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SportsCLEMSON, S.C. — Georgia Tech heads to Clemson on Saturday trying to salvage something from a season that has gone sideways, and it will do it with a reshuffled coaching staff. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium is set for 12:30 p.m. on The CW. The Yellow…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — Marcilina Grayer finally got her first win as Georgia State's women's basketball coach Wednesday night, and her Panthers made it a lopsided one, beating Toccoa Falls 84-41 at the GSU Convocation Center. Georgia State (1-3) had lost several close games to open…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta’s Georgia Tech travels to Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 14. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m., with the game on The CW, as the Yellow Jackets open the final stretch of a 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) season. The Jackets…
SportsATHENS, Ga. — Georgia is back at No. 1, and the Bulldogs know how quickly that can disappear. Top-ranked Georgia hosts Missouri on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Sanford Stadium, with the game on ABC. The Bulldogs are 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the Southeastern…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — Georgia climbed to the top of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, replacing Miami at No. 1 in the selection committee's second list of the 2026 season. The 8-1 Bulldogs are followed by unbeaten Utah at No. 2, two-loss Alabama at…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was voted National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday for the third season in a row, making him the first manager in big-league history to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America award three straight times. Murphy,…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox is the 2026 American League Manager of the Year, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Tuesday night, capping a season in which a club that had lost 100 or more games three years running climbed…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Boston turned the first meeting between Jayson Tatum and former teammate Jaylen Brown into a lopsided night, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 123-101 on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Paul George, who went to Boston in the offseason deal that sent Brown to…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday named Pedro Guerrero a hitting coach on their major league staff, filling the lone opening on manager Dave Roberts' coaching group for 2027. Guerrero, 37, comes over from Miami, where he led the Marlins' hitting group…
From the HERE City National DeskHENDERSON, Nev. — Kirk Cousins is headed back to Minnesota. The Las Vegas Raiders announced Tuesday that they have shipped the 38-year-old quarterback to the Vikings, getting a 2027 third-round draft choice back. The Raiders said the deal will not be final until Cousins passes…
From the HERE City National DeskWINNIPEG, Manitoba — Dawson Mercer scored twice in his first meeting with his former club, including the go-ahead power-play goal late in the third period, as the Winnipeg Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. The night was…
From the HERE City National DeskBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A new league for the country's best under-18 boys basketball players, with LeBron James and Kevin Durant among its founding backers, was unveiled Tuesday and plans to start playing in April 2027. The Futures Basketball League will split 120 prospects, members of…
Education
ATLANTA, Ga. — A federal rewrite of how colleges are accredited is headed for Georgia campuses, and the state's public university system is already part of the shift away from the old model. The U.S. Education Department has finished new rules for the private, nonprofit agencies that vet colleges and…
Business
LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — An online seller of plumbing, heating and electrical parts is putting a major distribution hub in Henry County. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that SupplyHouse will invest about $19 million to open logistics operations near Locust Grove, a project expected to bring 330 jobs. The building…
Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia drivers are paying less at the pump for another week, and the national average has finally slipped under $4 a gallon. AAA's daily survey put Georgia's average for regular unleaded at $3.41 on Thursday, down from $3.43 a day earlier, $3.54 a week ago and $3.81…
Business
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — Thursday is the final day for buyers to bid on two Georgia warehouses the federal government bought this year to hold immigrants and then never used. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent more than $128 million on a building of about 1 million square feet in Social…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — The fight over kratom is shaping up as one of the first big consumer-safety debates for Georgia's incoming Legislature. A national trade group, the American Kratom Association, is lobbying lawmakers to regulate the plant-based products instead of outlawing nearly all of them. The group argues that the…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia's Nov. 3 election is not quite finished. County election workers began a statewide round of risk-limiting audits Thursday, and a single state House seat in South Georgia is still headed to a runoff that will set the final size of the new Democratic majority. Secretary of…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — After two decades out of power, Democrats are lining up to run the Georgia House. The new majority caucus on Thursday chose House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley of Columbus as its nominee for Georgia House speaker, a vote the full chamber is expected to take when lawmakers…
Health
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgians shopping for cheaper prescriptions online are being told to slow down. Attorney General Chris Carr issued a consumer alert Thursday warning that a large share of internet pharmacies are illegal and that some sell counterfeit, expired or improperly stored drugs that can do real harm. Fake…
Health
ATLANTA, Ga. — The state trust that hands out Georgia's opioid settlement money is paying for programs that steer pregnant women with addiction away from prison and into treatment, part of more than $30 million in new state grants. Motherhood Beyond Bars, a nonprofit that works with pregnant women behind…
Health
ATLANTA, Ga. — Full Medicaid expansion is back on the table in Georgia after last week's election, but health advocates and hospital leaders are warning that the federal rules have changed since the state last debated the idea. Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, the first Democrat to win the office since…
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