Authorities said the second of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last month has been captured. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that a team of local, state and federal law enforcement officers arrested 25-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson just before 3 p.m. Friday at an apartment complex in Atlanta.
Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta.
Georgia state School Superintendent Richard Woods is calling on Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers to give teachers a $3,000 raise next year. Woods also wants lawmakers to rewrite the state's funding formula to provide more money for pupil transportation.
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year, which is the largest increase in two decades. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows significant death rate increases for white and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier.
Delta Air Lines says the pilot accused of threatening to shoot the plane's captain during a flight no longer works for the airline. Delta said Wednesday it would not comment further on the incident, which happened on a flight last year.