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Georgia fines former First Liberty principal as part of alleged $140 million Ponzi investigation

(Georgia Recorder) — The Secretary of State’s Office has ordered a former principal of the now-defunct lending firm First Liberty Building and Loan to...

Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender...

Mark Zuckerberg quizzed on kids’ Instagram use in social media trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about...

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...

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...