One of the most devastating events in a person’s life is the loss of a pet.

But Georgia has some pretty specific rules and laws that you need to know before you start planning that at-home, backyard funeral service for your four-legged friend.
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Heart Strings remixes light, touch and music to bring awareness to health care, education and protection of youth worldwide.

The event is coming to cities across the U.S. and lands at Atlanta's Pullman Yards through May 5.
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Explore the human ability to increase empathy and compassion, what values we are instilling into artificial intelligence technologies, and the need to create both a better world and a better humanity for life to flourish. 'A Brief History of the Future' airs tonight at 9 PM.

Authorities say a Georgia prison guard shot and killed a prisoner she had escorted to a hospital for treatment after he snatched another guard's pepper spray and used it to overpower him.
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Actor Yaegel Welch spoke with GPB News' Kristi York Wooten about his role in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' — and where the approach of these two white writers on a story about the wider American saga of race sits today. bit.ly/3xLK4eu

Today: Gov. Kemp signs a human trafficking bill, the latest in a flurry of bill signings. The CDC is partnering with the NWS to help address heat related injuries, and a Georgia magnet fisher uncovers new evidence in a nine year old murder case: gpb.org/gatoday

During a recent discussion with GPB’s Pamela Kirkland, Georgia Tech's Jennifer Singh shares her research into the hurdles confronting specific demographic groups — particularly, lower-income Black families — in diagnosing autism and accessing care.
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Authorities say someone fishing with a magnet in a Georgia creek pulled up new evidence in a nine-year-old murder case.
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Delta Air Lines, the most profitable U.S. carrier, is raising pay for nonunion employees as it gets ready for another attempt by a union to represent its flights attendants.
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Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud is currently enjoying a hot streak rarely seen in Braves history.
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Access from North Druid Hills Road to Buford Highway and I-85 is taking a major turn this week as the Peachtree Creek bridge closes on Friday, April 26, for 90 days, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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After a year of restoration, the Memorial to the Six Million will reopen in time for Yom HaShoah, the commemoration of the Holocaust.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, the first Jewish senator from Georgia, will speak at the event.
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A federal judge has found Georgia prison officials in contempt of an agreement — one they chose to enter into of their own volition — to restore the constitutional rights of inmates held in the state’s most extreme solitary confinement unit.
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A judge has found Georgia prison officials in contempt of an agreement — one they chose to enter into of their own volition — to restore the constitutional rights of inmates held in the state’s most extreme solitary confinement unit. bit.ly/3UtWP62 (From GPB News)

#ICYMI : Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial school choice bill into law on Tuesday, along with another bill that creates a fund for teachers to purchase school supplies.

GPB's Sarah Kallis reports.
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Several crew members were injured when a car and truck collided on the Georgia set of the Eddie Murphy film 'The Pickup.'

Amazon MGM Studios says in a statement that the accident happened Saturday and all safety precautions were taken beforehand.
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Yaegel Welch talks about playing Tom Robinson in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway touring adaptation of Harper Lee's novel, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' — and where the approach of these two white writers on a story about the wider American saga of race sits today: bit.ly/3xLK4eu

The NFL's investigation of the Falcons' possible violation of tampering policies before signing Kirk Cousins won't conclude before this week's NFL draft. For Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot, that means the team won't lose any draft picks this year.
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Longer days and warmer weather means more people spend time outdoors. It also means it's peak lone star tick season.

Emory University researchers have created a map that shows where lone star ticks are located in Georgia.
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Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial school choice bill into law on Tuesday.

Senate Bill 233 allows students attending the lowest-performing public schools to receive a $6,500 stipend to attend a private school.
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