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A map of where deaths due to the coronavirus have been reported so far in the U.S., organized by state. Read more
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After releasing details of a revised stimulus bill Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin still did not reach a deal on the next round of federal coronavirus stimulus legislation by Wednesday afternoon. All is not lost, however, because the House Democrats are planning to move forward with a vote on their own revised stimulus proposal Wednesday night, without any GOP support.
A popular weekend for Florida and Georgia college football fans might be a bit dry this fall if an alcohol ban posed by the Glynn County Commission passes.
For the sixth year in a row the Georgia Press Association awarded Smoke Signals first place for General Excellence in its annual Better Newspaper Contest division. Smoke Signals received a total of 32 awards—20 for advertising and 12 for editorial excellence.
There are some books I am a little reluctant to review. I struggle to overcome that reluctance because dark things happen in our world, and we gain nothing by hiding them—or hiding from them. In truth, we lose because by hiding them, we let then grow and fester.
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Despite the blazing heat and choking humidity outside, despite the classic dog-days-of-summer feeling of being trapped all day and all night under a soggy, heated blanket, the weeks are slowly filing in, and the autumn book-season is slowly drawing nearer. The season typically brings an incr…
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I was in law enforcement for over twelve years. Many things, like the high incarceration rate of black males, have disturbed me about our criminal justice system. But when it came to police brutality, I believed in the “few rotten apples” theory. I understand the pressures police face from a…
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Max Brooks had a massive bestseller on his hands back in 2006 when he wrote that War and Peace of zombie novels, World War Z. The book's title was later used in a Brad Pitt movie that otherwise had virtually nothing in common with the book other than hordes of shambling undead, but millions …
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The action of Matthew Carr's second novel (following 2017's The Devils of Cardona) kicks off in Barcelona in the summer of 1909. It features private detective Harry Lawton, who arrives in the city just in time to be drawn into a series of bizarre killings. Several people have been killed by …
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