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Ex-Georgia mayor gets prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his city's COVID-19 relief funds
The Justice Department said Jason Lary, the 60-year-old former mayor of Atlanta suburb Stonecrest, …
Jake Epstein,Lloyd Lee
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A 5-year-old with COVID-19 died in an extremely rare case in Georgia
Wyatt Gibson, one of the few kids in Georgia to die with COVID-19, was "nothing but pure love and t…
Mia Jankowicz
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Mom of Georgia man, 24, who refused vaccine then needed a lung transplant because of COVID-19 begs people to get their shots
Blake Bargatze, 24, needed a double lung transplant, his mom said as she urged people to get vaccin…
Sinéad Baker
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A Georgia hospital that's stretched beyond capacity with COVID-19 patients has asked for help from firefighters and the sheriff's office
Firefighters or law enforcement could restock medical equipment and ensure people wear masks at Adv…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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An 88-year-old professor in Georgia resigned in the middle of class because a student refused to wear a mask over her nose: 'That's it. I'm retired.'
Irwin Bernstein told the student he had underlying health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, that…
Yelena Dzhanova
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An entire Georgia school district shut down less than 2 weeks after classes began after at least 76 students and 67 staff reportedly got COVID-19
Masks were recommended but not required in the school district, which was open for less than two we…
Connor Perrett
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The family business, the matriarch, and a $4,145 close call: The cost of COVID-19 is much worse for some American families
One family's experience with COVID-19 lays out the emotional, physical, and economic toll of the pa…
Blake Dodge
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Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a candidate in the Georgia runoff, tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining
Loeffler is currently campaigning in a high-stakes race that could determine control of the Senate …
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Georgia state lawmaker crowdsurfed over maskless attendees at a Georgia Trump rally
Vernon Jones, a Black Democratic lawmaker who has endorsed President Trump for reelection, defied h…
John L. Dorman
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A dog in Georgia tests positive for SARS-CoV-2
Guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that based on the limited i…
PTI
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Georgia confirms its first case of more the contagious COVID-19 variant on Election Day
On Election Day, the Georgia Department of Health announced that an 18-year-old male tested positiv…
Andrea Michelson
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QAnon-supporting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a 'screaming match' when she refused to wear a mask at her swearing-in
Greene was pictured with her mask down on the House floor while talking to and taking pictures with…
Ashley Collman
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Mitch McConnell's best hope for GOP wins in the Georgia runoff elections is the Senate passing the $2,000 stimulus checks
President Donald Trump's abrupt call for increased direct payments to Americans could help to sway …
Azmi Haroun
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The US Postal Service is pulling out all the stops to rush mail-in ballots for the Georgia runoff election
At least 19,000 of the agency's 644,000 workers are sick or in isolation due to the novel coronavir…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Elizabeth Warren brings back push to ban lawmakers from stock trading as Georgia's two senators shrug off attacks on their campaigns during a runoff election
Georgia Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have come under scrutiny for buying and selling st…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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At an election-eve rally for Brian Kemp, backers of the Georgia governor said Donald Trump is their 'top choice' for 2024
Trump has blasted Kemp for not helping him reject Biden's 2020 win in Georgia. Still, many Kemp sup…
John L. Dorman
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'It's everything': Here's how a pair of Senate races in Georgia in January could decide whether Congress enacts a $3.4 trillion stimulus plan
If Democrats win both runoffs in Georgia, they could pass pandemic relief legislation using a legis…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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'Worst of the pandemic' ahead in US with no apparent strategy: Health experts
The two tallies currently account for the highest in the world, making the US the worst-hit co…
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Anti-vaxxers forced a mobile COVID-19 vaccine site in Georgia to shut down after threatening health workers: official
"This is wrong, this is absolutely wrong," Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner Dr. Kat…
Natalie Musumeci
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tests negative for COVID-19 but is quarantining following exposure to the virus
Kemp has taken a lax approach to the pandemic, earning praise from President Donald Trump and criti…