ATLANTA – Atlanta-based The Home Depot has agreed to pay a $17.5 million settlement with 46 states including Georgia over a 2014 data breach The settlement, announced Tuesday, resolves a multistate investigation of a data breach involving the payment card information of about 40 million Home Depot customers nationwide. Georgia’s share of the agreement will […]
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Eight charged with gang-related child sex trafficking
After a year-long joint investigation, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested 8 people in Albany on charges of child sex trafficking and violation of the gang statute. On October 23, 2019, the Albany Police Department requested the investigative assistance of the GBI regarding the commercial sexual exploitation of children, also known as child sex […]
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Georgia ranks third highest in residents without health insurance
Georgia residents without health insurance represent 13.41% of the state’s population, the third-highest percentage among the 50 states, according to a new study by the financial services website WalletHub. Between the years 2010 and 2019, the uninsured rate in Georgia declined 6.29%, the analysis said. Among the state’s children, the uninsured rate stood at 7.41%, while […]
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Savannah man wanted for shooting his mother
SAVANNAH — Police in Savannah are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect they say shot his own mother last week. Police officers responded to the 200 block of Crescent Drive around 3 a.m. Nov. 17 and discovered a woman suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound due to a domestic violence related incident. […]
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DeKalb County to provide 10,000 mask and hand sanitizer kits to residents
DeKalb County will pass out 10,000 COVID-19 care kits containing two non-surgical masks and hand sanitizer to residents Wednesday, Nov. 25, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The DeKalb County Board of Health is supporting this initiative with the hopes that residents will stay masked up, maintain social distancing, and continue to wash their hands […]
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Georgia readies for a second recount
Georgia election officials are gearing up for another recount of the roughly 5 million ballots cast in the state’s presidential election this month following a request over the weekend by President Donald Trump’s campaign. State law allows Trump, who lost Georgia by fewer than 13,000 votes to President-elect Joe Biden, to seek a recount due […]
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Is Donald Trump harming Georgia republicans?
With the world watching Georgia’s two runoffs for the state’s U.S. Senate seats and the dust settling on the Nov. 3 election, a comparison of the presidential race to the senate races and to the 2016 election shows that republicans who rejected Donald Trump may have played a key role in his defeat in November […]
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Coronavirus exposure shuts down Habersham County senior center’s meal program
Confirmed exposure to COVID-19 has shut down the Habersham County senior center’s congregate meal program until Nov. 30. All other operations will continue as usual. As directed by local health officials, the Congregate Meal Program the Habersham County Senior Center will remain closed until November 30, 2020. This allows enough time for cleaning and sanitation. […]
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Will Georgia stay blue in the Senate runoff?
Democrat Joe Biden flipped Georgia with a slim 13,000 vote lead, buoying the spirit of Democrats who have dubbed the state “Joe’gia” and angering President Donald Trump who continues to pursue legal challenges meant to overturn the results. But whether Biden’s win here represents anything more than a fluke fueled by Trump-weary voters is one […]
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Kelly Loeffler in self-quarantine after positive coronavirus test
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler is self-quarantining after a COVID-19 test came back positive Friday. A second test on Saturday came back inconclusive, according to Loeffler’s campaign, but the senator will follow CDC guidelines and quarantine until retesting is conclusive. The campaign says Loeffler has contacted anyone she made direct contact with. “Senator Loeffler took two […]