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Supporters said the bill has become even more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both Washington and across the nation.

The changes didn’t include adding race as a risk factor for serious illness, despite accumulating evidence that Black people, Hispanics and Native Americans have higher rates of infection, hospitalization and death.

House Bill 426, also known as Georgia’s hate crime bill, has passed through both the state Senate and House of Representatives is now on the desk of Governor Brian Kemp.

Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. died of natural causes while servicing a life sentence for the 1963 crime that killed four African-American girls and injured others.

The Census Bureau reports Georgia is 4.1 percent below the national average in form returns.

A police officer in the Scottish city of Glasgow has been stabbed while a male suspect has been shot by an armed officer during an incident Friday in the heart of the city.

Texas shut down bars again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining as coronavirus cases surge.

A LaGrange man is behind bars after officers saw him burning alleged stolen property on the side of the road.

Contact tracers will identify themselves: The call should start with the tracer providing their name and identifying themself as calling from the department of health or another official team.

Georgians could soon get alcohol delivered to their doorstep under a bill headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk.