Georgia

U.S. 08/12/20, 05:32

Businesswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has expressed support for far-right QAnon, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, won the Republican nomination for Georgia's 14th Congressional District to replace outgoing Rep. Tom Graves (R). According to The Associated Press, Greene beat her opponent John Cowan in a primary runoff with 60 percent of the ...

2020 Campaign 06/10/20, 03:58

A Democrat, who is making a tilt for presidency, experienced technical difficulties that significantly delayed voters at two elections. Joe Biden won the Georgia and West Virginia primary elections despite thousands of voters enduring long waits to enter the polling booth due to confusion about the Peach State's new electronic voting ...

U.S. 02/03/20, 04:49

A Democrat raised eyebrows when she announced plans to run for president even though she lost her seat at the last Georgia election. Former Georgia House representative for District 89, Stacey Abrams confirmed she intends to make a tilt for the Oval Office in the 2040 general election, and thought voters ...

U.S. 11/21/19, 06:25

Drew Charter School's golf team won 2019 state championship last May received their state championship rings on Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to 11 Alive. The team members worked together to design the rings. The team earned the title and made history when they were the first all African American golf team ...

U.S. 11/12/19, 02:20

One of the few presidents to win a Nobel Peace Prize was admitted to an Atlanta hospital for brain surgery on Nov. 11. Jimmy Carter (D), 95, has been admitted to Emory University Hospital for an operation that could help remove damage he suffered from multiple falls. The Carter Center, which the ...

U.S. 10/22/19, 10:21

Former President Jimmy Carter had another fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, fracturing his pelvis and going to the hospital for treatment and observation, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo described the fracture as minor. Her statement said that the 95-year-old was in good spirits at the ...

U.S. 09/28/19, 07:04

A driver who was fleeing from deputies crashed into a vehicle in central Georgia, killing four people, authorities said. Butts County Sheriff Gary Long told WXIA-TV that the crash occurred Friday evening, Sept. 27, on Georgia Highway 36, southwest of Jackson. The pursuit began in Monroe County when the driver refused to ...

U.S. 09/06/19, 05:30

In three phone calls in a row, President Donald Trump told the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia that his administration is tracking Hurricane Dorian and ready to offer help to these states. In the first of the tweets late on Thursday, Sept. 5, President Trump said he “just ...

U.S. 08/30/19, 17:26

The National Hurricane Center upgraded Hurricane Dorian to Category 3, on Friday, with wind speeds now above 110 mph, as the storm approaches the Bahamas from the east. The storm is expected to impact the islands during the morning of Saturday, Aug. 31, before it marches toward the Atlantic coast of ...

U.S. 06/15/19, 21:34

Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has canceled her upcoming Atlanta performance because of Georgia's new restrictive abortion law. News outlets report that the "Girls Trip" star sent a statement to ticketholders Saturday, saying she cannot "in good faith" perform in Georgia unless it withdraws the so-called heartbeat bill. Haddish had been ...

Politics 06/13/19, 15:44

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Thursday she has not ruled out running for another political office. Abrams, who spoke at the Women's E3 Summit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, said she has not yet settled on the next steps for her political career. "I ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 14:33

The number of sea turtle nests along the Georgia coast is on pace to set a record this year.Kris Williams is director of Caretta Research Project, a sea turtle conservation organization. She told the Savannah Morning News that beach patrols along the Georgia coast between Tybee and Cumberland islands had ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 10:46

A former police sergeant in Georgia who was captured on video hitting a man during a traffic stop has been convicted of aggravated assault and battery.The Gwinnett County district attorney's office said Wednesday that Michael Bongiovanni pleaded no contest Tuesday.Cellphone video showed Bongiovanni hitting Demetrius Hollins as he stood with ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 18:17

Georgia's highest court said Monday that it lacks authority to hear a pretrial appeal from a man charged with killing a high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a decade.The state Supreme Court in March delayed Ryan Duke's murder trial so it could consider whether it ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 06:32

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he returned to teaching Sunday school in Georgia for the first time since breaking his hip. Carter told people gathered at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains that he and his wife, ...

U.S. 06/02/19, 08:48

A Georgia man convicted of throwing scalding water on a sleeping same-sex couple told one of them to "get out of my house with all that gay," a victim testified, yet he couldn't be charged with a hate crime because the state has no such law.Victim Anthony Gooden said in ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 00:34

New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them.The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors who violate the laws. ...

Sports 05/29/19, 18:47

Major League Baseball's 2021 All-Star Game will be played at Atlanta in what could be the first national showcase for SunTrust Park since the stadium opened in 2017.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement before the Braves played the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night."The facility here, including SunTrust stadium and ...

Europe 05/29/19, 10:56

Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili has arrived in Ukraine a day after its new leader reinstated his citizenship.Saakashvili arrived in Kiev on Wednesday following the decision by Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to restore his citizenship.He praised Zelenskiy for a "quick and brave" decision to give back his citizenship. Speaking to ...

Entertainment 05/28/19, 13:18

Though major studios have so far remained quiet on Georgia's recently passed abortion law , Netflix on Tuesday said it will contest the legislation and "rethink our entire investment" in the state, should the law going into effect.Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement that the streaming ...