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Texas A&M Football Wraps Up SEC Media Days in Atlanta
Texas A&M Football took the podium at SEC Media Days today in Atlanta, Georgia. Head coach Mike Elko was joined by graduate offensive lineman Ar’maj Reed-Adams, junior linebacker Taurean York and senior defensive back Will Lee III. You can listen...

Community Calendar – July 25, 2025
Ongoing • Hours for the swimming pool at Dalton’s John Davis Recreation Center, 904 Civic Drive, are as follows: Tuesday through Thursday — 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday — 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday — noon to 5 p.m.; and Sunday — 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. • The...
Ryan Seacrest on Dad’s Serious Diagnosis
Ryan Seacrest got emotional on air in discussing a difficult family health diagnosis. He’s kept its details from the public until now. “Cancer affects every one of us in some way ... and it sucks,” he said. Ryan Seacrest always wears a smile at...
RFK Jr. Lets Go of Top Health Officials to Start Fresh at HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently became the head of the Health and Human Services (HHS) department, has made big changes by firing some of the top officials in the department. This move is part of his plan to bring new ideas and a fresh start...
“It’s been 10 days since we got our mail’: Ludowici residents frustrated over mail delays
LUDOWICI, Ga. (WTOC) - People living in Long County say they’re frustrated with not receiving their mail. Some say it could be more than a week until they see a delivery truck. “2:00, 4:00, 6:00 p.m. and there will be no mail,” said Frank Colvin...

Tennessee Ranks Worst in America in 2025 National Quality of Life Study
According to a new study, Tennessee ranks last among all 50 states in America in quality of life for its residents. CNBC's annual report on the Top States for Business in the United States uses various metrics to rank the best and worst states in...

CEO's scientist best friend, 67, made unthinkable move as he came in to land small plane
A Georgian scientist has died after his plane inexplicably plunged into the Pacific Ocean moments after he was cleared to touch down in California. Tsotne Javakhishvili was operating a 2014 Cessna T240 Corvalis TTx owned by world-renowned American...

Woman arrested in Atlanta for alleged role in Indianapolis shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Task Force, along with Atlanta law enforcement, arrested a 25-year-old woman for her alleged involvement in a shooting on the northwest side of...

How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned
Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling. The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

Gunfire erupts in Midtown Atlanta: Man shot on Peachtree Street
Officers with the Atlanta Police Department flooded Midtown Atlanta shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday after a report of a shooting. ATLANTA - A man was hospitalized on Thursday night after being shot in the arm during a burst of gunfire in the heart...

Greyhound bus crashes in South Carolina;, injuring 12
July 25 (UPI) -- A Greyhound bus crashed into a dump truck on Interstate 85 near Greenville, S.C., early Friday morning, injuring 12. The bus was heading from Charlotte, N.C., to Atlanta. All of those injured were taken to a Greenville hospital....

Student loan caps might worsen the national doctor shortage, critics worry
EMT Michaela Bonner stands outside a local hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. Bonner has been working 12-hour shifts for years trying to save up money to go to medical school. But now that President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending law caps...

Spectre haunting New York City: Zohran Mamdani’s socialist grocery stores
Customers shopping at the government-owned grocery store at the military base in Norfolk, Virginia, where the variety of groceries available equals that found in major supermarket chain stores, and the prices are much lower. Publicly owned grocery...
There’s an Appalling New Deportation Policy
(Permanent Musical Accompaniment to This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where the sky is overcast and black. We begin in...

‘Good Trouble Lives On’ protests begin in Atlanta and across US against Trump policies
Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine, Senior Pastor of Big Bethel AME Church stands with Helen Butler, executive director of the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda, while leading a prayer during a rally honoring the legacy of the late Civil Rights...

Back-to-school events in metro Atlanta: Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb schools
Here’s a look at back-to-school events happening in your area ahead of the new school year. ATLANTA — With the new school year fast approaching, back-to-school events are in full swing across metro Atlanta. Here’s a look at fun events happening to...

Who is Flau’jae Johnson’s dad? Athlete tells Shannon Sharpe she wants to fulfill her father’s legacy by rapping
NCAA champion and rapper Flau’jae Johnson has recently appeared on Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay podcast. In the July 16 episode of the podcast, Flau’jae Johnson talked about her basketball career and also shed light on her lyrical passion. The...

Invest Atlanta moves affordable housing development projects forward
During a Thursday meeting, Invest Atlanta — the city’s development authority — took another step toward increasing affordable housing options in local neighborhoods, approving funding measures tied to new mixed-use developments. The board approved...

Toni Munoz’s Cord of Courage
Clarksville, TN – Toni Munoz recently graduated with Rossview High School’s Class of 2025, and as she crossed the line to receive her diploma, one couldn’t help but notice that she wore several honor cords, which are symbolic of academic or...

Grave errors at rehab hospitals going unpenalized and undisclosed
By Jordan Rau | KFF Health News and Irena Hwang | The New York Times Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data and inspection...