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GPB evening headlines for December 28, 2022
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![Southwest Airlines travelers wait in a long line to check on their baggage from their cancelled flights after an arctic blast and a massive winter storm dubbed Elliott swept over much of the United States in the lead-up to the Christmas holiday weekend, at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/pbs_news_hour/buttigieg-calls-for-accountability-as-southwest-cancellation-meltdown-worsens.jpg?itok=04TqlVSV)
Wellstar Health System plans to buy Augusta University Health System, but details aren't available.
It's unclear how many people died from cold exposure during the record-setting holiday freeze.
Southwest Airlines cancelled 95 Atlanta flights as the airline's problems continued to snowball.
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