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In this Aug. 13, 2013, file photo, oysters are displayed in Apalachicola, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela (15) shoots over Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges (25) and forward Jae Crowder (99) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Suns turn away late Hawks rally for a 117-110 victory

By DAVID BRANDT - Associated Press

Developers plan new life for former Charleston Naval Base

Associated Press

Women pay theirs respects at a memorial in honor of the victims of the shootings in Atlanta, where eight people were killed the week before, during a candle vigil in Monterrey Park, Calif., late Saturday, March 27, 2021. The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come on the heels of a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the United States. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Andy Kim, Grace Meng, Judy Chu visit spa shooting sites in Georgia

By Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim looks over flowers and messages at a memorial for the victims of the March 16 shootings in front of Gold Spa, one of the shooting sites on Sunday, March 28, 2021 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)

US lawmakers decry violence against Asians in Georgia visit

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Jay Bruce waits on deck during the during the second inning of a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Bruce, Sandoval on big league rosters, Maybin, Frazier cut

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Atlanta Braves first baseman Pablo Sandoval can't reach a ball hit for a single by Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames in the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Port Charlotte, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Pablo Sandoval makes Braves’ opening day roster

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman (33) moves the ball past Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela (15) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

John Collins’ career-high 38 points lead Hawks past Warriors

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2021, file photo, flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial in Atlanta, following a shooting. The murder case against Robert Aaron Long, a white man accused of shooting and killing six women of Asian descent and two other people at Atlanta-area massage businesses, could become the first big test for Georgia’s new hate crimes law. (AP Photo/Candice Choi, File)

Atlanta spa shooting victim remembered as fun and selfless

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

A house is totally destroyed after a tornado touches down south of Birmingham, Ala. in the Eagle Point community damaging multiple homes. Authorities reported major tornado damage Thursday south of Birmingham as strong storms moved through the state. The governor issued an emergency declaration as meteorologists warned that more twisters were likely on their way. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Tornado outbreak strikes Alabama, Georgia; at least 5 dead

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Rep. Barry Fleming, Chairman of the Special Committee on Election Integrity, speaks in defense of SB 202 during a debate in the House Chambers in the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. The Georgia state House has passed legislation brought by Republicans that could lead to a sweeping overhaul of state election law. Proposed changes include provisions adding new requirements and restrictions on absentee voting and giving the GOP-led legislature greater control over the administration of elections. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia lawmakers pass GOP election overhaul, send legislation to governor

By Ben Nadler - Associated Press

State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp office during his remarks after he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs GOP election bill amid an outcry

By Ben Nadler and Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, right, examines papers at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021, after calling for a study of whether the state should intervene in policing Atlanta. The Republican Ralston says rising violence in Atlanta is intolerable. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia speaker: State study to look at Atlanta rising crime

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Google to occupy most of Atlanta office tower in expansion

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In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Katherine Tai, then the nominee for U.S. trade representative, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Asian Americans seek greater political power after shootings

By WILL WEISSERT and PADMANANDA RAMA - Associated Press

People hold signs while participating in a &quot;stop Asian hate&quot; rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Donations pour in for families of Atlanta shooting victims

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

FILE - Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrives at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 22, 2020. Duckworth' memoir titled &quot;Every Day Is a Gift&quot; comes out March 30. The Hachette Book Group imprint Twelve announced the deal with Sen. Duckworth on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, on the 16th anniversary of when she was shot down while serving in Iraq and lost both of her legs. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: Atlanta spa shooting ‘looks racially motivated to me’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Flowers and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Police in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County say they've begun extra patrols in and around Asian businesses there following the shooting at three massage parlors in the area that killed eight, most of them women of Asian descent. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Slain spa workers and customers mourned by families

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Martin Truex Jr races through Turn 4 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

NASCAR returns to its roots with 1st of 2 visits to Atlanta

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press