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Lawmakers take up special license plates, early screening in attempt to help Georgians with...

(Georgia Recorder) — The Georgia Senate last week passed a bill that would allow Georgians with autism or other developmental disorders and their family...

Georgia lawmakers propose bill to eliminate marijuana “smell test” for police searches

ATLANTA — A newly proposed bill in the Georgia General Assembly seeks to fundamentally alter how law enforcement officers conduct stops and searches, specifically...

House bill would curb public access to police footage capturing a person’s death

Lawmakers are contemplating a measure that would prevent the public from accessing law enforcement audio and video recordings that show a person’s death after...

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one...

War widens to include Iranian-backed militias as Israeli and American planes pound Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in...

US intel did not suggest a preemptive strike from Iran before US-Israeli attacks, AP...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings Sunday that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch...

FBI probes Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded...

3 US troops killed, 5 seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military said...

Iran vows revenge after the killing of its top leader and trades strikes with...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part...

World leaders urge return to talks after U.S. and Israeli strikes kill Iran leader...

BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders urged peace and a return to talks as the military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran...

Iranian state media confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died following a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian...

US and Israel clash with Iran at emergency Security Council meeting

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Israel clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday where...