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19Sep/17

Violence breaks out at Georgia Tech in wake of student death

September 19, 2017CrimeAtlanta, Company: Georgia Tech, Decades, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, Province/State: Georgia, Schultz, Scout Schultz, Social Issues, United Statessmbale

Video shows violence on the streets of Atlanta during a protest against the shooting death of 21-year-old Georgia Institute of Technology student Scout Schultz. Grace Lee reports. Continue reading →

30Aug/17

Kremlin: Trump Moscow real estate inquiry was ignored

August 30, 2017PoliticsAbkhazia, American people of German descent, Business, Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia, Businesspeople, Climate change skepticism and denial, Country: Russia, Dmitry Peskov, Donald John Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump litigation, Economy of the United States, Foreign electoral intervention, Georgia, Jared Kushner, Matthew Larotonda, Michael Cohen, Moscow, New York, Politics, Politics of the United States, Russia, Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Special Counsel investigation, The Apprentice, Trump Tower, United States, Vladimir Putin, Washington D.C., WWE Hall of Famesmbale

The Russian government has confirmed that a close adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump contacted the Kremlin during the presidential campaign regarding a stalled real estate project in Moscow, but the emailed request was ignored. Matthew Larotonda reports. Continue reading →

20Aug/17

Comedian Dick Gregory, active in U.S. civil rights movement, dies at age 84

August 20, 2017CelebrityActivism, Activists, Christian, Comedians, Counterculture of the 1960s, Dick Gregory, Entertainers, Georgia, Gregory, Julius Curtis Lewis Jr., NBC, Politics, Radio One, SAVANNAH, Savannah Georgia, United States, Urban One, W. W. Law, Washington D.C.smbale

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (NBC) – Comedian Dick Gregory, who took an active role in the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s, has died at age 84, his son said on social media on Saturday (August 19).
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17Jan/17

Sinkhole swallows 16 wheeler truck in Georgia

January 17, 2017EnvironmentCountry subdivisions, Currency, Disaster/Accident, Environment, GAINESVILLE, Gainesville Florida, Geography of Florida, Georgia, KARST, Pound sterling, Province/State: Georgia, Regions of the United States, Sinkhole, United Statessmbale

Fifty-five thousand pound (25,000KG) truck is swallowed by a sinkhole off of a highway in Georgia.

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05Jan/17

Trump picks former U.S. Senator Coats as director of national intelligence

January 5, 2017US ElectionsAmerican people of German descent, American Presbyterians, Business, Butch Otter, Cabinet of Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Climate change skepticism and denial, Country: United States, Dan Coats, Director, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Federal government of the United States, Foreign electoral intervention, George W. Bush, Georgia, Government, James Clapper, Leo Mackay Jr., Lockheed Martin Corp, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, New York, Politics, Politics by country, Politics of the United States, Presidency of Donald Trump, Presidential transition of Donald Trump, Russia, Russia–United States relations, Sonny Perdue, Toby Cosgrove, Trump, u.s. department of agriculture, u.s. senate, United States, Washington D.C.smbale

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picks former U.S. Senator Dan Coats as his Director of National Intelligence, according to a senior transition official.

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02Mar/16

Trump, Clinton capture key wins on U.S. Super Tuesday

March 2, 2016US ElectionsBarack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Georgia, Country: United States, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Mike Pence, Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, New York, Politicians, Politics, Politics of the United States, Presidential nominee, Presidents of the United States, Province/State: Alaska, Province/State: Arkansas, Province/State: Colorado, Province/State: Florida, Province/State: Georgia, Province/State: Minnesota, Province/State: Oklahoma, Province/State: Tennessee, Province/State: Vermont, Province/State: Virginia, Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, Super Tuesday, Ted Cruz, Tuesday, U.S. networks, United States, United States presidential electionsmbale

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton win big in the U.S. Super Tuesday nominating contests.
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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from April to June 2015

November 28, 2015WorldAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, amtrak, Andrew Chan, Assyrian City, Australia, Baghdad, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Brazil, Burundi, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Chile, China, Clementa Pinckney, Countries, Cuba, David Cameron, Dylann Roof, Egypt, Elizabeth Diana, Freddie Gray, Fulgencio Batista, Georgia, Godefroid Niyombare, Goodluck Jonathan, Houthi movement, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Joko Widodo, Kenya, Kevin Krogh, Kyanjin Gompa, Lagos, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mohamed Mursi, Moon, Mosul, Muhammadu Buhari, Myanmar, Myuran Sukumaran, Nepal, New York City, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Nimrud, Philadelphia, Pierre Nkurunziza, Prime Niyongabo, Queen Elizabeth, Ramadi, Raúl Castro, Riyadh, Saif Rezgui, Salerno, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sousse, Soviet Union, Tanzania, Tayyip Erdogan, Tbilisi, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Western Asia, William, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the second quarter of the year include an attack on a Kenyan university, a gunman targeting tourists on a Tunisian beach and, after decades of hostility, a handshake between the leaders of the United States and Cuba.
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25Oct/15

Algorithm helps robot fall gracefully

October 25, 2015InnovationAtlanta, Culture, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Germany, Hamburg, Humanoid robots, KAREN LIU, Literature, Lui, Professor, Robot, Science in popular culture, Sehoon Ha, United Statessmbale

A new algorithm developed in Atlanta could reduce damage to costly robots.

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20Oct/15

Missing Georgia Tech student found alive thanks to phone tracking app

October 20, 2015TechnologyAtlanta, Atlanta Journal, DeKalb, Georgia, Georgia Tech police, IPhone, James Huber, mobile phones, NEXT MEDIA, Person Travel, Robert Connolly, Television, Television stations, WXIA-TVsmbale

USA (Next Media) – A Georgia Tech student who had been missing for two days was found alive on Monday on railroad tracks in downtown Atlanta.
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14Sep/15

Miss Georgia crowned Miss America 2016

September 14, 2015FashionAmerican culture, Atlantic City, Atlantic City New Jersey, Beauty pageants, Betty Cantrell, Competitions, District of Columbia, Georgia, John Oliver, Kira Kazantsev, Miss America, Miss Georgia, Miss World, New York, Puerto Rico, Sam Haskell, United States, Vanessa Williams, Zappos Theatersmbale

Georgia contestant Betty Cantrell crowned 2016 Miss America.

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