Regional News

8:44 AM on Thursday, September 17

The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim U.S. history of lynchings

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year

11:01 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A Georgia judge has halted an execution scheduled for Wednesday

6:08 AM on Tuesday, September 15

The Congressional Black Caucus Institute is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to engage lower-propensity voters in key districts before the midterm elections

10:49 AM on Sunday, September 13

Alexander Zverev won his second major championship and kept American men without a Grand Slam title since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final

7:36 AM on Sunday, September 13

There's a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they’ve been cast

5:09 PM on Tuesday, September 8

A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in a dispute over regulation haircuts

1:25 PM on Monday, September 7

Candidates in several states with competitive House and Senate races are beginning the stretch run of election season with Labor Day events at festivals, union halls and parades

3:13 PM on Thursday, September 3

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump

7:01 AM on Thursday, September 3

A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked a backlash in communities across the country and become a key election issue

12:07 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Researchers are catching a wide range of sharks off New York’s Hamptons and outfitting them with small trackers as they seek to understand more about one of the world’s few confirmed great white shark nurseries

12:05 PM on Monday, August 31

A 91-year-old man who goes by the nickname Grey Beard has reclaimed his record as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail

7:05 AM on Monday, August 31

A group of 6,000 young American elms in Vermont could help save one of the country’s most iconic trees

4:25 PM on Thursday, August 27

The fallout from the Good Good Golf video depicting a man shoving a woman to the ground continues

11:38 AM on Thursday, August 27

Georgia prison officials plan to execute Stacey Humphreys next month

4:01 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. Army has announced plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable energy source independent of the commercial electric grid

6:41 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Target has pulled a children's Halloween costume after backlash over its resemblance to racist minstrel caricatures

12:38 PM on Tuesday, August 25

LeBron James' passion for golf now includes a partnership with the PGA Tour

8:31 AM on Monday, August 24

Former PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem and his wife are donating $13 million to PGA Tour Charities as the tour reshapes its charity strategy amid so much attention on profit and earnings

7:54 AM on Monday, August 24

Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22