action to Europe. (A fourth and final season has already been…

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Bears’ Justin Fields and Darnell Mooney back training together in Atlanta

You'll be hard-pressed to find a more dedicated duo this offseason than Bears QB Justin Fields and WR Darnell Mooney.

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