The Brief from WABE

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  • The Brief for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

    The fate of three white men accused of killing Amhaud Arbery last year is now in the fate of the jurors; the legal wheels are in motion for Robert Aaron Long, the person behind this spring's Atlanta-area spa shootings; and this Thanksgiving will be remembered as the year of high gas prices and low food supplies.

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Monday, November 22, 2021

    Attorneys in the Brunswick murder trail of Ahmaud Arbery's accused killers present their final arguments; a new poll shows a potential toss-up in the runoff for Atlanta mayor; and two Democratic representatives but just one seat. Um.

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Friday, November 19, 2021

    Georgia's GOP redraws the state's 14 U.S. House districts, rebuffs allegations that the new map gerrymanders out Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath; You get a booster. You get a booster. EVERYONE(ages five and up) gets a COVID-19 vaccine booster under CDC guidelines released today; and closing arguments could begin in Brunswick next week as the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

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    9 min
  • The Brief for Thursday, November 18th, 2021

    The defense calls just one of three defendants in the trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery; School's back in session, and not on Zoom this year. What that means for students and teachers who have to re-adapt; and a Buckhead Bye Bye is one step closer to being a thing after key legislation was filed under the Gold Dome today.

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    9 min
  • The Brief for Tuesday, November 16, 2021

    Georgia sues the federal government over the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate; a North Georgia private boarding school settles a lawsuit with 20 former students who say a former educator molested them; and a conversation with the CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, which seemed to thrive despite the pandemic.

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    9 min
  • The Brief for Monday, November 15, 2021

    In the trial of three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, the judge dismisses a motion to strike high-profile Black clergy from the proceedings. Again; COVID-19 numbers are creeping up once again, and the partisan accusations of unfairness and misconduct aren't new, but the lines of Georgia's 56 Senate districts are.

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Friday, November 12, 2021

    The Cobb County School District maintains its accreditation (for now); Georgia is in a COVID-19 lull, but that could change this winter; and a week into the U.S. borders re-opening to international travelers, we hear from two Atlantans who have seen the closure's effects over the last 20 months.

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    11 min
  • The Brief for Thursday, November 11, 2021

    The future of electric vehicles is bright, but what incentives consumers need to spur EV uptake sparked discord among Georgia lawmakers; the GOP wants Gwinnett County's Board of Commissioners to grow, but that push isn't going over as smoothly as some might expect; and WABE legal analyst Page Pate offers insight on the hiring of a federal law clerk with a history of what many call racist behavior. and beliefs.

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    10 min

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