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• Carvana's cutting 1,500 employees after announcing major Atlanta expansion

  21-11-2022 22:08
  LinkedIn posts and comments from Atlanta employees stated they were among the 1,500 across the U.S. impacted by the car retailer's mass layoffs. The company announced it was adding 3,500 jobs to the metro area earlier this year.
  
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• 1 dead, 17 injured after SUV crashes into Apple Store in Hingham

  21-11-2022 22:08 via cbsnews.com
  HINGHAM -- One person is dead after an SUV crashed through an Apple Store in Hingham Monday morning, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office confirmed. Seventeen people were injured, multiple with life-threatening and limb-threatening injuries. A criminal investigation has been opened against the driver of the Toyota 4Runner. District Attorney Timothy Cruz told reporters the driver, who has not been identified, was with police officers and wasn't immediately hospitalized after the cr
  
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• Twitter reinstates Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account

  21-11-2022 21:57 via cbsnews.com
  Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform's COVID misinformation policies at the time.Greene's reinstatement comes after Musk over the weekend reinstated the account of former President Donald Trump, who was banned in the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol in 2021. Twitter — at the time — feared there was a risk of further incitement to violen
  
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• Georgia officials appeal ruling on Saturday early voting for U.S. Senate runoff

  21-11-2022 21:50 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA — Georgia state officials are appealing a judge's ruling that allows counties to offer early voting this coming Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.Warnock's campaign, along with the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, sued the state last week, arguing that early voting should be allowed that day. They were challenging guidance from Republican Secr
  
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• Obama to campaign for Warnock on Dec. 1 before Georgia runoff

  21-11-2022 21:34 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, reprising his battleground blitz ahead of the midterm elections, will campaign again for Sen. Raphael Warnock as the Georgia Democrat tries to withstand a strong challenge from Republican Herschel Walker before their Dec. 6 runoff.Obama's return trip to Georgia is scheduled for Dec. 1, the eve of the final day of early in-person voting that has proven critical to Democrats in recent years, including Warnock's runoff special election v
  
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• Behind the deal: Why TV execs chose Fort Gillem for BlueStar Studios

  21-11-2022 20:59
  "Content battles" are increasing demand for production space as the office sector becomes less attractive.
  
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• 1 dead, 17 injured after car crashes into Apple Store in Hingham

  21-11-2022 20:31 via cbsnews.com
  HINGHAM -- One person is dead after a car crashed through an Apple Store in Hingham Monday morning, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office confirmed. Seventeen people were injured, multiple with life-threatening and limb-threatening injuries. A criminal investigation has been opened against the driver. District Attorney Timothy Cruz told reporters the driver was with police officers and wasn't immediately hospitalized after the crash. "This morning was an unthinkable morning an
  
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• 1 dead, 16 injured after car crashes into Apple Store in Hingham

  21-11-2022 20:25 via cbsnews.com
  HINGHAM -- One person is dead after a car crashed through an Apple Store in Hingham Monday morning, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office confirmed. Sixteen people were injured. A criminal investigation has been opened against the driver. District Attorney Timothy Cruz told reporters the driver was with police officers and wasn't immediately hospitalized after the crash. "This morning was an unthinkable morning and people are trying to get through it and process what happened.
  
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• Club Q suspect faces murder, bias-motivated charges in deadly shooting

  21-11-2022 18:59 via cbsnews.com
  The Club Q suspected gunman faces at least 10 charges in the deadly shooting, including five charges of first-degree murder and five charges of bias-motivated crime. Five people were killed and 25 others injured in the Saturday night shooting in Colorado Springs. CBS Police credit patrons with stopping the gunman from causing even more bloodshed at the LGBTQ nightclub. Police said one patron grabbed the gun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until officers arrived.&n
  
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• NASA's Orion spacecraft makes its closest approach to the moon

  21-11-2022 18:34 via cbsnews.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA's Orion capsule passed about 80 miles above the lunar surface early Monday, a monumental achievement in the mission designed to test the US space agency's ability to one day return astronauts to the moon.
  After its lunar flyby, Orion - which is designed to fly astronauts but is carrying only inanimate, scientific payloads for its first mission - is expected to travel more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon, the furthest a spacecraft intended to carry humans h
  
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• Atlanta reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley to be sentenced in federal court

  21-11-2022 16:42 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Todd and Julie Chrisley were driven by greed as they engaged in an extensive bank fraud scheme and then hid their wealth from tax authorities while flaunting their lavish lifestyle, federal prosecutors said, arguing the reality television stars should receive lengthy prison sentences.The Chrisleys gained fame with their show "Chrisley Knows Best," which follows their tight-knit, boisterous family. They were found guilty on federal charges in June and are
  
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