We’ve grown accustomed these days to demographic firsts. Just in the last day or so, we’ve seen the election of the first Muslim U.S. senator and the first Hispanic governor of Texas. What happened in Georgia this week was on a different order of magnitude, however. Keisha Lance Bottoms was elect...
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At Cutting Kings Barber Shop in Fayette County Wednesday, customer Omar Lawrence says he and his wife had a late Tuesday night. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “When she woke up, I said ‘I didn’t want to wake you. But you woke up at the right time. She...
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Georgia Lottery officials presented a promotional check to a store in middle Georgia that sold a $1 million scratch-off ticket. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Dinesh Bulsara, the store manager at Friends and Family, was given the ceremonial check. The...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, breaking through in Republican strongholds. Here are three things to know as counting continues. 1. Democrats capture the House and Senate Democrats flipped seven Senate seat...
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WASHINGTON (Gray News) - President Donald Trump took to social media on Wednesday to praise the sudden rise in stock prices a day after the midterm elections. Trump posted to Truth Social , “Stock Market just hit another Record High — 91 Days in just a short period of time — Less...
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Many Georgia homeowners are hoping for property tax relief, and a Marietta small business owner says rising costs have made it increasingly difficult to keep up with his bills. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Tony Hoops, who owns Satoria on the Square ...
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Democrats have won control of the Georgia House of Representatives for the first time in 22 years, according to reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The win was part of a so-called “blue wave” that has transformed Georgia’s politics overnight as Democrats swept the t...
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A metro Atlanta museum is closed Wednesday because of a power outage. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Fernbank Museum is closed, according to the museum’s website, which advises people to “stay tuned for updates.” Estimate restoration time for power re...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Today is a First Alert Weather Day as a cold front approaches North Georgia bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. What to Expect Through This Evening Rain and Storms: Shower and thunderstorm cove...
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LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. ( Dakota News Now /Gray News) - A 13-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old was seriously injured Saturday night in a crash, authorities said. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said the crash occurred just before 10 p.m. near 486th Avenue and 2...
