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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
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Marvel actor Paul Bettany and 21-year-old horror director Kane Parsons were among the honorees Monday at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival in Savannah. Bettany accepted the Virtuoso Award during a TV sidebar screening of VisionQuest, the new Marvel series that picks up Vision's story after WandaVision. The…
Events
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The second night of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival brought awards for Jessica Lange and filmmaker Jordan Firstman on Sunday, with fans lining up outside Trustees Theater on Broughton Street hours before the red carpet opened. People started gathering around 2 p.m., more than three hours ahead…
Business
POOLER, Ga. — Mitsubishi Power Americas will put $490 million into a major expansion of its Savannah Machinery Works plant near Pooler, a project state leaders say will bring more than 220 new jobs to Chatham County. The plant on Pine Meadow Drive builds gas turbines, and the project tacks…
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
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Federal election monitors are coming to Chatham County for next week's midterm vote, and local Democrats in Savannah are pushing back hard on the plan. Washington is sending observers to several states for the Nov. 3 vote, Georgia among them. Chatham is one of six Georgia counties…
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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