Qatar's cost of living, based on consumer price index (CPI), declined 3.41% year-on-year this July; reflecting the weakened demand, especially for recreation and transport ... ( read original story ...)
Matthew and Kelly Stafford donate $350,000 to social justice program at Georgia
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife Kelly are donating $350,000 to the University of Georgia for a social justice initiative. ( read original story ...)
In Georgia, 2nd ICE detainee dies from COVID-19 complications
The Costa Rican detainee was a diabetic. “There is no reason that a 70-year-old should have been held at a deadly facility in the midst of a pandemic,” a legal advocate said. ( read original story ...)
Georgia lawmaker creates COVID-19 whistleblower email for students and teachers
Georgia State House member Beth Moore is inviting students, teachers or administrators to anonymously report unsafe conditions at schools, which have begun to reopen while cases of COVID-19 continue ... ( read original story ...)
Nickelback replaces fiddle with electric guitar in new ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’ cover
Nickelback has released a cover of Charlie Daniels' famous song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" – the band's first music release in three years. ( read original story ...)
Georgia COVID-19 Outbreak ‘Expanding’ as Gov. Kemp Doubles Down Against Mask Mandate
Concerns over the state's growing new cases have reportedly been raised by the White House COVID-19 Task Force, which warned of Georgia's "widespread and expanding community viral spread" in a report ... ( read original story ...)
Report: White House task force urged Georgia to mandate masks as it warned of expanding Covid-19 spread
Georgia's current policies to fight Covid-19 are not enough, according to White House Coronavirus Task Force recommendations dated Sunday and obtained by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. ( read original story ...)
Lions’ Matthew Stafford donates $350,000 to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice at Georgia
Matthew Stafford has plowed millions of dollars into the community since arriving in Detroit, some of it public, much of it not. Now he’s turned his attention to his alma mater, pledging $350,000 to ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live updates: Georgia governor drops mask suit; Hawaii may delay tourists’ return; California orders closure of defiant school
Hawaii considers another stay-at-home order. Stimulus package negotiations are at a standstill. Latest COVID-19 news. ( read original story ...)
Georgia court ponders charges for deputies in stun gun death
Georgia's Supreme Court is deciding whether three sheriff's deputies should be immune from prosecution in the 2017 death of a Black man who authorities repeatedly shot with a stun gun. ( read original story ...)