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Young Researchers Featured at Conference of Society for Digital Mental Health
Psychiatric Times - New Jersey
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July 3, 2025
The fourth annual virtual conference of the Society for Digital Mental Health (SDMH), June 9-10, 2025, featured presentations and panel discussions on innovative online therapeutics, and on policy affecting their approval, access, and application....
What's Causing Northeast Georgia's Spike in Thyroid Cancer?
The Georgia Sun
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July 3, 2025
In recent years, a troubling health trend has emerged in the mountains and foothills of Northeast Georgia. Counties including Union, Lumpkin, Hall, White, Habersham, and Rabun have reported thyroid cancer rates that are approximately double—and in...
Etihad Airways launches direct flights between Abu Dhabi and Atlanta
The National News
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Etihad Airways's first direct flight from Abu Dhabi to Atlanta has taken off, making the US city the airline's fifth destination from Abu Dhabi. Flight EY13 took off from Zayed International Airport at 9.20am local time on Thursday, landing at...
Palladin Technologies sponsors inaugural fellows at The Hatchery Summer Accelerator
Emory University
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This summer marks a new milestone for The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation, as it welcomes its first-ever sponsored venture through a partnership with Atlanta-based Palladin Technologies. The Palladin Fellowship supports The CaseBot, an...
High Schoolers From Around the State Explore STEM Majors and Careers Through New Georgia Tech Summer Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia
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“I’m a bit more interested in going to Georgia Tech now than I was before,” said Harris County High School student Isaiah Willis while participating in a chemistry lab activity during last week’s Georgia Tech Summer Institute. “The science...
Top Atlanta cop consulted for tech firm providing surveillance software to city
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A top Atlanta police department (APD) official worked as a consultant for a tech company whose software is key to the city’s massive surveillance system, according to an investigation from Atlanta’s office of ethics. The official’s activities...
Can you Manu? It’s the science-backed way to max your splash
Science News Explores
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July 3, 2025
When it comes to making a splash, technique tops brute force. And new research reveals the secret to record-setting splashes. New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika communities developed the Manu jump. It’s a cannonball-style sport. Key to its...
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in June
The Trucker
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July 3, 2025
post Reading Time: < 1 minute COLUMBUS, Ind. — June preliminary North America Classes 5-8 net orders of 21.3k units declined 39% y/y. “Publicly traded for-hire fleets ended Q1’25 with the weakest net income margins since Q1’10,” said Carter Vieth,...
An English Rose in Georgia: The Tower of London
Bryan County News - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
My regular readers will know that I love history. I also love a well-researched novel about British royalty and the Tudor dynasty in particular – most famous for the 16th century’s Henry VIII of six wives fame and his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I....
Things to do this weekend in metro Atlanta, North Georgia | July 4-6, 2025
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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ATLANTA - There are tons of options for things to do this weekend in metro Atlanta and North Georgia and that's not even including 4th of July festivities! Here are a few of them: 🎵 Live Music & Concerts Westies in the City: West Coast Swing at...
Atlanta Will Get a Shriners Children’s Medical Research Facility
The Georgia Sun
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July 2, 2025
Shriners Children’s will establish a new pediatric medical research facility near Georgia Tech, bringing jobs and significant investment, the health-care nonprofit announced Wednesday. Gov. Brian Kemp touted the new development as “an incredible...
Atlanta Music Icons Jermaine Dupri, Big Boi Part Of MLB All-Star Celebrity Game
Fox Sports
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July 2, 2025
Jermaine Dupri and Big Boi are among the Atlanta music icons who’ll be part of the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game as part of the All-Star Game festivities (July 12-15). Dupri will manage one of the teams at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta...
LSE and LBS alumni in Georgia condemn arrest of opposition leaders, demand release of political prisoners
Georgia Today
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July 3, 2025
Alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the London Business School (LBS) in Georgia have issued a strong public statement condemning the recent arrests of civil society activists and opposition figures, including...
Georgia set to host MLB All-Star Game amid past controversies
Peach Tree Times - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
Jon G. Burns, Georgia State Representative from 159th District | Official U.S. House headshotJon G. Burns, Georgia State Representative from 159th District | Official U.S. House headshot In mid-July, Georgia is set to host the 2025 Major League...
Atlanta to get Shriners children’s medical research facility
Rough Draft Atlanta - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
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Georgia Southern researchers survey flood-stricken area of Bangladesh
The Georgia Virtue
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July 2, 2025
Cox’s Bazar is a bustling tourist destination located on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh. It’s home to more than 3 million people living along the longest naturally occurring sea beach in the world, extending into the Bay of Bengal. But...
Was that an explosion? A plane crash? No, it was a meteor over Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Then came Bill Henry’s call: “What just happened here? I’m off Salem Road. It felt like an earthquake or a big bomb going off.” ExploreDid you see it? Meteor spotted over Georgia, Southeast, reports sayAs the calls were finally starting to slow...
Judges slam Atlanta divorce lawyer’s apparent use of AI
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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“The irregularities in these filings suggest that they were drafted using generative AI,” the judges wrote in an opinion. “We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order.” Lynch did not immediately respond to phone and...
Atlanta tech exec details the North Korean “long game” behind a million-dollar theft
95.5 WSB - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
ATLANTA, GA — The founder of a Buckhead tech firm is bouncing back after North Korean operatives steal more than one million dollars’ worth of his crypto in a systematic scheme. Marlon Williams is the head of Atlanta Blockchain Center and Starter...
Prospects gear up for Futures Game showcase in Atlanta
East Montgomery Times - Pennsylvania
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July 2, 2025
As the 26th All-Star Futures Game approaches, anticipation builds for a showcase of baseball's top prospects. The event features 35 players from the newly updated Top 100 Prospects list and takes place at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 12. It will...