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August 3, 2021 at 12:54 pm

New charge against Georgia sheriff added in new indictment

An Atlanta-area sheriff is facing an additional charge in a federal prosecution accusing him of violating the civil rights of people in his agency’s custody...

July 30, 2021 at 3:09 pm

Georgia GOP starts push for takeover of local election board VIEW

Republican Georgia lawmakers have started a process that could lead to a takeover of elections in the state’s most populous county

July 28, 2021 at 2:22 pm

Georgia asks judge to toss DOJ lawsuit targeting voting law

Georgia is asking a judge to toss out a Department of Justice lawsuit challenging the state’s sweeping new election law

CORRECTS DATELINE TO ACWORTH INSTEAD OF WOODSTOCK – Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. Officials say 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, has been captured hours after multiple people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

July 27, 2021 at 6:45 am

Man pleads guilty to 4 spa killings; ‘This was not any kind of hate crime,’ district attorney says VIEW

A Georgia man accused of killing eight people at three Asian massage businesses was sentenced Tuesday to life without parole after a prosecutor said investigators...

July 11, 2021 at 10:04 pm

Trial begins for suspended Georgia insurance commissioner

ATLANTA (AP) — More than two years after he was accused of defrauding his former employer of more than $2 million and indicted on federal...

July 7, 2021 at 8:59 am

Judge won’t block parts of Georgia election law for now

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to block some challenged sections of Georgia's new election law ahead of two runoff elections next...

June 30, 2021 at 10:49 pm

Parts of sweeping new Georgia election law debated in court

ATLANTA (AP) — Voting integrity activists argue that several parts of Georgia's new election law criminalize normal election observation activities, while the state asserts that...

June 29, 2021 at 10:51 am

No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver

ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a former Georgia state trooper who shot and killed a Black man last year after...

June 24, 2021 at 2:56 pm

Judge allows Georgia ballot review case to proceed for now

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Thursday allowed a lawsuit alleging fraud in Georgia's most populous county during the November election and seeking a review...

June 23, 2021 at 11:59 am

Civil rights trail book aims to make history easy to digest

ATLANTA (AP) — By highlighting cities that played host to significant events during the civil rights movement, a new book aims to make that complex...