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From HERE AtlantaSAN 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…
From the HERE City State DeskATLANTA, Ga. — For the first time in its long history, the Georgia-Florida rivalry will be played in Atlanta. The third-ranked Bulldogs and the No. 17 Gators kick off at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with the game on ABC. Georgia comes…
From the HERE City State DeskPITTSBURGH, Pa. — Georgia Tech heads north on Halloween looking for anything that can turn its season around. The Yellow Jackets, 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, visit Pitt at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. in a…
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…
From the HERE City State Desk
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
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Augusta Players will bring a musical about opioid addiction and recovery to the Kroc Center in Augusta next week, aiming it mostly at middle and high school students. Painless: The Opioid Musical runs Nov. 3 through Nov. 5. Most performances will take place during the school…
Events
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A downtown Augusta Halloween tradition is back for a 19th year. Le Chat Noir will stage its Black Cat Carnival on Saturday, Oct. 31, outside the theater at 304 8th Street, running from 7 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. The theater bills the night as the city's biggest…
Business
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta residents who rent out homes to visitors are pushing back against a draft zoning ordinance that would sharply shrink where short-term rentals are allowed, and they want residents to know the stays are already taxed. Under the draft as it now reads, short-term rentals would be…
From the HERE City State Desk
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…
Politics
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Voters in Augusta and neighboring Columbia County have one last week to cast a ballot in person before Election Day, as advance voting for the Nov. 3 general election runs through Friday, Oct. 30. Georgia law sets the window. Early in-person voting opens on the fourth Monday…
From the HERE City State Desk
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…
From the HERE City State Desk
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,…
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