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SportsSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Atlanta Dream could not find the basket Monday night in San Francisco, and a 64-55 loss to the Golden State Valkyries in Game 5 has pushed them to the edge in the WNBA Finals. Golden State now leads the best-of-seven…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream know they are coming home for Game 6 of the WNBA Finals. They just do not know which building they will play in. Golden State beat the Dream 67-62 on Saturday to even the best-of-seven series at two games…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — The Falcons gave San Francisco its first defeat of the season on Sunday in Atlanta, beating the 49ers 29-20 behind three touchdown throws from Michael Penix Jr. and a defense that took the ball away four times. Atlanta turned those takeaways into…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson still has to earn bowl eligibility, but the early postseason forecasts released this week have the Tigers spending December somewhere far from the Upstate. Two national projections place Clemson in the brand-new San Juan Bowl in Puerto Rico, an ACC vs.…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday he will keep Chad Morris as offensive coordinator at least through the end of the season, even as the Tigers offense keeps sputtering. The decision followed a 20-16 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday night at…
From the HERE City State DeskSTATESBORO, Ga. — One of the oldest rivalries in southern college football returns to Paulson Stadium on Halloween, and this year the stakes reach beyond bragging rights. Both schools sit at 2-1 in Sun Belt East play, sharing the No. 2 spot in the division,…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Education
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia is getting roughly $10 million in federal money to help people who already work in schools move into classrooms of their own. The Georgia Department of Education says the two grants will widen teacher apprenticeship programs across the state. The larger award, close to $6 million,…
Events
ATLANTA, Ga. — The sound of old Havana is headed for Peachtree Street. Buena Vista Social Club, the musical that has won both Tony and Grammy awards, opens at the Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta on Tuesday night, Oct. 27, and plays through Sunday, Nov. 1. The show tells the…
Events
ATLANTA, Ga. — Panda fans who cannot make it to the zoo in person will soon be able to check in on Zoo Atlanta's newest residents from a phone or laptop. The zoo said its PandaCam is coming back, this time trained on giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang.…
Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta's own Outkast is lending its crown to the Georgia Bulldogs this week, as Nike rolls out a limited apparel line to mark the first Georgia-Florida football game ever played in Atlanta. The collection, called Outkast U, is a team-up between the hip-hop duo, the University of…
Business
FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Middle Georgia has landed the biggest auto prize of the year. Audi, the German luxury brand, has chosen the Middle Georgia Megasite as the location of its first manufacturing plant anywhere in the United States, a project the company values at about $4 billion. The company…
Business
PERRY, Ga. — A day after its first U.S. factory was unveiled at a Middle Georgia political rally, Audi spent Sunday insisting the $4 billion project is a business call about tariffs and market share, not politics. The German luxury brand plans to build premium SUVs at the Middle Georgia…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — A social media personality with millions of online followers will stay behind bars while he fights federal charges that he siphoned about $4 million in food assistance meant for low-income Georgia families. Mercedes Reshard New, 39, who posts as Shawty Dred, faces a grand jury indictment returned…
Crime
NEWNAN, Ga. — The man behind First Liberty Building & Loan, once a fixture in Georgia conservative politics, will spend the next 15 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that drained the savings of roughly 300 investors. U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May handed down the sentence…
From HERE Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Federal election monitors are coming to Chatham County for next week's midterm vote, and local Democrats in Savannah are pushing back hard on the plan. Washington is sending observers to several states for the Nov. 3 vote, Georgia among them. Chatham is one of six Georgia counties…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia’s famous rainy-day pile is still large, but it shrank sharply last year. The state’s annual Revenues and Reserves report, released Monday by the State Accounting Office, shows Georgia pulled about $6.3 billion out of its general fund reserves in the fiscal year that closed June 30,…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia heads into the last stretch of early voting with close to a quarter of its active voters already done. State turnout figures show 1,781,209 ballots accepted through Oct. 26, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Most of that came at the polls. The Secretary of…
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