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Georgia editorial roundup

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers:

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March 15

The Augusta Chronicle on a Georgia woman accused of belonging to a hacking group connected to the Islamic State group :

It's...

Stuckey to lead Jimmy Carter NHS

From Staff Reports

ATLANTA — Monday, National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Bob Vogel announced that Jill Stuckey has joined the agency as superintendent of Jimmy Carter National...

County, cities meet on SPLOST issues

By Ken Gustafson

AMERICUS — The Sumter County Board of Commissioners (BOC), along with representatives from the cities of Americus, DeSoto, Plains, Andersonville, and Leslie, met for a special...

Culinary delights found along the Charlevoix Flavor Trail

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — Danielle Ricard was walking through the woods not far from the shore of the St. Lawrence River when her husband, Jean-Pierre, kicked a patch of mushrooms. It led to an epiphany.

Bankruptcies had hit the Charlevoix Region of...

Local couple visits congressman during Rare Disease Week

Nathan and Allison Peck of Americus visited with U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop during Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill on Feb. 26. The Pecks lead Cure VCP Disease, Inc. (www.curevcp.org) a rare...

Gainesville Kiwanis honors Grimsley at 94th awards dinner

A  commercial real estate agent and entrepreneur took home the Kiwanis Club of Gainesville's highest honor Tuesday night at the club's 94th Annual Anniversary Celebration.

Don Grimsley was awarded...

Atlanta’s Monday Night Brewing eyes Birmingham brewpub

An Atlanta brewery wants to open a brewpub in Birmingham, but it’s waiting to see what the Alabama Legislature does with a pending piece of legislation.

Monday Night Brewing is eyeing a brewpub as...

Georgia Symphony Orchestra to have America, Vol. 5 on April 28

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra, in continuation of their American Series,...

Supreme Court appears ready to find racial bias a factor in Mississippi murder case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded ready to overturn a Mississippi murder conviction based on racial bias during jury selection.

It marked the latest chapter in an extraordinary case involving a small-town white prosecutor who had repeatedly...

Lithuanian man pleads guilty in $100M internet fraud case

By Associated Press NEW YORK — A Lithuanian man who duped Google and Facebook into transferring over $100 million into accounts he controlled has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

Evaldas Rimasauskas (eh-VAHL’-dahs ree-muh-SOWS’-kuhs) entered the plea...

The Latest: 2 sons of Arizona woman in abuse case arrested

By Associated Press MARICOPA, Ariz. — The Latest on an Arizona woman arrested on allegations of abusing adopted children (all times local):

9:20 a.m.

Arizona authorities say two adult sons of a woman arrested on allegations of using pepper spray to...

Trump declares ISIS nearly defeated in Syria ahead of Ohio visit — live updates

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President Trump declared that ISIS will be "gone by tonight," an announcement he made on the White House South Lawn ahead of a visit to Ohio.

The president held up two maps to the press --...

The Lori Loughlin scandal highlights a closely kept secret: (Some of) basic cable is alive and well

By Steven Zeitchik Steven Zeitchik Reporter covering the business of entertainment in the U.S. and beyond Email Bio Follow March 20 at 1:00 PM As the writers on Hallmark Channel’s Canadian-frontier...

Judge: Tootsie Mini Pops packaging too similar to Dum Dums’

By Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — A federal judge is siding with the makers of Dum Dums lollipops in its lawsuit against a rival candy maker.

Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. is suing Tootsie Roll Industries because it says the Chicago-based company’s new...

Ohio Attorney General Chastises Judge Over Death Penalty

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's attorney general has chastised a federal magistrate judge over remarks he made about pausing executions in the state.

At issue is a series of execution delays ordered by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after Magistrate Judge...

A reminder that the odds of a perfect March Madness bracket are mathematically absurd

You know it’s going to happen on that first day of the 2019 NCAA tournament: As soon as a game goes final that you picked the wrong side of in your bracket, you’re going to feel that sting.

There...

Gunmen fire on uranium convoy in Brazil; no injuries

By Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — The company that operates a nuclear plant in Brazil says that gunmen fired on a convoy carrying uranium fuel, but says they weren’t targeting the radioactive material.

Gunmen shot at police cars accompanying the...

5 things you didn’t know about Chicago from new book 'Chicago Food Crawls'

Soo Park created FabFoodChicago.com to showcase her love of food, writing, photography and all things Chicago a while back. Now her love of Chicago is showcased in her first book "Chicago Food Crawls."

Soo Park created FabFoodChicago.com to showcase...