Georgia

Richard Moss was a master of shape-note singing, a hauntingly beautiful old style of spiritual music popular in Appalachia. Foxfire students came to his home in 1980 to record his singing.

In The Mountains Of Georgia, Foxfire Students Keep Appalachian Culture Alive

9:01am November 04, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

For 50 years, high school students in Rabun County have chronicled their region's disappearing traditions and mountain people, from blacksmiths to moonshiners, in publications and a living museum.

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Huge bands of rain are seen in this satellite image of Hurricane Matthew just before it made landfall in South Carolina Saturday morning.

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Hurricane Matthew Makes Landfall In S.C.; 'Serious Inland Flooding' Reported

5:24pm October 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Rain accumulations of 8 to 12 inches are possible from northeast South Carolina into northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia, the National Hurricane Center says.

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Hurricane Matthew Rolls Into Savannah, Ga., Which Is Now Under Curfew

10:40pm October 07, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

With high winds and rain hitting Georgia's coastal communities, it's now too late to evacuate. A curfew is in place until daylight because of fears of looting.

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People bike on the beach ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. Droves of people in the U.S. have begun evacuating coastal areas ahead of the storm, which tracked a deadly path through the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud a

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Millions Of Coastal Residents Warned To Flee Inland As Hurricane Nears Florida

5:08pm October 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

More than a hundred people died as Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 4 storm will near the U.S. coast late Thursday or early Friday.

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Gas Shortages, Price Spikes Seen Across The South Following Pipeline Spill

1:06pm September 20, 2016

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The pipeline's operator plans to have a workaround in place by the end of the week, but in the meantime prices are up 20 to 30 cents per gallon and some stations are running dry.

Herman "Dub" Tolbert, shown inside an American Legion post in Bokoshe, Okla., says the community is left exposed and he's determined to make regulators listen.

Communities Uneasy As Utilities Look For Places To Store Coal Ash

5:18pm July 05, 2016

In 2014, after disastrous spills and opposition from environmentalists, the EPA imposed new rules on the storage of coal ash. Two towns are pushing back against different ways of storing the ash.

Gov. Nathan Deal says that a bill making it legal to carry guns in most buildings and areas at public colleges is too broad. He's seen here at the end of the General Assembly's session in March.

'Campus Carry' Gun Bill Is Vetoed In Georgia, With A Lengthy Explanation

1:23pm May 04, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Explaining his veto, Gov. Nathan Deal cites Antonin Scalia — as well as a college rules meeting attended by Thomas Jefferson back in 1824.

Attorney Julio Moreno talks to Shawn's family outside the Stewart Detention Center.

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Even For Those Here Legally, High Stakes And Few Protections In Immigration Court

11:39am April 30, 2016

by Caitlin Dickerson

After conviction, non-citizens face deportation in a second system of justice that has different rules and fewer protections. NPR followed one man — and his family — through the process.

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Ga. Authorities Say 6 Dead After Shootings, Including Suspect

10:32am April 23, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Law enforcement officials says they believe the shootings "stemmed from a domestic incident." They took place at two separate locations.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announces his veto of legislation that major corporations said could legalize discrimination. He said,

Atlanta Businesses Again Lead Push Against Social Conservatives

11:02am March 29, 2016

Corporations in Atlanta have a long history of supporting a focus on business, not social conservatives' issues. Now the governor is vetoing a bill that LGBT groups say would lead to discrimination.