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March 8, 2021 Atlanta: A shooting at a downtown Atlanta apartment complex Monday morning, March 8, 2021 sent two men to a hospital and left a hallway covered in blood. Two men were taken to a hospital shortly after 9 a.m. for treatment of “multiple gunshot wounds,” according to Atlanta police. They were expected to survive. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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A man receives the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. In Afghanistan, where a surge threatens to overwhelm a war-battered health system, 700,000 doses donated by China arrived over the weekend, and within hours, "people were fighting with each other to get to the front of the line," said Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Ghulam Dastigir Nazari. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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An Orange County resident receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the Florida Division of Emergency Management mobile vaccination site at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 17, 2021. FDEM, in partnership with local health departments, is hosting mobile pop-up clinics this week across the state, with the stadium location open through Friday. (Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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For children ages 18 and younger, free breakfasts and lunches will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in drive-through events during June and July at six Cobb library branches. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Mike Luckovich created this cartoon for The United Way of Greater Atlanta's Unite for More campaign.
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May 26, 2021 Atlanta: Traffic flies by the downtown skyline along the eastbound Langford Parkway ramp fro the connector on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in Atlanta. AAA forecasts a rebound in travel for Memorial Day, with more than 1.1 million people in Georgia expected to take a trip during the holiday weekend. ThatÕs up about 62% from last year, though still more than 11% below levels seen in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. A similar rebound is forecast nationally. The vast majority of Georgians who will hit the road during the May 27-31 holiday period are expected to travel by car. Nationally, more than 9 in 10 Memorial Day travelers will drive instead of flying or taking other modes of transportation. Congestion on the roads is expected to be heaviest on the afternoons of Thursday, May 27, and Friday, May 28. It could take three times longer than normal to navigate the most congested stretches of highway. The number of people in Georgia taking planes will be more than six times higher than last year, AAA predicted. About 82,000 residents are expected to fly for the holiday, up from roughly 12,000 last year, but still down from 104,000 in 2019. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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201016-Atlanta-Even though traffic is down, highway fatalities in Georgia have not fallen. During normal times, traffic on the Downtown Connector would be bumper-to-bumper on a Friday afternoon. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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January 27, 2015 - Atlanta - The newly placed Statue of Liberty looks toward the Gold Dome. The statue was a gift from the Boy Scouts of America in the 1950's and is now located in Liberty Plaza across from the Capitol. Both the Senate and the House were in session today, With no bills ready for debate yet, both chambers focused on less serious matters. In the House, it was picture day (The Senate’s is Wednesday). The House and Senate each got a visit from representatives from the smokin’ hot Atlanta Hawks. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM PHOTO BY BOB ANDRES / AJC
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Convention Chairman Randy Evans presides over the second day of the 2021 Georgia Republican State Convention. Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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Medical director of Doctor on Demand Dr. Vibin Roy types notes as he listens to a patient during an online primary care visit from his home, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Keller, Texas. Some U.S. employers and insurers want you to make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. Retail giant Amazon and several insurers have started or expanded virtual-first care plans to get people thinking telemedicine routinely, even for annual checkups. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Sweat samples, some from COVID-19 patients, are used to train Bobby, a labrador, at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, May 14, 2021. In Thailand and around the world, dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus in people. So far, the results have been impressive. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
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Bravo, a labrador, rests during a training session at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, May 14, 2021. In Thailand and around the world, dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus in people. So far, the results have been impressive. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
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051921 College Park: Atlanta Dream interim head coach Mike Petersen gets his team ready to play the Chicago Sky in a WNBA basketball game on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in College Park. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”
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FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, Naomi Osaka, of Japan, returns to Maria Sakkari, of Greece, during the quarterfinals of the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla. Sponsors of Osaka are sticking by the her after she withdrew from the French Open citing mental health issues relating to the press conferences required for players. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, said Monday, May 31, she was withdrawing from the French Open for mental health issues. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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In April, there were 62 community referral requests in Atlanta to Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiatives (PAD) mostly to address citizen concerns about homelessness and poverty. (Amanda Woomer, courtesy of PAD)
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Chris New (right), owner of Barnes Van Lines, supervises workers Joe Nowak (left) and Anson Strickland while moving a family in Villa Rica on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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01/07/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, makes remarks during a pre legislative session media availability at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, January 7, 2021. The Georgia legislative session will begin January 11, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts during her match against Maria Sakkari, of Greece, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla., in this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo. Sakkari won 6-0, 6-4. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021, and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.”(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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