Author name: Tracy Hill

Tracy Hill is the arts, automotive, travel, and fashion writer at Free Press Georgia. She's also a big fan of good food and fun times with friends. She grew up in Atlanta and attended college at Georgia State University. She started her career as an editorial assistant for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before moving on to become an editor for a local news site. Since then she has worked for other publications as well as freelanced her own articles on topics she is passionate about.

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What to know about nations considering the 1st global tax on emissions for shipping

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Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world’s first global carbon tax. The International Maritime Organization, which regulates international shipping, set a target for the sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by about 2050, and committed to ensuring that […]

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Can one of Africa's largest refugee camps evolve into a city?

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KAKUMA, Kenya — Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya’s northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled. It became one of Africa’s most famous refugee camps by accident as people escaping calamity in countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo poured in. More than three decades after its first tents

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US blocks sea salt imports from South Korean salt farm over forced labor concerns

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SEOUL. South Korea — The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action against a decadeslong problem on salt farms in remote islands off South Korea’s southwest coast. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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Australian conservatives withdraw campaign pledge to stop remote work for public employees

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s opposition party Monday withdrew election promises to prevent public servants from working from home and to slash more than one-in-five federal public sector jobs. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced his conservative Liberal Party had dropped its pledge that public servants would be required to work in their offices five days a

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More homes for sale and easing rates favor homebuyers this spring, but affordability hurdles remain

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LOS ANGELES — This spring homebuying season is shaping up to be more favorable for home shoppers than it’s been in recent years — as long as they can afford to buy. Home prices are rising more slowly. Mortgage rates remain elevated, but have been mostly easing and could be headed lower if the U.S.

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Breakthrough Prizes Awarded to Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists

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Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists win $3-Million Breakthrough Prizes Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy physics experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss treatments By Zeeya Merali & Nature magazine The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA. Five scientists who

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Hollywood lands a much-needed box office hit with ‘A Minecraft Movie’

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Hollywood needed “A Minecraft Movie” to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year’s box office deficit. No one guessed just how big it would be. In its first few days in theaters, the movie earned a staggering $157 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and

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Rising cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for solution

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States increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get out from under the budgetary squeeze that took them by surprise. One solution some policymakers may try is restricting the number of people on Medicaid who can use the pricey diabetes drugs

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