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Georgia students recall horror of being shot as father of accused school shooter goes...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia high school students on Tuesday testified in court about the horrors of being shot during their algebra class 2 years...

Driver fleeing ICE officers crashes, killing a Georgia teacher, authorities say

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Guatemalan driver fleeing a Georgia traffic stop by federal immigration officers crashed into another vehicle, killing a teacher who...

High housing costs, shortages propel movement on reform in Congress

WASHINGTON (States News) — Republicans, Democrats and the White House are methodically, calmly inching toward a common goal: agreeing on a thick package of...

Georgia lawmakers rethinking requirements for funeral home directors

(Georgia Recorder) — The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King,...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the...

Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — A shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game left three people dead, including the shooter, and three more hospitalized...

Opening statements held in trial of Apalachee High School shooting suspect’s father

A man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school should be held responsible for...

Lawmakers push plan to lift Georgia’s lagging literacy rates

(Georgia Recorder) - A majority of Georgia’s third graders – 62% – are not reading proficiently, according to the Georgia Council on Literacy. That’s a...

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first...

Derek Dooley didn’t vote for years. Now he wants Georgia voters to send him...

ATLANTA (AP) — Lots of candidates pitch themselves as political outsiders. Derek Dooley goes a step further. Not only is the former football coach...

Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area and...

Alabama House approves harsher punishments for driving under the influence

(Alabama Reflector) — The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday increasing criminal penalties for those who physically injure or kill people while...