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Sweltering heat, storms and possible twisters were expected to hit the southern plains and south-eastern states on Memorial Day, on the heels of deadly tornadoes and flooding.
Robert Smith, a billionaire investor, surprises students at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, by using his speech at a commencement ceremony to pledge to wipe the debts of the 2019 class. 'This is my class – 2019 – and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. I know my class will make sure they pay this forward,' he said
Jack Shepherd, convicted of killing Charlotte Brown, had been on the run for six months
A fugitive whowas convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the Thames has been arrested in Georgia.
Jack Shepherd, 31, was sentenced in his absence to a six-year jail term for the manslaughter by gross negligence of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown. Police issued an arrest warrant after he failed to attend his trial at the Old Bailey in July.
ALBANY, Ga. - Vice President Mike Pence is visiting southwest Georgia today where he is surveying storm damage from Hurricane Michael, a day after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump did the same thing.
Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, and today Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam briefed Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on the initial agricultural damage assessment. "Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, and the safety of all Floridians is our top priority.
The Buckhead Republicans will host three GOP candidates - secretary of state hopeful Brad Raffensperger, District 38 Georgia Senate candidate Travis Klavohn and District 40 State House hopeful Matt Bentley - for its monthly meeting today from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. at the Cross Creek CafA in Buckhead.
The latest round of campaign finance reports have been filed, giving voters insight into how much money candidates are raising and spending on their bids to gain office.
With Democrat Stacey Abrams seeking to become the first African-American female governor in the nation in her battle with Republican Brian Kemp in the Nov. 6 general election, the Georgia gubernatorial race remains a high-profile race, with seemingly constant campaign ads on TV and elsewhere.
This article was updated Oct. 5 at 10:37 p.m. with corrected information on Alex Kaufman's volunteer and employment experience and Josh McLaurin's legal battle with the Fulton County Republican Party.
On Oct. 3, 1993, the two-day Battle of Mogadishu began during the Somali Civil War, killing 19 Americans and between 200 and 300 Somalis. A U.S. Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies over a Mogadishu residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities on December 1, 1992.
Seven decades ago, members of a Georgia grand jury heard 16 days of testimony but declared they were unable identify or indict anyone involved in the brazen lynching of two young black couples on a country road. Now a historian is fighting to find out what happened in that grand jury room.
Sitting on the wooden pews of a small white brick church on a hot Wednesday afternoon in central Georgia, a group of residents gathered to chat about the upcoming governor's race and the issues concerning them in their community, from economic development to health care to infrastructure. A particular topic of interest was a strategy for voter turnout - and how to fight the barriers to it - in what could be a pivotal midterm election.
Vice President Mike Pence has rescheduled a stop in Georgia with Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp that was pushed back by Hurricane Florence. Meanwhile former vice president Joe Biden has postponed a stop with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams set for Sept.
Global Callcenter Solutions will occupy temporary space in downtown Columbus before moving to a 46,000-square-foot structure that used to be a Winn-Dixie supermarket, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported . The firm made the announcement recently at the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.