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From the Editor May 13, 2026

From the editor: My email account was hacked (uggh)

By Larry Felton Johnson If you are someone in my contact list you might have received a mysterious message purporting to be from me.In short, my account was hacked.After hours…

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Sorry for the ugly colors: there is a technical problem we’re working on

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The Courier will livestream the public comments at today’s Cobb school board meetings

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Fun with scam AI chatbots: “There are flying fish in my hair!”

Image above generated by DALL-E from ChatGPT By Larry Felton Johnson This “From the Editor” column is an expanded version of the following Facebook post I did this morning: Before…

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Health & Wellness May 14, 2026

Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.

This article by Andrew Jones first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. May 14, 2026 Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal…

Government & Politics, State Government May 14, 2026

Advocates for gun safety measures cheer Georgia governor’s veto

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 13, 2026 Gov. Brian Kemp has vetoed a bill that would have blocked…

Government & Politics, State Government May 14, 2026

Kemp calls June special session to address redistricting, ballot QR codes in Georgia

by Maya Homan and Alander Rocha, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 13, 2026 Georgia lawmakers will reconvene in June for a…

Government & Politics May 14, 2026

Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse

by Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst, and Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In recent months, some prominent conservatives…

Environment May 14, 2026

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

by Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba…