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House Bill 1037, designed in part to help address issues of elder abuse inside Georgia's nursing homes, was recently signed into law by Gov. Deal. Kathy Floyd with the Georgia Council on Aging joined the Afternoon News Wrap to discuss the issue of elderly abuse and how HB 1037 may help combat the problem.

Georgia has executed a man convicted in the April 1998 killings of a trucking company owner and his two children during a home burglary.

In an effort to boost the number of college voters, the University of North Georgia recently announced a partnership with TurboVote, an online service that facilitates voter registration and the voting process. UNG representatives Dr. Renee Bricker and Dr. Nathan Price joined the ANW this week to discuss the initiative.

The state parole board has denied clemency for a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die this week.

Donald Trump rolled up victories in five more states on Tuesday, giving the Republican front-runner fresh momentum in his push for the nomination even if his pathway has little room for error.

Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S. with new contributions of their own.

According to a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the U.S. will face a shortage of physicians over the next decade if several changes to the current system are not made. Dr. Janis M. Orlowsky joined the Afternoon News Wrap this week to discuss how this shortage could affects Georgians, and how it can be avoided.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce is hosting an event Thursday night centering around the best communities worldwide in terms of overall health. Dan Buetner, a National Geographic fellow, will lead the event, and he joined the ANW this week to discuss the ideas surrounding "Blue Zone" communities.

A judge has approved five more jurors for the jury pool to decide the fate of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son to die in a hot SUV.

A brief investigation involving Habersham County authorities and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) resulted in the arrests of three people in Alto on Tuesday.