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Saturday was the 40th anniversary of Columbus' first "Stocking Strangling," when 59-year-old Mary "Fern" Jackson was found murdered in her 2505 17th St. home. She brutally had been beaten and raped, and strangled with a stocking and a sash.
Anthony Pham immigrated to the United States in 1982 from Vietnam and became a citizen five years later, after President Ronald Reagan signed an immigration law that sped the legalization process for millions of new Americans. Now a business owner and proud Republican in Georgia's staunchly conservative 10th Congressional District, Pham says he supports maintaining legal status for young immigrants living in the United States illegally who were brought to the country as children.
Anthony Pham immigrated to the United States in 1982 from Vietnam and became a citizen five years later, after President Ronald Reagan signed an immigration law that sped the legalization process for millions of new Americans. Now a business owner and proud Republican in Georgia's staunchly conservative 10th Congressional District, Pham says he supports maintaining legal status for young immigrants living in the United States illegally who were brought to the country as children.
The King Center's Beloved Community Talks convene influential women with diverse voices around the world, bridging the racial divide with special guests: Senator Elizabeth Warren, Social Activist Tamika Mallory, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Gloria Morrow, GOP Committeewoman Ginger Howard, and Faith Leader and FOX News Contributor and Evangelist, Alveda King. This live event will take place in Ebenezer Baptist Church located at 101 Jackson Street, NE Atlanta GA from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m and is free to the public and will be livestreamed on http://www.belovedcommunitytalks.org , as well as The King Center's Twitter and Facebook page.
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Is Georgia doling out too many tax breaks? You could certainly make that argument. In this year's General Assembly session, lawmakers passed 10 bills granting various forms of tax breaks and exemptions that totaled nearly half a billion dollars: $483 million over the next five years, by one estimate.
Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Congress, checks in for her voter card Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, Ga. Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Congress, checks in for her voter card Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, Ga.
Paul Singer, the billionaire founder of hedge fund firm Elliott Management. A spokesperson declined to say whether Singer had donated to the Georgia election, but data from the Center for Responsive Politics show that affiliates of the firm did.
In this June 6, 2017 file photo, candidates in Georgia's 6th Congressional District race Republican Karen Handel, left, and Democrat Jon Ossoff prepare to debate in Atlanta. Handel and Ossoff are making their last push this weekend before voters in Georgia's 6th Congressional District cast ballots Tuesday, June 20, to replace Tom Price in Washington, a contest seen as an early political test for the Trump administration.
Handel and Ossoff... DORAVILLE, Ga. - Dr. Nadine Becker wasn't politically involved until she saw Donald Trump elected president, but the suburban Atlanta gynecologist didn't know how to engage, given her traditionally Republican surroundings.
Karen Handel campaigns in Johns Creek, Ga., ahead of Tuesday's runoff election to replace former Tom Price. Democrat Jon Ossoff is trying for an upset over Handel in the GOP-leaning Sixth Congressional District that stretches across greater Atlanta's northern suburbs.
Watch Atlanta television long enough and you're bound to see a young congressional candidate pledging to cut "wasteful spending" and make "both parties in Washington" be "accountable to you." Yet follow Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 6th Congressional District and you'll see the 30-year-old Democrat joining fellow millennials for happy hour, convening a group of women's health advocates and hosting specific minority groups across Atlanta's northern suburbs.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events The Georgia 6th Congressional District special election to replace now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price was already looking like a referendum on President Trump. With millions of dollars pouring into the race on both sides, the contest between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel seemed tailor-made to measure the demographic shifts in wealthy suburbs and the staying power of the Trump message.
A Georgia congressional election in a historically conservative district is headed to a runoff that raises the stakes in an early measure for President Donald Trump and both major parties ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Democrat Jon Ossoff , a 30-year-old former congressional staffer, fell a few percentage points shy of an outright victory amid an 18-candidate scramble in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election ... . FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows Karen Handel speaking to a reporter in Roswell, Ga.
Georgia House race continues as Trump referendum The eyes of the nation are on a special election in Georgia's 6th congressional district. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2pykgKZ Georgia's sixth congressional district is holding a special election Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by Tom Price, who left to take over as Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services.
Georgia voters continue to stream into polling sites in the suburbs north of Atlanta to cast their ballots in the special election to fill the 6th Congressional District seat. Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will stay open until 7 p.m. Local election officials have reported steady turnout all day, and state officials have received few reports of problems.
Republicans are pushing to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district where Democrats stoked by opposition to President Donald Trump have rallied behind a candidate who has raised a shocking amount of money for a special election. Tuesday's primary lumps all 18 candidates -Republicans, Democrats and independents - on one ballot in a race that is testing both parties' strategies for the 2018 midterm elections with Trump in the White House.
Nearly three weeks after the fire under the Interstate 85 northbound bridge near Piedmont Road caused it to collapse and damaged the southbound bridge enough to also warrant its replacement, little new information on the case has been provided by the Georgia Department of Transportation, mainly due to an ongoing investigation.