By the numbers: The top news and sports stories of 2024 from #teamAFP
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From news to sports, here’s a look at what #teamAFP stories racked up the most reads on Augusta Free Press in 2024.
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Ben Cline was a vociferous Matt Gaetz supporter: Now, he’s gone radio silent
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Understandably, we’re not hearing a lot, which is to say, anything, from the former defenders of Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump’s pick to be Attorney General, you may remember. Trump wanted a guy who the House Ethics Committee says sex-trafficked a 17-year-old high school junior, regularly paid other women to have sex with him,…
U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh stepping down from Western District of Virginia post
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Christopher Kavanaugh is stepping down as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia at the end of the day on Friday.
Andrew Moss: Protect Medicaid!
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Catastrophic cuts are in the offing for Medicaid, the nation’s largest single source of health coverage, serving primarily low-income Americans. But catastrophe isn’t inevitable.
What’s up with the drones? Mysterious flying objects spark public frenzy
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You’ve probably heard about the drones the size of SUVs flying over New Jersey, and then Pennsylvania and upstate New York, and apparently, also in Northern Virginia.
TikTok ban in U.S. remains in effect for Jan. 19 after loss of bid to block legislation
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After losing a bid to strike an American law to ban use its social media platform, TikTok faces a January 19, 2025 deadline.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin plays racist immigration politics with state budget
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin is trying to give Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears an early Christmas present – a generated controversy over immigration to use in her 2025 gubernatorial campaign.
Florida Man dupes unwitting Republican political donors out of $496K
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Today’s Florida Man story involves a guy who defrauded Republican donors, particularly those backing Nikki Haley, out of just short of half a million dollars.
DOJ, FBI continue to pursue Jan. 6 criminals who assaulted police, damaged property
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During the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, more than 140 police officers were assaulted and damages exceeded $2.8 million.
Mel Gurtov: The stunning, and sudden, collapse of Syria’s dictatorship
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They’re celebrating in the streets in Damascus. In a collapse as stunning and swift as that of the Soviet Union, the 24 years of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship has come to an end.
