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The plaintiffs are seeking all of Afroman's profits from the use of their personas.Afroman says his immediate reaction t...
03/26/2023
Afroman put home footage of a police raid in music videos. Now the cops are suing him

The plaintiffs are seeking all of Afroman's profits from the use of their personas.

Afroman says his immediate reaction to the lawsuit was "a drop of anger, disbelief and a little anxiety, followed by tons of laughter."

A police search of the rapper's Ohio home didn't lead to charges, but spawned music videos, merchandise, theft accusations and an invasion of privacy lawsuit. Afroman tells NPR he plans to countersue.

On one hand, this Tiny Desk (home) performance by The Bad Ends is an Athens, Ga., insider's dream, not just because the ...
03/25/2023
The Bad Ends: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

On one hand, this Tiny Desk (home) performance by The Bad Ends is an Athens, Ga., insider's dream, not just because the group features R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry and singer Mike Mantione of the band Five Eight, but because of all the Easter eggs the group placed around the room.

This magical, four-song set is an Athens, Ga., insider's dream.

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from ...
03/25/2023
Where the cases stand for the 1,000 people charged for the Capitol riot

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing.

Here's what is happening to those charged.

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing. Here's what is happening to those charged.

Health officials and drug enforcement agencies are warning about the dangers of an increasingly prevalent drug, xylazine...
03/25/2023
Xylazine is contaminating the drug supply in Georgia, often with fatal outcomes

Health officials and drug enforcement agencies are warning about the dangers of an increasingly prevalent drug, xylazine.

A dangerous depressant in humans, the drug is commonly used as an animal tranquilizer. According to data from the state Department of Public Health, xylazine-related deaths in Georgia have jumped by over 1,000% in the past two years.

Public health officials are working to combat a significant rise in overdose deaths related to the drug, commonly used as an animal tranquilizer.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced over 40 members for the new South River Forest and Public Safety Training Cent...
03/25/2023
Atlanta launches police training center task force; DeKalb County restricts public access to area

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced over 40 members for the new South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force providing input on the police training center and nearby green areas.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced the members for his new community task force providing input on the police training center. At the same time, DeKalb County asks residents to avoid the area.

A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes ou...
03/25/2023
A giant trapdoor spider was discovered in Australia

A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a new species to add to the list.

The spider lives in open woodland habitats, building burrows in Central Queensland's black soils. Much of its habitat has been lost to land clearing, meaning it's likely an endangered species.

Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they could be hiding large alligators, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Divisi...
03/25/2023
Stunned biologist looks into tortoise hole to see alligator ‘smiling back’ in Georgia

Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they could be hiding large alligators, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division says.

That discovery was made the hard way when biologists studying gopher tortoises peeped into a seemingly innocent burrow in Tattnall County, about 60 miles west of Savannah.

Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they could be hiding large alligators, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division says. That discovery was made the hard way when biologists studying gopher tortoises peeped into a seemingly innocent burrow in Tattnall County, about 60 miles west of Savanna...

Officials with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expect more than 4.4 million passengers to travel to, ...
03/24/2023
Atlanta airport expects busy spring holiday travel beginning on Sunday

Officials with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expect more than 4.4 million passengers to travel to, from, or through the airport over the two-week spring holiday period beginning on Sunday.

Officials with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expect more than 4.4 million passengers to travel through the airport during the spring holiday travel period — just as the airport plans to block off parts of its roadways.

Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Henry and Rockdale counties are joining Atlanta in a new lawsuit claiming they had no ...
03/24/2023
Atlanta and local governments continue fighting drug companies for opioid crisis related damages

Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Henry and Rockdale counties are joining Atlanta in a new lawsuit claiming they had no choice but to pay employees’ insurance claims for unnecessary opioid prescriptions that led to widespread opioid addiction.

GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more.

The city of Atlanta and six metro area counties filed a federal lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court of North Georgia seeking compensatory and punitive damages against drug companies and pharmacies related to their role in the opioid crisis.

Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed min...
03/24/2023
Scientists say mine plan claiming no swamp harm has errors

Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won't harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge are riddled with technical errors.

Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won't harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge are riddled with technical errors

03/24/2023
3.24 Political Rewind

Today at 9am, we'll have AJC editor Kevin Riley on to reflect on his career and time at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Tune in!

The Political Rewind team also congratulates Leroy Chapman for making history in the next steps in his career.

Look up later this month, and you might be in for an out-of-this world sight — no telescope required.Five planets — Jupi...
03/24/2023
5 planets could be visible in the night sky next week

Look up later this month, and you might be in for an out-of-this world sight — no telescope required.

Five planets — Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will be visible across the night sky for many viewers on Earth around March 27 and 28.

On Monday and Tuesday, you may be able to catch a glimpse of Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars all at once.

03/23/2023
Annual Legislative Kickball Tournament

Just for kicks, the Senate and House competed in the annual legislative kickball tournament Tuesday at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium. Following much laughter, camaraderie, and a touch of trash talk, the House took home the “W” for the second consecutive year.

A task force looking into unsolved cases in DeKalb County will use federal funding to identify remains in 27 cases.Now t...
03/23/2023
DeKalb County identifies woman in 1993 cold case, receives grant for task force

A task force looking into unsolved cases in DeKalb County will use federal funding to identify remains in 27 cases.

Now they’re asking for help from the public.

A task force looking into unsolved cases in DeKalb County will use federal funding to identify remains in 27 cases. Now they’re asking for help from the public.

After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta, fueled, in pa...
03/23/2023
Will ‘drag racing 2.0’ cross the finish line at the Georgia Capitol?

After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta, fueled, in part, by social media.

The Georgia General Assembly is pushing for a new bipartisan bill to stop it.

After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta, fueled, in part, by social media. The Georgia General Assembly is pushing for a new bipartisan bill to stop it.

Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied agains...
03/23/2023
Muddy clothes? 'Cop City' activists question police evidence

Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied against 23 people who were arrested after a masked group attacked an Atlanta-area police training center construction site.

Critics have accused officials of levying disproportionate charges to scare off others from joining the "Stop Cop City" movement.

Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied against 23 people who were arrested after a masked group attacked an Atlanta-area police training center construction site. Critics have accused officials of levying disproportionate cha...

03/23/2023
3.23 Political Rewind

Today on Political Rewind, host Bill Nigut welcomes activist and Va**na Monologues playwright V Ensler and former state senator Jen Jordan to the panel.
Tune in at 9 for a conversation on women's autonomy, V's life, and more.

Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Violence against Women

GOOD Meat, a company that grows chicken and other meat from animal cells without slaughtering animals, has cleared a sig...
03/23/2023
FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals

GOOD Meat, a company that grows chicken and other meat from animal cells without slaughtering animals, has cleared a significant FDA safety hurdle.

The clearance brings the company one step closer to selling its products in the U.S.

GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.

For many Americans, throwing something away means that it's gone forever.But Professor Stephanie Hughes wants students t...
03/23/2023
Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it

For many Americans, throwing something away means that it's gone forever.

But Professor Stephanie Hughes wants students to learn that this is not always the case.

A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage. Sometimes, they even make a career out of it.

House Bill 414, which passed the Senate earlier this week, sets up a grant program within the Department of Behavioral H...
03/22/2023
Bill to expand veteran mental health services heads to Gov. Kemp's desk

House Bill 414, which passed the Senate earlier this week, sets up a grant program within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide behavioral health services to military service members, veterans and their families.

GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more.

House Bill 414 sets up a grant program within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide behavioral health services to military service members, veterans and their families.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the ninth time in a row on Wednesday, opting to continue its campaign agai...
03/22/2023
The Fed raises interest rates again despite the stress hitting the banking system

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the ninth time in a row on Wednesday, opting to continue its campaign against high inflation despite stress in the banking industry following the collapse of two regional banks.

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage-point in an effort to curb high inflation. Some had called for the Fed to wait after two recent bank failures.

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House...
03/22/2023
Knight, Springsteen, Louis-Dreyfus among 22 honored by Biden

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals.

Gladys Knight, Bruce Springsteen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus were among the 22 people and organizations being honored.

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals. Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling and Gladys Knight were among the 22 people and organizations being honored.

03/22/2023
3.22 Political Rewind

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The Legislature passed S.B. 140, which would block gender affirming care for transgender minors. Will Gov. Kemp sign the bill?
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is pushing a bill on hospitals in rural Georgia that could benefit his family's business.

A bill that would formally define antisemitism in Georgia law has stalled after an unfriendly amendment in a Senate comm...
03/22/2023
Georgia bill to define antisemitism stalls in wording fight

A bill that would formally define antisemitism in Georgia law has stalled after an unfriendly amendment in a Senate committee altered the measure in ways its sponsors disagree with, possibly ending the legislation's prospects in the 2023 legislative session.

A bill that would define antisemitism in Georgia law has stalled after an unfriendly amendment in a Senate committee altered the measure Monday. The sponsors say a definition would help prosecutors and other officials identify hate crimes and illegal discrimination targeting Jewish people.

The Georgia House and Senate have each passed similar measures to regulate electric vehicles. They've narrowed their pri...
03/21/2023
Senate Committee moves forward on electric vehicle regulations

The Georgia House and Senate have each passed similar measures to regulate electric vehicles. They've narrowed their priorities down to one bill, hoping to agree on a final version before the end of the legislative session.

The Georgia House and Senate have each passed similar measures to regulate electric vehicles. They've narrowed their priorities down to one bill hoping to agree on a final version before the end of the legislative session.

03/21/2023

V**e users now have to watch where they v**e!

The House passed SB 47 on Tuesday. The bill makes va**ng in smoke-free areas a misdemeanor offense.

Tune into GPB Lawmakers tonight at 7 PM for more.

The Georgia Ports Authority Police Department would expand its jurisdiction and powers, if a bill passed unanimously Mon...
03/21/2023
Georgia port police would be granted more power under bill passed by Legislature

The Georgia Ports Authority Police Department would expand its jurisdiction and powers, if a bill passed unanimously Monday by the Georgia Senate is signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

GPB's Benjamin Payne reports.

Georgia Ports Authority police officers could make arrests up to 1 mile outside of the ports of Savannah and Brunswick.

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In today's morning headlines, GPB News shares how the principal chief of the Lower Creek Tribe wants to stop the proposed titanium mine near the .
Imagine one-third of the global population tuning into a TV broadcast at the same time.

That’s what happened on July 13, 1985, when 1.9 billion people watched musicians perform in London and Philadelphia to raise money for famine-stricken Ethiopians. (From GPB News)
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker’s viral comments about polluted “bad air” floating to China is the latest misstep for a campaign seeking to overcome an avalanche of negative stories and his penchant for controversial statements. (Via GPB News)
Fantastic episode of GPB News' View Finders all about the Okefenokee Swamp!
National parks give America more than just beauty and inspiration. They also contribute to local economies nationwide, including in Georgia. (From GPB News)
Wednesday, with GPB News on Political Rewind, Georgia Equality's Executive Director, Jeff Graham, and Gender Policy Manager, Chanel Haley, accompanied by other community leaders, sit down to discuss the future of LGBTQ+ Georgians. Click here to listen in.
We welcome Peter Biello as he joins the GPB News team as the host of "All Things Considered!" He makes his debut today but before he goes live, he spoke with "Morning Edition" host Leah Fleming about the fresh challenge.
On today's edition of GPB News "Political Rewind," the panel discusses the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that led to a weekend full of uncertainty. Will abortion rights motivate voters to turn out in November? Listen now:
The decision will upend abortion policies across the country, including Georgia, where the state’s strict six-week abortion ban is pending in court. (From GPB News)
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade. Follow our GPB News staff as they report on reactions from officials, organizations and citizens from across Georgia. (From GPB News)
The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists. (From GPB News)

Additionally, "Political Rewind" will air a live episode in reaction to the Supreme Court ruling today at 2 p.m.
The former Atlanta-based federal prosecutor who found no evidence to support false claims of voter fraud in Georgia and resigned under pressure from former President Donald Trump testified Monday in front of a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (From GPB News)
U.S. House lawmakers passed a bill that would implement federal “red flag” laws under mounting pressure to respond to the country’s seemingly never-ending string of mass shootings. (From GPB News)
It was established long ago: Fox is a propaganda network for the Republican Party -- no airing of Trump's violent attempt to overthrow democracy.
Georgia's top election officials could testify publicly in front of the U.S. House committee investigating the 2021 Capitol insurrection this month, as failed Trump-led efforts to reverse the state's election results remain in the national spotlight. (From GPB News)
With the surplus in Georgia's treasury, WHY CAN'T the legislature support public radio and tv more??? WHO do we write besides our local legislators??? Go directly to the Guv?
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