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Cobb County December 31, 2024

Mableton man arrested for 2021 homicide of teen in Cherokee County

By Mark Woolsey [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law…

Climate and Weather December 31, 2024

Another update from Cobb County on storm damage

Cobb County issued another update yesterday afternoon on the aftermath of Sunday’s storm. The brunt of the storm seems to have hit Mableton south of Veterans Memorial Highway, near the…

Environment December 31, 2024

Keep Cobb Beautiful: recycle those Christmas trees!

Recycle those Christmas trees, Cobb Countians! Keep Cobb Beautiful is sponsoring a free live Christmas tree dropoff. The drop-off locations are operating now, and will remain open through Jan. 4,…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 31, 2024

“My name is Keagan, and I dressed in this ribbon so you’ll adopt me!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male grey white American pit bull terrier. The following information on this…

A brown tiger cat inside a pink/black cage

Pets and Pet Adoption December 31, 2024

“My name is Toby, and I’m all ready in this carry crate to go home with you!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male brown tiger domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…

Cobb weather January 11: Photo of cloudy skies above a residential street

Climate and Weather December 31, 2024

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, with a high near 64 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be partly cloudy,…

Chattahoochee RiverLands December 30, 2024

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

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Science and Technology December 30, 2024

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

by Michael Timothy Bennett, Australian National University and Elija Perrier, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just…

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Business December 30, 2024

Retailers that make it harder to return stuff face backlash from their customers

by Huseyn Abdulla, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one…

Science and Technology December 30, 2024

Language AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents

by John Licato, University of South Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and human reasoning…

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