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Jets cornerback Gardner and running back Hall doubtful vs. Dolphins, linebacker Mosley headed to IR
3 months, 1 week ago

Jets cornerback Gardner and running back Hall doubtful vs. Dolphins, linebacker Mosley headed to IR

Associated Press  

New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner and running back Breece Hall are doubtful to play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday because of injuries. Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said Friday both players appear likely to sit out “barring something magical happening the next couple of days.” Neither Gardner nor Hall practiced during the week. “We are fortunate in that way, …

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Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3' case
11 months ago

Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3' case

Associated Press  

— The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. “This is monumental.” On Thursday, the court reversed the circuit judge’s ruling that the state law allowing for additional testing didn’t apply because Echols wasn’t in custody when …

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Why your favorite summer fruits are increasingly at risk
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why your favorite summer fruits are increasingly at risk

CNN  

CNN — Peach trees are blooming at Jaemor Farms in Alto, Georgia, this week. “You’re always looking at that forecast every single day, planning work and praying and hoping that you’re going to have a good crop.” As the climate crisis creates warmer winters and early springs, peaches and many fruit crops, including plums, apples and apricots are at risk. …

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Georgia bill would give utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia bill would give utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Public Service Commission is an elected body that’s gone years without having elections because of a redistricting lawsuit. But Brionte McCorkle, one of the plaintiffs in the case, said it’s bitterly ironic that commissioners currently face no elections at all and may get extra years in office. “Georgia will reset the election cycle to ensure that the …

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Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA's Thunder
1 year, 3 months ago

Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA's Thunder

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It's such a huge amount on the citizens, which …

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Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder
1 year, 3 months ago

Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA’s SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state’s first major league sports franchise. “It’s such a huge amount on the citizens, which doesn’t seem like a very responsible use of our money,” said Natalie Lucero, …

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Jets optimism and concern: Garrett Wilson has big day; defense must tackle better
2 years, 5 months ago

Jets optimism and concern: Garrett Wilson has big day; defense must tackle better

New York Times  

Robert Saleh wasn’t quite ready to stop talking about the Jets’ come-from-behind win on Sunday. “I’ve been part of some crazy, crazy games and so you just are never surprised what this league is going to give you,” Saleh said. Saleh said Monday that starter Zach Wilson will not return from his knee injury until Week 4 against the Steelers …

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Georgia PSC elections again delayed after high court ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

Georgia PSC elections again delayed after high court ruling

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Two Georgia Public Service Commission elections will not occur this November, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing an earlier appeals court ruling that allowed them to proceed. The Supreme Court decision came hours after a state court judge in a separate case overturned a residency challenge to Durand and allowed her to stay on the ballot, ruling …

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Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2 years, 7 months ago

Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court on Friday ordered that statewide elections for two Georgia public service commissioners be put back on the November ballot, only a week after a federal judge postponed the elections after finding that electing the five commissioners statewide illegally diluted Black votes. Circuit Judges Robert Luck and Adalberto Jordan found that U.S. District Judge Steven …

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Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections
2 years, 7 months ago

Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal judge ruled Friday that Georgia’s statewide election of its five public service commissioners illegally dilutes Black voting power, ordering the state to not prepare ballots for two races that had been scheduled in November. Nico Martinez, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, called it “one of the most important decisions to advance voting rights in a generation.” …

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Judge keeps Democrat running for Georgia regulator on ballot
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge keeps Democrat running for Georgia regulator on ballot

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Democrat running for the Georgia Public Service Commission stayed on the ballot Tuesday after a judge blocked a Monday decision by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to disqualify her over residency issues. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melynee Leftridge on Tuesday ordered Raffensperger’s office to put Durand back on the ballot and count her votes, pending a …

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Police shot a man after a high-speed chase. It’s Georgia’s 50th police shooting investigated by GBI this year
4 years, 9 months ago

Police shot a man after a high-speed chase. It’s Georgia’s 50th police shooting investigated by GBI this year

CNN  

CNN — The non-fatal police shooting of a black man after a high-speed chase in Newnan, Georgia, on Monday was the 50th officer-involved shooting this year that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate. Azavious Lavonta Echols, a 25-year-old black man from Woodbury, was shot in the leg by a Newnan police officer after Echols reportedly reached …

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The West Memphis three: How a trilogy of HBO documentaries helped free three men convicted of murder
4 years, 10 months ago

The West Memphis three: How a trilogy of HBO documentaries helped free three men convicted of murder

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. What followed is an 18-year saga that would see the West …

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Column: 50 years ago, the Sunset Strip riots made L.A. the ‘magical’ epicenter of a revolution
8 years, 4 months ago

Column: 50 years ago, the Sunset Strip riots made L.A. the ‘magical’ epicenter of a revolution

LA Times  

I laced my high-tops in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I grew up under a cloud of many illusions, one of which was the idea that Los Angeles was not worth visiting. “It’s like a Tuesday night, and it’s complete gridlock and thousands of hippies on the street and I said, ‘Wow, we’re taking over.’” But the nightly throngs …

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Like Night And Day: How Two States' Utilities Approach Solar
9 years, 2 months ago

Like Night And Day: How Two States' Utilities Approach Solar

NPR  

Like Night And Day: How Two States' Utilities Approach Solar Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images This was a record-breaking year for rooftop solar power. Whatever California regulators decide, the state makes up more than 40 percent of the country's solar market — so the precedent set here could spread nationwide, says Brian …

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Damien Echols: How death row prepared me for my new life
11 years, 9 months ago

Damien Echols: How death row prepared me for my new life

Salon  

After spending 18 years in prison for murders I didn't commit, I walked off of death row one year and 10 months ago. While on death row I wrote a book called "Life After Death," that was published by Blue Rider Press soon after my release. And then the documentary that my wife, Lorri, and I produced -- most of …

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