Georgia
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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, who was arrested for allowing his son to have a weapon, will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail Friday.
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How to talk with kids about school shootings and other traumatic events
The U.S. is dealing with another school shooting: Two students and two teachers were killed Wednesday at a school in Georgia. At least nine other people — eight students and one teacher — were taken to hospitals with injuries.
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Georgia lawmakers reconsider bills to hold adults accountable for firearm safety
Gun safety advocates representing nonprofits, law enforcement and mental health specialists met Thursday morning in a Georgia Senate committee studying gun safety to discuss the need to pass laws protecting young people after Wednesday's deadly school shooting in Barrow County.
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder
The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting four people at a Georgia high school was arrested Thursday and faces charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for letting his son possess a weapon, authorities said.
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GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election
Before voters even begin casting ballots, Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a sprawling legal fight over the 2024 election through a series of court disputes that could even run past Nov. 5 if results are close.
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Residents vow to appeal after a Georgia railroad gets the OK to force land sales
The Georgia Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved a railroad's request to use eminent domain in one of the state's poorest counties to build a new rail spur to serve private businesses.
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Teen charged with killing 4 at Georgia high school had been focus of earlier tips about threats
A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe.
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Union wants out of mediation with AT&T as Southeast strike goes on
The union representing striking AT&T workers in the Southeast has asked that talks with the company no longer involve mediation, contending the company was using that third party to delay progress.
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How Trump and Georgia’s Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election
The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia's powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead.
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Harris and Walz reach out to voters in GOP strongholds in southeast Georgia bus tour
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, dropped in on a high school band practice Wednesday as part of a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia, a critical battleground state that Democrats just narrowly won four years ago.
