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Fulton County Judge-Executive Jim Martin speaks at the Pontotoc Community Center during the Rural Partners Network Forum on April 12, 2023.

Community stakeholders, federal partners gather at Rural Partners Network forum in Fulton Co.

Fulton leaders and community stakeholders gathered Wednesday to hear how officials and agencies from throughout the federal government can help their community grow through the Rural Partners Network – a Biden administration initiative aimed at accelerating community development in rural areas across the nation.

Neomi Rao, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, smiled as President Trump announced her nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Opponents want to block Rao.

Neomi Rao, Picked For D.C. Circuit Court, Faces Scrutiny Over Earlier Views On Rape

Rao has been nominated for a spot on that prestigious court opened by the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She has drawn criticism for an argument she aired as an undergraduate decades ago.

The USS Chancellorsville has been renamed the USS Robert Smalls, to honor the enslaved man who stole a Confederate battleship in the Civil War and delivered to the Union forces, loaded with weapons. The USS Robert Smalls is shown here off the Japanese island of Iwo To, on its way to honor the fallen service members of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima.

A Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a Black Union hero

The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.

Abortion-rights activists gathered for a news conference in New York City Monday to protest the Trump administration's proposed restrictions on family planning providers. The rule would force any medical provider receiving federal assistance to refuse to promote, refer for, perform or support abortion as a method of family planning.

Foes Of Trump's Restrictions On Family Planning Clinics See Law On Their Side

In 1991, the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on family planning providers that are similar to rules proposed by the Trump Administration. But Trump critics say the legal landscape has changed.

Saturday Sports: PGA merger; Messi heads to Florida; Denver Nuggets on the brink

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the the PGA merger with LIV Golf, Lionel Messi heading to Florida, and the Denver Nuggets on the brink of the NBA title.

Indigo buntings are one of several tropical birds that migrate from Central and South America to the local area in the spring and summer.

LBL Wildlife Report: Tropical Summer Birds in the Local Area

In the next installment of Sounds Good's LBL Wildlife Report, Tracy Ross and Woodlands Nature Station lead naturalist John Pollpeter discuss neo-tropical migrating birds that live in the local area during the spring and summer.

Silvio Berlusconi meets journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome in 2018.

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, has died at the age of 86

The media mogul turned prime minister left a mark on popular culture, while his coarseness and constant legal woes trashed political norms and tainted Italy's image in the world.

In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a photo during a meeting with a delegation of African leaders and senior officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Ukraine war is hurting Africa, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine.

Is a cost-free digital community a thing of the past?

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dan Ives, tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, about fees social media platform Reddit imposed on third-party app developers. Protests blacked out parts of the site.

Blinken visited China. Then Biden called Xi a dictator. So what comes next?

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China was considered a success by government officials. In such a complicated relationship, what does that even look like?

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