Undoing Trump rule won t likely affect Okefenokee mine plan
RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
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1of3FILE- In this Aug 2, 2007 file photo, an alligator hangs around the canoes at Okefenokee Adventures at the entrance to the Okefenokee Swamp in Charlton County, Ga. A battle over whether to allow mining near the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp rests with Georgia state regulators after federal agencies declared they no longer have oversight. (Chris Viola/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File)Chris Viola/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Jane Winkler stands with a sign that says Protect The Okefenokee outside a church where Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp met with local Chamber of Commerce members in Folkston, Ga., on April 22, 2021. Winkler and others are fighting a mining company s plan to dig for minerals about 3 miles from the edge of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The company Twin Pines Minerals says it can mine the area without harming the sw
Police chief shows support for 2 officers who shot man, 71.
May 14, 2021
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) A Georgia police chief showed support Friday for two officers being investigated in the shooting of a 71-year-old man outside Savannah.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to handle the case Thursday night. The agency said preliminary information shows the two Chatham County police officers opened fire on Vincent Gadson after he picked up a gun that he had set down on a chair on his porch.
Gadson was being treated at a Savannah hospital Friday and his condition was stable, the GBI said in a news release.
Flames engulf cargo ship s remains off US coast; no injuries
RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
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1of9In this photo provided by the Altamaha Riverkeeper, smoke pours from the remnants of the capsized cargo ship Golden Ray on Friday, May 14, 2021, off St. Simons Island, Ga. Crews have spent months dismantling the ship in gigantic chunks after it overturned in September 2019. (Susan Inman/Altamaha Riverkeeper via AP)Susan Inman/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Firefighters working off tug boats hose down the remains of the overturned cargo ship Golden Ray, Friday, May 14, 2021, Brunswick, Ga. The Golden Ray had roughly 4,200 vehicles in its cargo decks when it capsized off St. Simons Island south of Savannah, on Sept. 8, 2019.Stephen B. Morton/APShow MoreShow Less