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Opioid Settlement Money Is Reaching Cobb County, But Families Still Face the Hardest Step

Photo by Kattie Brittel – free licence SPONSORED CONTENT This article is sponsored by Modern Recovery Services. It was produced on behalf of the sponsor and does not represent independent…

Mira Ugwuadu speaking to the Cobb school board

Education, News July 26, 2026

‘A punch in the gut’: Tensions over Trump visit spill over at Cobb school board meeting

Photo above: Mira Ugwuadu By Rebecca Gaunt The community’s strong reactions to President Donald Trump’s Wednesday visit to Wheeler High School dominated the mood at Thursday’s Cobb County Board of…

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Education, News July 25, 2026

Record number of Gilman Scholars at Kennesaw State travel the globe

[This article by Christin Senior first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] When computer science major Aaliyah Uchendu learned that Kennesaw State University offered an education abroad…

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes July 25, 2026

How closely have you followed Cobb County news over the past week? Take the quiz and find out!

Weekly Cobb County News Quiz for Week Ending July 18 A lot of things happen in a county of over 793,000 residents, the third largest county in the state of…

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Health & Wellness July 24, 2026

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 24, 2026 This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the…

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Environment July 24, 2026

How do scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse?

by Kevin T. Smiley, Louisiana State University ; Deepti Singh, Washington State University; Jennifer Marlon, Yale University, and Jim Hurrell, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation,…

Justice July 24, 2026

Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?

by Austin Sarat, Amherst College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new grant guidelines that threaten to withhold counterterrorism…

Health & Wellness July 23, 2026

Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown

This article by Briah Lumpkins first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 23, 2026 THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known…

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Science & Technology July 23, 2026

What is open‑source AI? A software engineering researcher explains

by Jeffrey Young, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] You’ve probably heard artificial intelligence models described as “open” or “closed.” These are…

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Science & Technology July 23, 2026

New Trump administration rules on federal science funding could make American research slower, costlier and harder to share

by Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Most Americans don’t read the rules that govern the federal grants funding science….

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Community, Giving Back to the Community September 13, 2026