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Crime & Public Safety December 4, 2025

Execution date set for killer of two West Cobb real estate agents

By Mark Woolsey The Georgia Department of Corrections has set a Dec. 17 execution date for Stacey Humphreys, who was convicted in the 2003 killing of two real estate agents…

Home sale prices December 4, 2025

October home sales in the Osborne High attendance zone

These prices for October home sales in the Osborne High School attendance zone are from the Cobb County Tax Assessor’s site. We’ve included only the property address, sale price, sale…

Health & Wellness December 4, 2025

CDC vaccine panel to review hepatitis B, other childhood vaccines, at December meeting

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 3, 2025 A key advisory panel that oversees nationwide vaccine recommendations may vote…

Government & Politics December 4, 2025

Why one 16th-century theologian’s advice for a bitterly divided nation holds true today

by Michael Bruening, Missouri University of Science and Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ideological division was tearing the country apart. Factions denounced each other…

Immigration December 4, 2025

Mario Guevara and the ongoing fight against ICE

Photo courtesy of Oscar Guevara By Sofia Cupertino Oscar Guevara was on a flight to Los Angeles, California, when his father, Mario Guevara, was detained while livestreaming his journalism work….

Government & Politics December 4, 2025

Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly

by Emilee Rader, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely…

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Execution date set for killer of two West Cobb real estate agents