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SportsATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia State, the Atlanta-based Panthers, dropped a three-point decision on the road Tuesday night, losing 95-92 to Fresno State in Fresno, California, even though guard Jacob Meyer poured in 33 points. The Panthers fell to 1-3, and Fresno State improved to 2-1.…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson hosts Georgia Tech at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 14, for Senior Day and a milestone for head coach Dabo Swinney. Kickoff in Clemson is 12:30 p.m., and The CW has the broadcast. The Tigers are 6-3 overall and 4-2 in…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will close its regular-season home schedule under the lights. The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that the 21st-ranked Gamecocks and second-ranked Georgia meet Saturday, Nov. 21, in Columbia, with the opening kick set for 7:30 p.m. Georgia athletics confirmed the same…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson will play the rest of the regular season without nickel back Donovan Starr, head coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday, Nov. 8, a hit to a secondary that was already missing Corian Gipson. Swinney said Starr had been improving steadily and could…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson needed a strong final eight minutes to put away North Dakota on Monday night, Nov. 9, winning 92-77 at Littlejohn Coliseum to stay unbeaten. The Tigers came in 2-0 after an 82-73 win over American, while the Fightin' Hawks arrived at…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson cornerback Ashton Hampton picked up the first ACC Defensive Back of the Week award of his career on Monday, Nov. 9, after a strong outing in the Tigers road win at Syracuse. Hampton shared the team lead with eight tackles, broke…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson women's basketball pulled away from UNC Greensboro for a 72-44 win Sunday afternoon at Littlejohn Coliseum, pushing the Tigers to 3-0 on the young season. Junior forward Edie Clarke led the way with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the second…
Education
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia public schools are getting a new push on writing. The Georgia Department of Education announced Tuesday that it has launched Georgia Writes, a statewide professional learning program aimed at helping teachers teach students to write well. The department built the program with Heggerty, a company that…
Education
MACON, Ga. — High school seniors across Georgia have until Nov. 30 to send college applications without paying a fee, as more than 60 public, technical and private schools waive the charge for the month. The Georgia Student Finance Commission organizes the waivers each fall with the state's public universities,…
Business
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — With Audi now planning its first American factory in Georgia, the state's port leaders used their annual Port of Brunswick update on Tuesday to make the case that Georgia has become one of the country's main hubs for building and shipping cars. Georgia Ports Authority CEO…
From Merger Monday
Mercor, the San Francisco startup that pays human experts to train and grade artificial-intelligence models, raised $750 million in a Series D round that values it at $20 billion, double its price tag of a year ago. The company didn’t name a lead investor. Nvidia, Salesforce and Zoom Communications joined as…
From Merger Monday
Anthropic PBC put a price on the largest artificial-intelligence listing yet. The Claude developer said on Tuesday it will offer 825 million Class A shares at $70 to $78 apiece and launched the roadshow for its initial public offering, a day after a draft of the terms circulated among banks…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — Dozens of Georgia homeowners who say they signed away their houses while looking for help with foreclosure are due to get their deeds back under a court judgment announced Monday by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. The ruling came Nov. 6, when a judge in Fulton County…
Politics
DeKalb County leaders in the Atlanta, Ga., area were divided Monday over a new urban camping ban that commissioners approved last month and that has not yet taken effect. CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson joined commissioners and other county leaders to talk through the ordinance and how it will work. Under the…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — The head of Georgia's Medicaid fraud unit will help steer the national association of state fraud investigators for the next year, Attorney General Chris Carr announced Tuesday. Jim Mooney, the deputy attorney general in charge of Georgia's Medicaid Fraud and Patient Protection Division, was chosen as vice…
Politics
DONALSONVILLE, Ga. — A memory card that never made it into Seminole County's vote totals has reversed the apparent winner of a southwest Georgia state House race, and Georgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is now investigating how the votes slipped through. State staff spotted the problem…
Health
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Georgia College & State University will become the state's central training hub for health care simulation after landing a $2 million grant aimed at easing Georgia's nursing shortage, the university said Tuesday. The money comes from the GREAT Health Program run by the state Department of Community…
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Kickoff: Saturday, November 14 at 12:30 PM EST. Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, SC. Opponent coverage below runs until kickoff.
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