ATLANTA — On a recent summer evening, Raymia Taylor wandered into a recreation center in a historical downtown neighborhood, the only enrollee to attend a nearly two-hour event for people who have signed up for Georgia’s experimental Medicaid expansion. The state launched the program in July 2023, requiring participants to document that they’re working, studying, or doing other qualifying activities for 80 hours a month in exchange for health coverage. At the event, booths were set up to help people join the Marines or pursue a GED diploma.Taylor, 20, already met the program’s requirements — she studies nursing and works…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting with generative AI to help build environments, assist game writers in crafting NPC dialogue and lend video games the improvisational spontaneity once reserved for table-top role-playing games. In the multiplayer game “Retail Mage,” players help run a magical furniture store and assist customers in hopes of earning a five-star review. As a salesperson — and wizard — they can pick up and examine items or tell…
Sept. 17, 2024 Georgia.gov Staff reports, on Friday, Gov. Kemp delivered the keynote address at the second annual Governor’s Workforce Summit, during which he announced that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for business for the 11th consecutive year by Area Development magazine. He also provided an update on the state of Georgia MATCH and other state efforts to strengthen workforce development while putting forth the goal of making Georgia the Top State for Talent. Biggest Strength: Gwinnett County Commission Chair Nicole Love Hendrickson. Photo credit: Eric Sun Sept. 17, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! Philippa Maister reports, in…
ATLANTA (AP) — Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren’t qualified to be on Georgia’s ballots and votes for them should not count, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Following a hearing Tuesday, the unanimous court agreed that West and De la Cruz failed to qualify. That is because their presidential electors did not each submit a separate petition with the 7,500 signatures needed to access Georgia’s ballots. Instead, only one petition per candidate was submitted, as specified by Georgia’s secretary of state. Claudia De la Cruz, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s 2024 presidential nominee, speaks during an…
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There were four gas stations in cities across Charlton County selling midgrade gas at the lowest price of $3.38 per gallon in the week ending Sept. 21, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com. Of the 12 reported gas stations in cities within Charlton County, four offer midgrade gas. The average reported price of midgrade gas in Georgia was $3.33, compared to $3.37 the week before. Drivers across the U.S. have faced a rollercoaster of gas prices in recent months…
Source: Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM After months of loud whispers about a secret Ryan Coogler-Michael B. Jordan vampire epic, Warner Bros. dropped the long-awaited trailer for SINNERS that delivered genre-elevating Horror Noire from Hollywood’s most dynamic actor-director duo (not named Denzel and Spike). In a surprise link-up posted on social media, the prolific pair celebrated their fifth big screen collab in the bromantic video that included a sliver of SINNERS BTS footage toward the very end. With friendship breakups seemingly at an all-time high, it’s nice to see MBLJ and Coogler continue to make history together. Source: Eric…
by: BILL TROCCHI Associated Press Posted: Sep 24, 2024 / 09:46 PM EDT Updated: Sep 24, 2024 / 09:46 PM EDT ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley’s broken right hand will keep him sidelined for the playoffs if the Atlanta Braves get there. A CT scan Monday revealed that the slugging third baseman’s injury had not healed sufficiently. “It just wasn’t healing enough to think that he could come back this year,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said Tuesday. Riley was hit by a 97 mph fastball from Jack Kochanowicz of the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 18. He was projected to…
This story was produced by MindSite News, an independent, nonprofit journalism site focused on mental health. Get a roundup of mental health news in your in-box by signing up for the MindSite News Daily newsletter here. “Pray for Apalachee High School.”Even in the afternoon rain, that message endures on a posterboard at a shrine to the victims of the nation’s latest school shooting. It expresses the prevailing sentiment in the small community of Winder, Georgia, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Thoughts and prayers overflow here, since two students and two teachers were killed on September 4 when a 14-year-old opened fire with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An executive at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer. “We let our customers down,” said Adam Meyers, who leads CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence division, in a hearing before a U.S. House cybersecurity subcommittee Tuesday. Austin, Texas-based CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off a global tech outage in July that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. “Everywhere Americans turned, basic societal functions…
Sept. 18, 2024 Georgia.gov Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Tuesday joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) in announcing that the state broke tourism records for the second year in a row and maintained its No. 5 market share ranking among all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for the fourth consecutive year. Sept. 18, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! Tharon Johnson writes, over the last 40 years, the wealth gap between rich and poor Americans has grown into a chasm. While our economy is larger now than it ever has been, with macroeconomic trends like employment, median…