Georgia

The Atlanta Police Department and its public safety partners hosted a mass-casualty training in preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The city of Atlanta will host eight tournament matches in a stadium that can hold 75,000 people.

The FBI is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body and semitrailer were found in different areas of southeastern Georgia.

'Using fake documents, bogus corporations, wigs, and makeup, Davis and Evins convinced lenders they were NFL players,' U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Theodore S. Hertzberg said.

One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles, officials reported Sunday.

A wildfire that has charred dozens of homes in southeast Georgia could force more evacuations at a moment’s notice, officials warned Friday as fire crews helped residents hose down properties in areas threatened by the growing blaze.

Blustery winds also are helping ignite and expand the fires in Georgia and Florida that have blanketed parts of several states in smoke, leading to air quality warnings Thursday in cities far from the blazes.

The 3-year-olds were taken to a local hospital, where they were they later died, officials said.

Some of the biggest blazes were along Georgia’s coast and between and around Jacksonville, Florida, a state that is facing one of its worst fire seasons in decades.

Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was found in his cell unresponsive, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Lifesaving measures were performed, officials said, but he was later pronounced dead.

The family is now searching for answers, believing someone witnessed the shooting.

The suspect, 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, was naturalized in 2022 despite a lengthy criminal history.

Police said the violence began shortly after midnight and unfolded across multiple locations.

Vice President JD Vance, speaking directly to the crowd of University of Georgia students, confirmed he had been in contact with the Secret Service and was not personally concerned about his own safety.

Cameron Coney, 12, was shot in the chest in his own bedroom, his family said.

Clay Fuller took a commanding lead over his opponent, winning 55.9 percent of the vote and adding to the Republican Party’s narrow lead in the House.

Georgia will pick a replacement for Marjorie Taylor Greene, while Wisconsin will choose a new state Supreme Court justice.

Highly competitive gubernatorial races are shaping up in Georgia and California. Early voting is coming to an end in Georgia on Friday, while California candidates are making their closing pitches to voters.

The officers were reinstated immediately and will receive back pay, Cohutta Town's Vice Mayor Shane Kornberg said.

U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee rejected arguments from county attorneys that said the materials should be returned.

The subpoena stems from a Jan. 28 FBI raid and search of a Fulton County elections warehouse in Union City, Georgia where some 700 boxes of 2020 election materials were seized.

The Atlanta Police Department and its public safety partners hosted a mass-casualty training in preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The city of Atlanta will host eight tournament matches in a stadium that can hold 75,000 people.

The FBI is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body and semitrailer were found in different areas of southeastern Georgia.

'Using fake documents, bogus corporations, wigs, and makeup, Davis and Evins convinced lenders they were NFL players,' U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Theodore S. Hertzberg said.

One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles, officials reported Sunday.

A wildfire that has charred dozens of homes in southeast Georgia could force more evacuations at a moment’s notice, officials warned Friday as fire crews helped residents hose down properties in areas threatened by the growing blaze.

Blustery winds also are helping ignite and expand the fires in Georgia and Florida that have blanketed parts of several states in smoke, leading to air quality warnings Thursday in cities far from the blazes.

The 3-year-olds were taken to a local hospital, where they were they later died, officials said.

Some of the biggest blazes were along Georgia’s coast and between and around Jacksonville, Florida, a state that is facing one of its worst fire seasons in decades.

Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was found in his cell unresponsive, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Lifesaving measures were performed, officials said, but he was later pronounced dead.

The family is now searching for answers, believing someone witnessed the shooting.

The suspect, 26-year-old Olaolukitan Adon Abel, was naturalized in 2022 despite a lengthy criminal history.

Police said the violence began shortly after midnight and unfolded across multiple locations.

Vice President JD Vance, speaking directly to the crowd of University of Georgia students, confirmed he had been in contact with the Secret Service and was not personally concerned about his own safety.

Cameron Coney, 12, was shot in the chest in his own bedroom, his family said.

Clay Fuller took a commanding lead over his opponent, winning 55.9 percent of the vote and adding to the Republican Party’s narrow lead in the House.

Georgia will pick a replacement for Marjorie Taylor Greene, while Wisconsin will choose a new state Supreme Court justice.