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FILE - First lady Jill Biden reacts to a question from a reporter at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, in Pearl, Miss., on June 22, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Jill Biden: I didn't expect 'healing role' as first lady

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Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts during her first round match against Camila Osorio of Colombia at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

Osaka, Nadal advance in Australia after Djokovic flies home

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A pedestrian uses an umbrella as they cross Liberty Avenue, in downtown Pittsburgh, as snow begins to fall during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Winter storm whipping East Coast with snow, thunderstorms

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Novak Djokovic prepares to take his seat on a plane to Belgrade, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Djokovic heads for Belgrade after deportation from Australia

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Novak Djokovic prepares to take his seat on a plane to Belgrade, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking to his supporters upon his arrival at Zhuliany International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated. At the Kyiv airport, where he arrived on a flight from Warsaw on Monday morning, Poroshenko was greeted by several thousand supporters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ex-leader Poroshenko returns to Ukraine to appear in court

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Shortly after 5 p.m., local time, authorities escort a hostage out of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Police said the man was not hurt and would be reunited with his family. (Elias Valverde/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas rabbi: Security training paid off in hostage standoff

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Serbian fans hold up their flag to support Laslo Djere of Serbia against Denis Shapovalov of Canada during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

Djokovic out, but vaccine debate stays in Australian Open

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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace in 2021, though growth slowed to half that level in the last quarter. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

World shares mixed after China reports slowing growth

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FILE - Flowers lay in front of the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jan. 18, 2021, in Atlanta. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. service is set to be held at his old congregation in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)

Atlanta church service will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

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FILE - Sixers' Julius Erving (6) dunks the ball through the basket over Chicago Bulls' Artis Gilmore (24) during first half of game in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 3, 1979. (AP Photo, File)

Rivals Magic, Bird highlight AP's 1980s all-decade NBA team

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Credit Suisse chairman resigns in wake of internal probe

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Atlanta church service will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

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Rivals Magic, Bird highlight AP's 1980s all-decade NBA team

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Stern, talent influx led to NBA transformation during 1980's

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FILE - Israeli Arab politician, leader of the United Arab list, Mansour Abbas, discusses with President Reuven Rivlin on who might form the next coalition government, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, April 5, 2021. Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he joined Israel’s governing coalition last year. The bold move appears to be paying dividends: Abbas is the linchpin of the shaky union, securing hefty budgets and favorable policies for his constituents. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trailblazing Arab lawmaker shakes up Israeli politics

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Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation

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Djokovic leaves Australia but debate goes on in vaccine saga

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Support flows to 'changed' Texas synagogue after standoff

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) is sacked by Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Tershawn Wharton (98) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Retirement awaits Roethlisberger after 42-21 loss in KC

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Mahomes leads Chiefs to 42-21 wild-card romp over Steelers

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Texas rabbi: Captor grew "belligerent" late in standoff

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Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

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FILE - Indian classical Kathak dance guru Birju Maharaj teaches students at his studio in New Delhi on Sept. 26, 1997. Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country’s most well-known performing artists, died early on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. He was 83. (AP Photo/John Moore, File)

Birju Maharaj, legend of India's kathak dance form, dies

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N. Korea fires short-range missiles in 4th launch this year

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China's economy grows 8.1% in 2021, slows in second half

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Matsuyama caps big rally with eagle to win Sony in playoff

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Homeland Security Bulletin Warns of Domestic Extremist Threats

Riot at the Capitol — what caused one of America’s darkest days

This Day in History: Emmett Till Is Murdered (Saturday, August 28th)

An American tragedy — the lynching of Emmett Till

In this photo from September 17, 2020, Representative Shelia Jackson Lee questions witnesses during a hearing about "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Jackson Lee is renewing a 30-year congressional push to establish a commission that would study the impact of slavery and possible reparations for African Americans. (Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

A new chapter in the tale of reparations in America

A sign commemorating the arrival of the first Africans is displayed at Chesapeake Bay, in Hampton, Virginia.

The 1619 Project reopens book on slavery but not without controversy

Coronavirus

2020 Becomes Deadliest Year in US History, CDC Finds

Coronavirus: How many people have died from the virus in the U.S.?

What's the difference between the coronavirus, the cold and influenza?

Coronavirus, cold or the flu? Here’s how to tell the difference

Rapid COVID-19 test prices are on the rise

At-home COVID-19 test prices going up after end of government deal with major retailers

Students face mental health crisis amid pandemic

Mayo Clinic’s strategies for stressed kids

Nurse, first COVID-19 shot recipient, becomes vaccine activist

First COVID-19 shot recipient in US now a vaccine activist

Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

President Biden pledges 500 million free COVID-19 tests to counter omicron

Regional News

Tyler Keith Henderson was taken into custody Sunday after several days of being on the run.

Manhunt ends for suspect accused of shooting 2 Georgia deputies

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North Druid Hills Road is closed from a fallen tree and down powerlines Sunday, January 16, 2020 STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Monday will be cold after Sunday’s storm; more snow Friday?

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Extra coverage of UGA championship parade in new Sunday ePaper feature, Sports Insider

Extra coverage of UGA championship parade in new Sunday ePaper feature, Sports Insider

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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport conducted a winter weather exercise in early December to prepare for the possibility of snow this winter. Source: Hartsfield-Jackson

Airlines canceling flights due to winter storm

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January 12, 2022 Atlanta: Like the weather, The new I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 continues to change with new detours and ramps as the project continues on Wednessday, Jan. 12, 2022. The interchange was supposed to be open to traffic by the end of 2021. The contractor on the project has said that the work could drag on until the third quarter of 2022. That may be little comfort for motorists who have been living with orange barrels since major construction began in 2017.. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Where will it snow (or winter mix) in Georgia?

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Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley listens to Ahmaud Arbery's father give an impact statement during the sentencing for the three men convicted of Arbery's muder. Episode 19 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast examines the sentences received by Travis and Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan. (Stephen B. Morton / AP)

‘Breakdown’ Ep. 19: Life in prison

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Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Eboni Deon

Snow, ice, wind make for dangerous metro Atlanta weather Sunday

Increasing clouds and rain ahead of winter weather threat

Georgia DOT will close I-75 toll lanes ahead of winter storm

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