The police officer who died responding to the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta two weeks ago was memorialized Friday; Senior state judge David Emerson has set an emergency hearing for next week after the Fulton County Commission did not follow his order to appoint two Republican nominees to the county's elections board; The national Republican Party elects a new chairman during a meeting of the Republican National Committee in Atlanta Friday.

The police officer who died responding to the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta two weeks ago was memorialized Friday; Senior state judge David Emerson has set an emergency hearing for next week after the Fulton County Commission did not follow his order to appoint two Republican nominees to the county's elections board; The national Republican Party elects a new chairman during a meeting of the Republican National Committee in Atlanta Friday.

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