Saturday, July 18, 2026

Good morning! On this day in 2000, Paul Coverdell, who served as director of the Peace Corps and represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate, died at the age of 61.

President Trump will be making an appearance at a metro Atlanta high school next week. Learn more in Top Stories.

For years, spotting an email scam felt easy. Bad grammar, a fake logo, an obvious ask, and you'd catch it. But the emails that drained nearly $21 billion from Americans last year didn't look sloppy at all. They looked like they came from your bank, your pharmacy, even your own family, and adults over 60 lost the most of anyone. In today's episode of The Flyover Podcast, Amy breaks down five quick inbox moves that clean up your clutter and quietly lock scammers out. Which one are the con artists counting on you never learning? Tune in here to learn more!

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Trump to Visit Cobb County High School

President Trump will visit Wheeler High School in Cobb County on July 22 to promote the Trump Accounts, a new program designed to provide investment accounts for children.

Under the program, $1,000 will be deposited by the Treasury Department into investment accounts, which opened earlier this month, for each eligible U.S. baby born between 2025 and 2028. Families and other eligible entities can invest up to $5,000 per year in stock market funds.

An account can be opened for children born before 2025, but the account will not receive the $1,000 seed money. The funds will not be accessible until the child turns 18 except under special circumstances.

The visit will mark Trump’s second trip to Georgia this year.

Woman Arrested After Child Drowns

A 44-year-old woman, Emelisa Paz-Santos, has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree cruelty to children in the June drowning death of her 2-year-old grandson during a family gathering in Roswell.

Emergency crews reached the Lake House at Martin's Landing on the night of June 21 in response to a child drowning report, taking over CPR from bystanders. The child, Axel Delgado, was rushed to a hospital, where he died the following day.

Police allege that Paz-Santos “failed to provide adequate care and supervision for Delgado, resulting in his drowning” after investigators reviewed surveillance video and interviews.

Paz-Santos’ bond was set at a combined $40,000 for the two charges. She remains in custody, with an ICE hold in place.

Lottery Contributes over $1.5B for Education

The Georgia Lottery raised more than $1.54 billion for education in fiscal year 2026, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday.

The milestone marks the 11th straight year the lottery has cleared $1 billion for schools, topping last year's total by $69.5 million. Since 1993, it has sent more than $31.3 billion to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account.

"That funding, on top of the historic education investments we've made, the restoration of the HOPE program to 100% tuition coverage, and the removal of the institutional fee is why quality education will remain both affordable and accessible here in Georgia,” said Kemp.

The fiscal year also brought the lottery's largest prize ever, a $983 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Newnan last November.

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➤ Savannah: The Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run, which was set for December, has been canceled because of planned renovations of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. (More)

➤ Statewide: Georgia Power says residential customers will not pay for the cost of the state's growing number of data centers, pledging that large companies will cover the infrastructure costs. (More)

➤ Athens: The University of Georgia pulled in $324.4 million from 69,789 private donors in fiscal year 2026, setting a record for the third consecutive year. (More)

➤ Augusta: The VA Augusta Healthcare System has rolled out an emergency ambulance service for veterans, completing more than 120 transports since its launch. (More)

➤ Columbus: Master Wall Inc., an exterior wall systems manufacturer, opened a new headquarters as part of a roughly $7 million expansion, creating 35 jobs in the city. (More)

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➤ The Atlanta Braves will open the 2027 season on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of the earliest Opening Day in Major League Baseball history. (More)

➤ Atlanta’s World Cup hosting run included eight matches, and a 19-day fan festival attracted more than 500,000 people to Centennial Olympic Park. (More)

➤ Georgia Tech will meet Butler for the first time in program history Dec. 19 at the Indy Classic in Indianapolis. (More)

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Google, Microsoft, & Meta Partnered With This XR Startup

The world’s leading tech giants have all partnered with Immersed, an XR startup chasing a $250B+ opportunity in remote work.

Immersed combines the world's most-used remote work XR software ($127B by 2030)1, AR/VR hardware ($100B+ by 2026)2, and AI productivity tools ($36B)3 into one productive, collaborative virtual office. Its valuation has grown 4,000% to date.

Over 1.5M professionals, including Fortune 500 teams, already use Immersed. The company is now scaling mass production of Visor, a productivity-designed headset with 75,000+ people on the waitlist, representing $71M in projected first-year sales.

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➤ Commemorative cups produced by Top Cup in Rome have become a popular souvenir during the 2026 FIFA tournament. (More)

➤ A black bear was caught on a doorbell camera raiding a Ball Ground family's bird feeder on their front porch. (More)

➤ A youth flag football team from Augusta is headed to Westfield, Indiana, later this month to compete in the NFL Flag Football National Championship after winning a regional tournament. (More)

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