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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a bill into law limiting the ability of some Chinese citizens to buy land in the state.
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At around 3:40 am, an Athens-Clarke County Police officer responded to the sound of a vehicle crash on West Broad Street and found a man unresponsive in the road. The pedestrian, identified as 34 year old Michael Kitchen of Madison, was rushed to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.
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Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle is officially in commercial operation, coming online nine months after the completion of Unit 3 at the plant south of Augusta.
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Pathways in the Health & Human Services Academy and STEM Academy received recognition from the Georgia Department of Education and other organizations.
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Early voting began on Monday and ends on Friday, May 17.
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New York police officers cleared pro-Palestinian student encampments late Tuesday night at two campuses as similar protests continued to simmer across the country's higher education institutions.
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A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including City of Glass, Sunset Park, 4 3 2 1 and The Brooklyn Follies.
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
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