Georgia

Hurricane Debby Heads Towards Florida's Big Bend Region

National

Tropical Storm Debby is flooding the Southeast, and it’s barely moving

5:35am August 06, 2024

Debby is expected to bring up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the Southeast. It's currently creeping over Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean, expected to return to shore this week with more strength.

Digging in the mud for crayfish in North Carolina.

Environment

Federal grant to fund crayfish conservation efforts in North Carolina's coastal plains

3:03pm July 10, 2024

by David Ford

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program has awarded more than $7.4 million in grants to study threatened wildlife across the country, including endangered crayfish in North Carolina.

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National

2 Union soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Confederate train hijacking

1:28am July 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive in Confederate territory and drove it north while destroying railroad tracks and telegraph lines.

National

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

10:11am June 07, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

The eight employees say that since the plant opened in 1988, many systems in place have benefited white workers more than Black staff. They claim that HR has ignored “egregious incidents of racism.”

World News

Georgia's parliament speaker signs divisive foreign influence bill into law

4:50am June 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

Opponents have denounced the legislation as "the Russian law" because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists.

Politics & Government

In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020

7:21am May 25, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden eked out a win in Georgia last time, a victory that helped take him over the top in the Electoral College. But there are some warning signs it could be hard to do it again in 2024.

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Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son.

National

Family of Black U.S. airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy

2:27pm May 17, 2024

Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense.

Applicants to Georgia State University received a welcome email for the 2024-25 school year. However, the email was sent in error to 1,500 applicants by the school's admissions office. Here, the campus celebrates its fall commencement exercises on Dec. 17, 2014, in Atlanta.

1,500 college applicants thought they were accepted. They soon learned it was an error

3:50pm May 16, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Georgia State University says the students were not sent an official acceptance letter but "communication" from a department welcoming those who intend to major in a specific academic area.

The Georgian parliament is scheduled to vote on the controversial law on Tuesday. Here, a demonstrator on Monday in Tbilisi, Georgia.

World News

Why protesters in Georgia are opposed to a 'foreign agents' law and why it matters

4:27pm May 13, 2024

More than 50,000 people took to the streets of the capital city Tbilisi over the weekend to protest against proposed legislation that critics say is modeled on a Russian law used to crush dissent.

Joie Henney says his emotional support alligator, Wally, is missing in Georgia after being kidnapped, found and released into a swamp with some 20 other gators.

National

Have you seen this emotional support gator? Wally's owner says he's lost in Georgia

9:36am May 03, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Wally has many fans in Pennsylvania and across social media. His owner is enlisting their help, saying Wally was kidnapped, located by a trapper and released into a swamp while vacationing in Georgia.