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Dobbins Air Reserve Base is shown Monday, March 9, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Thirty-four Georgians are among the U.S. citizens expected to arrive at the base on either Monday night or Tuesday morning, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a news release.(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Savannah St. Pat's parade scrapped amid virus concerns
March 11, 2020 9 p.m.

Savannah St. Pat's parade scrapped amid virus concerns

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Savannah called off its St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time in nearly a century, bowing Wednesday to the coronavirus outbreak as Georgia's governor requested $100 million in new state funding to combat the threat.