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Candidates in the GOP race for the US Senate primary in Georgia make last pitches ahead of runoff

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By Emily Wu Pearson Verified
| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified
Congressman Mike Collins and political newcomer Derek Dooley are crisscrossing the state to rally up support for their U.S. Senate campaigns heading into the June 16 Republican runoff election. Both men are positing themselves as the better candidate to challenge current U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff from Georgia.
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Atlanta actor explores questions of choice, agency in play about immigration detention

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By Emily Wu Pearson Verified
| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified
When Lumpkin, Georgia, is in the headlines, more often than not, it’s because of Stewart Detention Center. The facility is one of the country’s most populated Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Centers, with one of the highest numbers of immigrant deaths. But for playwright Lee Osorio, who’s from Lumpkin, there’s more to the town’s story. “Our whole system is taking away from everyone involved in this horrible, horrible place, the prison,” he said.
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Man dies in Georgia immigration detention center, second Georgia death in ICE custody this year

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By Emily Wu Pearson Verified
| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified
Denny Adan Gonzalez, a 33-year-old man from Cuba, died at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, on Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Gonzalez died from a suspected suicide, and it is investigating. The man had been detained at Stewart Detention Center, run by private prison company CoreCivic, since January. He was transferred there from North Carolina, where ICE said he had been arrested for alleged assault and domestic violence.
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