Georgia

The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a “much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said.

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.

Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms) of meth that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.

A female student was shot and killed this weekend at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, the university confirmed.

A Georgia man is scheduled to be put to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years.

The father of Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging, said he’s “angry” her death has been used politically.

A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward.

A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.

The family of a slain Black man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia deputy who shot him during a traffic stop that spiraled into violence. Camden County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge killed Leonard Cure on Oct. 16 during a struggle that began after Cure was stopped for speeding along Interstate 95. Cure had previously spent 16 years...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified during a probe of her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade in relation to the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove her from the prosecution.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is defending the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

A 17-year-old football player in Georgia was found dead Sunday, a day before he was supposed to represent his high school in the state championship game, authorities said.

Authorities say the last of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail in October has been caught.

A Georgia elementary school employee has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of hitting several students and leaving “welts” on the back of at least one child.

Law enforcement video of a Georgia traffic stop that ended with a deputy fatally shooting a man who was exonerated after spending 16 years behind bars in Florida was released.

A Georgia sheriff has released video of a traffic stop where a deputy fatally shot a Black man who three years earlier was freed from prison after being wrongfully convicted. Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor’s office posted dash and body camera video online Wednesday. The shooting killed 53-year-old Leonard Cure after he was pulled over on Interstate 95. Cure’s family...

A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence.

A Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4 million speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine.

Scott Hall, one of the 18 defendants charged along with former President Donald Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, pleaded guilty to the charges against him Friday.