The Georgia Sun

2 days ago | thegeorgiasun.com | Maya Homan

Several organizations dedicated to preserving free speech and protecting members of the press are calling for the release of a prominent immigration reporter who was detained while covering a protest in Atlanta earlier this month and is now on track to be deported.

1 week ago | thegeorgiasun.com | J.D. Davidson

(The Center Square) – Two Minnesota state lawmakers who are members of the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party were shot early Saturday by a person posing as a law enforcement officers just north of Minneapolis. House Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman, and her husband, were shot and killed in what Gov. Tim Walz called a political-motivated assassination.

2 weeks ago | thegeorgiasun.com | Ellen Eldridge

Brittney Powell took what control she could when diagnosed at age 35 with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer. “I decided that I would shave my head before I started all of this because I didn’t want the cancer to take my hair,” Powell said. “I wanted to be in control of this.”The now 37-year-old said she knew for years that something wasn’t right with her body. Powell felt “off” hormonally, but doctors refused to do testing.

4 weeks ago | thegeorgiasun.com | Rebecca Grapevine

This entry is part [not set] of 19 in the series Health Care In CrisisThe Fulton County Board of Health this week laid off 17 workers, including those focused on HIV and sexual health services, apparently without the approval of the state Department of Public Health. The unexpected layoffs prompted the state to place “two executive leaders” of the county agency on unpaid administrative leave.

1 month ago | thegeorgiasun.com | Rebecca Grapevine

A fourth measles case has surfaced in Georgia in an unvaccinated person, the state Department of Public Health said Monday. The person contracted the disease while traveling internationally. The state health department did not disclose the identity or age of the person, who lives in metro Atlanta. State officials are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to measles through contact with this person between May 10 and May 18.