Georgia

`Let’s go home’: Afghan war vets torn on US-Taliban deal

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Veterans of America’s longest war are finding themselves torn as the U.S. signs a potentially histo...
14:55 28 February 2022

Fight by 2 Republicans for Georgia Senate seat unnerves GOP

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Republican congressman’s decision to challenge freshly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler is pitting ...
5:15 27 February 2022

AP Top 25 Podcast: Georgia’s Smart move targets Alabama

Georgia coach Kirby Smart is trying to turn his program into the Alabama of the SEC East. His latest move to make that h...
17:55 26 February 2022

Rural Georgia hospital is reborn but without its costly ER

ADEL, Ga. (AP) — For years, the hospital in this small, south Georgia city was in grave financial trouble.Like other rur...
6:18 25 February 2022

Soggy neighborhoods under flash-flood warning in Mississippi

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging...
17:03 18 February 2022

Stunner in the ATL: Ga Tech upsets No. 5 Louisville 64-58

ATLANTA — Right from the opening tip, Chris Mack fretted that his team just wasn't ready to play.
5:16 13 February 2022

Michigan State rallies to hire Tucker away from Colorado

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Mel Tucker recalled making $400 a month when he began his career as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, sleeping under his d...
1:29 13 February 2022

Georgia man put to death for the 1997 killings of 2 people

JACKSON, Ala. — A Georgia man convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend more than two decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening, becomin...
2:29 30 January 2022

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday

ATLANTA — Against the backdrop of a presidential election year, Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday found leaders still wrestling over how to best...
23:35 20 January 2022

3 more linked to neo-Nazi group arrested in Georgia

WASHINGTON — Three men linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill members of a militant anti-f...
23:57 17 January 2022

Expert: Georgia election server showed signs of tampering

BOSTON — A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia...
22:45 16 January 2022

Georgia board spares prisoner’s life hours before execution

ATLANTA — Georgia’s parole board on Thursday spared the life of a prisoner just hours ahead of his scheduled execution, commuting his sentence to life...
18:41 16 January 2022

No. 5 Auburn stays perfect, rips Georgia 82-60 behind bench

AUBURN, Ala. — The bench helped trigger No. 5 Auburn's emphatic reboot from a slow start.
20:40 11 January 2022

Jones leads No. 2 Duke to 73-64 victory over scrappy Ga Tech

ATLANTA — Tre Jones hit two key baskets down the stretch and No. 2 Duke extended its decade-long domination of Georgia Tech, holding off the Yellow Ja...
4:40 9 January 2022

NFL bound: QB Jake Fromm leaving Georgia to enter draft

ATLANTA — Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm is heading to the NFL, despite some struggles during a junior season that led to speculation he might return ...
20:20 8 January 2022

Georgia’s new GOP senator sworn into office amid impeachment

WASHINGTON — W ealthy Republican businesswoman Kelly Loeffler was sworn in Monday as the newest senator from Georgia, a political newcomer who takes o...
22:10 6 January 2022

Hammonds, Edwards lead Georgia past No. 9 Memphis 65-62

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tom Crean and Georgia finally grabbed a win over an AP Top 25 team despite the Bulldogs' two leading scorers struggling with their sh...
22:23 4 January 2022

Pickens leads No. 5 Georgia past No. 8 Baylor in Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS — George Pickens caught 12 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, and No. 5 Georgia defeated eighth-ranked Baylor 26-14 in the Sugar Bowl o...
5:57 2 January 2022

No. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Baylor talk motivation for Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS — Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer figures that suffering through 11 losses two seasons has given him a healthy perspective as the Bears ...
21:13 31 December 2022

Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle

ATLANTA — As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 196...
6:58 30 December 2022

After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church

PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared Sunday at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain...
6:50 30 December 2022

QB Jacob Eason leaves Washington early, will enter NFL draft

SEATTLE — Washington quarterback Jacob Eason announced Thursday he will skip his final year of college and enter the NFL draft.
20:25 26 December 2022

2 die, 8 injured in bus crash in Russia

MOSCOW — A bus crash in southwestern Russia killed two people and injured eight others Thursday, authorities said.
19:19 26 December 2022

LSU freshman cornerback Stingley will be tested vs Oklahoma

Derek Stingley Jr. sat flanked by the Heisman Trophy favorite and LSU coach Ed Orgeron, as usual the youngster in the group.
7:09 23 December 2021

Mayo Clinic announces college football’s comeback players

Georgia Southern offensive lineman Drew Wilson, Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton and Salisbury State receiver Octavion Wilson have been selected th...
18:27 19 December 2021

‘Ant-Man’ takes on challenge: Make hoops relevant at Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. — Football rules the athletic landscape at Georgia.
22:23 17 December 2021

Hundreds attend funeral for Navy sailor slain in base attack

SAVANNAH, Ga. — One of the young Navy sailors killed in a Saudi gunman's attack at a Florida base had boundless energy and a fierce loyalty to family ...
22:52 16 December 2021

AP All-America teams dominated by LSU, Ohio State

No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Ohio State each placed three players on The Associated Press All-America first team released Monday.
17:02 16 December 2021

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who’s in CFP is easy; But Who’s No. 1?

Picking the four teams to play in the College Football Playoff should be pretty easy for the selection committee.
1:33 8 December 2021

Voting site reopened in Georgia after grassroots fight

HAZLEHURST, Ga. — When local election officials shut down a polling site in a predominantly black area of a rural Georgia county, displaced voters cou...
13:27 7 December 2021