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Quite a few terms regarding fertility and motherhood are outdated. (Pavel Ilyukhin/Dreamstime/TNS)
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Kennesaw State University holds graduation Wednesday May 12, 2021 at the college’s stadium. Graduates are handed diplomas during the ceremony but will receive their specific diploma after graduation. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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Pastor Jimmy Dorrell, who has lived in North Waco for 40 years, in Mission Waco’s hydroponic garden behind the Jubilee Market grocery store. Photo by Nitashia Johnson
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Nurse Erin Morgan administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 14-year-old Zach Bilyj, of Wake Forest, N.C. during a vaccination clinic at the Wake County Human Services clinic on Departure Drive, Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Raleigh, N.C. Gov. Cooper toured the facility on the first day that vaccinations were available to those aged 12 and up. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, a medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines began belatedly in mid-February, months behind the United States and many other countries. Officials blamed a shortage of Pfizer Inc. vaccine from Europe as the main culprit in the delay. But three months later, with shipments stabilized and officials attempting to accelerate vaccinations, Japan remains one of the world's least protected. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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The Georgia Deparment of Labor has been swamped with applications for jobless benefits. The department released its March report Thursday, but the flood of layoffs has only increased since then, officials said. (AJC file photo)
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February 16, 2021 Suwanee - Carl Thurston runs a machine at Winton Machine Company in Suwanee on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Atlanta-headquartered Winton Machine engineers high quality, American-made tube fabricating solutions and has manufactured over 100 different tube fabricating machines. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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There are still fewer people in the workforce than there were in mid-2008.
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Junior high students at the Academy, a hybrid home-school option for students that combines in-person and self-directed learning, are pictured with Karen Seaver, a student teacher from Agnes Scott. Image courtesy of the Academy.
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Dr. Michelle Lee, left, a radiology resident, and Ida Chen, right, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner Lee created to display at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. Lee, who is Korean-born, and Chen, who is American-born Chinese, join medical professionals of Asian and Pacific Island descent who feel the anguish of being racially targeted because of the virus while toiling to keep people from dying of it. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A student at the Young Women’s STEAM Research & Preparatory Academy in El Paso, Texas, takes a moment to relax and decompress in the school’s “calm center.” Districts around the country are placing greater emphasis on student and faculty emotional well-being in the wake of the pandemic. Credit: El Paso Independent School District
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May 7, 2021 Atlanta: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms held a press conference Friday, May 7, 2021 at Atlanta City Hall speaking about her decision not to run for a second term as her husband Derek (left) looks on. In her first public appearance since announcing her decision to supporters Thursday night, Bottoms said her decision was guided by faith. “In the same way that it was very clear to me almost five years ago that I should run for mayor of Atlanta, it is abundantly clear to me today that it is time to pass the baton on to someone else,” Bottoms said at an emotional news conference at City Hall. She added that “the last three years have not been at all what I would have scripted for our city,” referencing a crippling cyber attack, a widening federal corruption investigation into the previous administration, the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest last year. Bottoms said she doesn’t know what’s next for her; she denied rumors that she or her husband Derek have taken jobs for Walgreens out of state. “I can’t get Derek to move two miles off Cascade Road,” she said. Bottoms, who was seen as a strong incumbent candidate despite a spike in violent crime, told friends and supporters Thursday evening she won’t seek a second term. She released a video and statement online a few hours later elaborating on her decision and reflecting on her time in office. “This is not something I woke up and decided yesterday,” Bottoms said Friday. “This is something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time.” (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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FILE- This Feb. 13, 2019, file photo shows multiple forms printed from the Internal Revenue Service web page that are used for 2018 U.S. federal tax returns in Zelienople, Pa. If you don’t think you will be able to complete and file your taxes on time, request an extension. Filing an extension helps taxpayers avoid penalties for a late return, according to the IRS. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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Sanari Hendricks, 31, of Douglasville shared her traumatic birth experience in the CDC's Hear Her campaign. By the time it was released, she had lost her son, Zeus. (Courtesy of Mike Newman / Shane Michael Photography)
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Back from the dead, crash-victim Gary (Peter Horton, center) reunites with his "thirtysomething" castmates Melanie Mayron (left) and Polly Draper on the "Good Morning America" set in New York. (Raise your hand if you proudly wore a "thirtysomething" T-shirt back in the late '80s.) (Donna Svennevik/ABC)
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Aaron Sones uses hand sanitizer during the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) career expo on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. This year, additional safety measures were implemented, including mandatory hard hats and incremental wipe downs. (Christina Matacotta, for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
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Circa 2011, nearing the University of Georgia arch on Broad Street in Athens. Big sister Emma Torpy, then a sophomore at UGA, with her brother, Liam, left, his twin Fred, and youngest Michael (right) jumping in. (Credit: Torpy family photo)
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Homeless people in Atlanta gather along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and some sleep on the steps of the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in January of this year. In 2020, as the pandemic spread, city agencies that fight homelessness rented space in two hotels in an effort to shelter those infected with COVID-19, or deemed susceptible to the disease. Now, those decisions are being questioned by neighbors who say that they were never informed. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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