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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wants his state to become an early presidential primary host — just not in 2024, as President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are pushing.

Flyers describing a sacred Jewish text as “satanic” were folded into plastic bags and weighed down by corn kernels so they wouldn’t blow away.

An Atlanta, Georgia man allegedly tried to smuggle cocaine, cell phones, marijuana, hex keys and chicken wings into the DeKalb County Jail.

A 12-year-old terrier-pit bull mix named Popcorn is a featured dog in JCPenney's "Portrait for Pups" campaign. She's currently up for adoption at PAWS Atlanta.

Xavier Breland - a person of interest in his wife Ciera Breland's disappearance - is being extradited back to Indiana from Georgia on unrelated charges.

The vote cements a shift in the presidential primary calendar that many Democrats have long called for and elevates states with greater diversity and voter access.

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved a new calendar lineup for the early stages of the party’s presidential nominating contests in 2024.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones are vowing to hold rogue prosecutors accountable for giving accused criminals a pass by not charging misdemeanors for some crimes.

Georgia has introduced two bills aimed at state prosecutors who refuse to charge entire categories of crimes, including low-level cannabis possession.

U.S. Army veteran and retired truck driver sues local police after he was arrested holding touting the message 'God bless the homeless vets' in front of city hall.

The body of a woman who died after being found unconscious along the side of a highway in Georgia has been identified as a Florida mother who went missing in 1985.

DNA technology was used to make the match after the woman's body was exhumed from her grave.

A teacher at Heritage High School in Rockdale County, Georgia, is hospitalized after being physically assaulted by a ninth grader last month. The attack left her with a broken leg.

A Georgia school bus driver has been arrested after allegedly getting into a confrontation with parents earlier this month.

Georgia deputies arrested an alleged sex offender and was found hiding underneath a mattress at family members apartment.

A Georgia banker has defeated late House Speaker David Ralston's widow in a House race on Tuesday. The two Republicans will advance to the runoff election scheduled for Feb. 28.

Southern Democrats sent a letter Monday asking President Biden to bring the 2024 Democratic National Convention to Atlanta despite previously supporting a 2021 boycott of the city.

A Georgia police department received what they considered a ‘sizeable donation’ thanks to one North Carolina man.

District Attorney Fani Willis says charging decisions are "imminent." Here's what could be on the table for Trump — or his allies.

Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn’t come from anyone at the Justice Department.

Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn’t come from anyone at the Justice Department. It was from a Georgia prosecutor who indicated she was likely to seek criminal charges soon in a two-year election subversion probe. In trying to block the release of a special grand jury’s report, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis argued in court last week that decisions in the case were “imminent” and that the report’s publication could jeopardize the rights of “future defendants.”

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a national emergency on Thursday after anti-police protests damaged property and targeted police vehicles last weekend.

Brian Kemp signed an emergency order Thursday declaring a state of emergency and mobilizing National Guard troops in response to "Cop City" riots.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued a state of emergency in anticipation of more unrest following violent riots in Atlanta last weekend.

A convicted drug trafficker was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his involvement in an overdose and dismemberment case. The man traveled from Georgia to West Virginia to sell drugs.

A Georgia agency has approved rules for medical marijuana sales, expected to start in the coming months. Georgia's Medical Cannabis Commission voted unanimously to approve new rules.

The protests follow a shooting last week near a controversial future law enforcement training site in which a Georgia state trooper was wounded and a man was killed.

The State of Emergency will stay in effect until Feb. 9.

Georgia and New Hampshire will receive more time to make changes to be a part of the Democratic presidential primary next year. The DNC voted 25-0 to extend the deadline until June 3.

A woman is accused of stealing approximately $80,000 in fraudulent transactions from her job at a Dollar General store, Perry police say.

Donald Trump is under investigation for possible crimes related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.

An Atlanta judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to release the final report of a special grand jury charged with investigating whether former president Donald Trump and his allies broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

A report by a special grand jury in Georgia investigating possible interference in the 2020 election will remain secret for now while a judge considers its release.

The Fulton County district attorney could be the first in U.S. history to indict a former president.

A man and woman in Georgia have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old boy.

The hearing could result in the full release of the report, a partial disclosure or to withhold the document pending prosecution decision.

Rodarius "Rara" Thomas was arrested Monday on a felony charge of false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery-family violence.

Two weeks after declaring the grand jury’s work complete, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney will determine whether to release the final report.

The six suspects charged with domestic terrorism after a fiery anti-police riot that involved the burning of an Atlanta police SUV were smirking or stone-faced in their mugshots.

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It comes in the wake of a shooting earlier this week, near a controversial future law enforcement training site, in which a Georgia state trooper was wounded and a man was killed.

A couple in Georgia is accused of sexually abusing children that they adopted, with one of the men bragging that he was "f--king [his] son tonight."

The NFL says more than 50,000 tickets were sold in the first 24 hours for a potential AFC championship game in Atlanta.

A Braselton man was charged with DUI after his car collides with ambulance carrying UGA football player Warren McClendon who survived earlier wreck.

Kids crawled out windows into their parents’ arms and left through the rear emergency exit while the bus was stopped at a red light, video shows.

The next storm system is forecast to shift over the Plains, bringing heavy snow to some areas. Meanwhile, the South and Southeast are expected to see rain.

Georgia authorities have identified the body found burning in the woods in December.

Chelsea Haley of Marietta, Georgia, has eliminated a total of $48,683.41 in debt -- the amount she owed in credit cards and student loans with interest.

A company's plan to mine minerals just outside the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge is a big step closer to being approved by regulators in Georgia.

Winter weather will bring heavy and blowing snow to the Midwest and Great Lakes, while California finally sees a break following weeks of record conditions.

Hundreds of people came out to First Baptist Church of Toccoa, wearing their red and black.

The alleged shooter was shot and killed by police.

A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday.

Cantrell was wanted on aggravated assault charges from a violent incident in Haralson County in April 2022.

The report determined that excessive speed was factor in the crash that killed Georgia football player Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroy

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart sent two late-night tweets on Sunday remembering Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy just hours after they died.

President Biden returned to Georgia on Sunday and used a speech commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. to reiterate some of the themes of his 2020 campaign in a possible preview of 2024.

During the 2022 midterm campaign, President Joe Biden steered clear of Georgia as Sen. Raphael Warnock, like other battleground-state Democrats, sought to distance himself from the White House amid an inflationary economy and the president’s lagging approval ratings.

Stunned residents tried to salvage belongings as rescue crews pulled survivors from the aftermath of a deadly tornado-spawning storm system that killed at least nine people in Georgia and Alabama.

A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South has killed at least six people in central Alabama and one in Georgia and spawned a tornado that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma.

Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be the neutral site if Buffalo and Kansas City meet in the AFC championship game.

U.S. authorities say they have charged more than 100 people with federal gun and drug crimes in separate blitzes in three states.

A South Korean solar panel maker says it will invest more than $2.5 billion in two Georgia factories.

Georgia is No. 1 in the final Associated Press college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU.

ESPN says the most competitive pair of semifinals in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff drew the largest New Year’s Eve viewership for games by the network.

A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its work, but many questions remain.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government devices and wireless networks.

A conservation group is suing in federal court over a U.S. agency's timeline for dredging a Georgia shipping channel, saying dredging in the summertime would threaten rare sea turtles.

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Nevada’s most populous county and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have received subpoenas related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of former President Donald Trump.

Georgia’s 2022 election season ended dramatically this past week.

Fresh off Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory, Georgia Democrats are embracing -- and Republicans are reluctantly accepting -- the state’s transition from GOP stronghold to premier battleground as the political calendar turns to the 2024 presidential cycle.

Raphael Warnock’s victory in swing-state Georgia gives Senate Democrats a 51-49 majority.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia.

Georgia's U.S. Senate race between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock highlights how sports and college loyalties explain a political battleground.

Two college students have won $100,000 in tuition after a confusing finish in the SEC championship game’s halftime competition.

Here are some examples of strange ways elections were decided.

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

To help Democrats win their 51st Senate seat in a Georgia runoff election, President Joe Biden is headed north — to Massachusetts.

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

Under Texas law, homeowners can claim a homestead exemption only on their primary residence. The GOP Senate candidate registered to vote in Georgia last year.

Former President Barack Obama will campaign again for Sen. Raphael Warnock as the Georgia Democrat tries to withstand a strong challenge from Republican Herschel Walker.

A Georgia appeals court ruling means that counties can offer early voting this coming Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Southern California moved into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in five years.

Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU held on to the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings.

A Senate investigation has found that U.S. immigration authorities didn’t do enough to adequately vet or monitor a gynecologist in rural Georgia who performed unnecessary medical procedures on detained migrant women without their consent.

A Florida judge has ruled that former national security adviser Michael Flynn must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s looking into whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign and Democratic groups are suing the state of Georgia to overturn guidance by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that counties can’t offer Saturday voting ahead of next month’s Senate runoff election.

No. 1 Georgia leads an unchanged top five in The Associated Press college football poll.

Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box for many voters.

Democrats will keep control of the Senate, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy rain in places from Georgia to southern Canada.

Stacey Abrams and Beto O’Rourke catapulted to Democratic stardom in 2018 by defying expectations and nearly pulling off upsets in Georgia and Texas.

Georgia Republican Brian Kemp is arguing that his no-drama conservative approach is the way forward for the GOP as he celebrates his reelection as governor.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law.

A judge has ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and Republican allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race night in Georgia as elections officials continued to count ballots in the state that determined partisan control of the Senate nearly two years ago and could do so again in these midterm elections.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has won another term, beating Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 race.