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December 11, 2019 at 4:30 am

Mom charged after police say she abandoned special needs son

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police charged a mother with cruelty to children Wednesday after her special needs teenager was found abandoned at a downtown hospital,...

December 10, 2019 at 11:09 am

Prosecutors: Man threatened Trump, Putin, vowed to kill kids

An Alabama man with a history of mental illness is accused of threatening to “destroy” President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and kill...

December 4, 2019 at 6:03 am

College students take aim at 19th Century editor’s statue

ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia State University students are demanding that Atlanta's mayor remove a prominent downtown statue of a 19th Century newspaper editor who...

November 20, 2019 at 8:35 am

Fears spread in churches after girl accused of mayhem plot

ATLANTA (AP) — A bishop in a historically black denomination is urging hundreds of churches to lock their doors during services after police said a...

November 19, 2019 at 10:54 am

Police: White teen girl aimed to attack black Georgia church

ATLANTA (AP) — A white 16-year-old girl is accused of plotting to attack a mostly black church in a north Georgia city, where police say...

November 8, 2019 at 2:55 am

Suspect was on bond when UFC fighter’s stepdaughter vanished

When UFC fighter Walt Harris' stepdaughter vanished last month, the man later charged in her disappearance was free on bond in an earlier kidnapping case...

November 7, 2019 at 9:03 am

Suit: Guards attacked student at historically black school

A former student at a historically black college in Alabama says he was beaten and injured after a college dean ordered campus security guards to...

October 9, 2019 at 10:04 pm

‘Flash drought’ brings dust and dread to Southern farmers VIEW

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A furnace-like "flash drought" is intensifying as it blasts away the little moisture left across a vast swath of the South,...

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FILE- In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, April Hebert watches her 1-year-old son Collins toss rocks into a partially dried-up creek in Helena, Ala. Scientists say more than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of a drought that’s cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) AX101 AX101

October 3, 2019 at 6:59 am

‘Flash drought’ worsening across 14 Southern US states VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of what’s being called a “flash drought” that’s...

September 18, 2019 at 6:54 am

APNewsBreak: Alabama man arrested in terrorism probe

ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man has been apprehended as part of a yearslong terrorism probe in which the FBI says he told agents he...