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Georgia Ranked 5th Most 'Sinful' State: Study

Georgia ranked as the fifth most sinful state in the country, according to a recent study done by WalletHub. The study looked at many factors, ranking each state in how prevalent each "sin" is there.

Hidden Torture: Georgia Abuse Cases Involving Homeschooled Kids

From a Mableton boy repeatedly sexually assaulted by a babysitter to a former star college football player convicted of locking his son in a basement for nearly two years as punishment, all have something in common with other abuse and torture cases in the country: The victims' precarious situation may have gone unnoticed in part because they were homeschooled.

Atlanta To Get Super-Fast 5G From AT&T In 2018

Mobile users on the AT&T platform will get the chance to experience the company's newest, fastest connections in Atlanta this year. The company announced Wednesday that Atlanta will be one of a dozen cities where it will offer 5G LTE connectivity in 2018 as it begins to roll out the service nationwide.

The Best Fried Chicken In Georgia: List

Here in the South, few foods stir up the emotions quite like fried chicken. Arguing about who serves up the best yard bird can get pretty heated based on your own personal preferences — much less when you factor in hot chicken, chicken wings and all the other permutations on the classic dish we've come up with over the years.

Douglasville's Meyers Taylor Medals At Olympic Games

Douglasville's own Elana Meyers Taylor and her bobsled partner, Lauren Gibbs, earned a silver medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics, denied the gold by a German bobsled team made up of Mariama Jamanka and Lisa Buckwitz. Only 0.07 seconds separated gold from silver medals, the closest between first and second in any Olympic women's bobsled race.

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• Smiling Check Forger Identified, Search Is On

>>> Across America:

• Billy Graham, 'America's Pastor,' Dies At 99
  
• New Yorkers Smoke More Weed Than Anyone Else
• GOP Aide Claims Parkland Students Are Actors

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