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Construction is seen on two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station during a media tour in Jenkinsville, S.C., on Sept. 21, 2016. The owners abandoned the South Carolina reactors in 2017 after contractor Westinghouse Electric Co. declared bankruptcy, while construction continued on two new reactors in Georgia. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Timeline: How Georgia and South Carolina nuclear reactors ran so far off course

By JEFF AMY JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-11:14PM, 188 Reads
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — The first of two nuclear reactors in Georgia is generating electricity and could be days away from achieving full-power operation.
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Reactors for Unit 3 and 4 sit at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga., with the cooling towers of older Units 1 and 2 billowing steam in the background. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3 would reach full power in coming days, after years of delays and billions in cost overruns. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Georgia nuclear rebirth arrives 7 years late, $17B over cost

By JEFF AMY JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-11:10PM, 135 Reads
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Two nuclear reactors in Georgia were supposed to herald a nuclear power revival in the United States. But the project is seven years late and $17 billion over budget as Georgia Power Co.
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Two former Jackson, Miss., police officers have been indicted on murder charges and a third officer on a manslaughter charge in connection to the Dec. 31, 2022, death of Keith Murriel, who died while in custody of the three officers. Jackson, Miss., officials announced the indictments during a Wednesday, May 24, 2023, afternoon news conference. (Barbara Gauntt

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3 ex-officers indicted in death of Black man seen on video being shocked with stun guns

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,05/24/23-7:10PM, 129 Reads
JACKSON, Mississippi. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year's eve arrest.
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Supporters of LGBTQ rights stage a protest on the street in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019, in Washington. In a victory for the transgender community, and bucking the trend of other reliably red states, a Republican-controlled Louisiana legislative committee voted to a kill a bill Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that would have banned gender-affirming medical care for minors. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Republican-controlled committee rejects Louisiana bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors

By SARA CLINE SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-5:56PM, 120 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Bucking the trend of other reliably red states adopting restrictions on young transgender people, a Republican-controlled Louisiana legislative committee voted Wednesday to a kill a bill that would have banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.
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