Southern states have higher rates of unreported COVID-related deaths than other regions of the country, according to a new study.

The whale has not been seen for days, lessening the chances scientists can find and disentangle it.

The Georgia NAACP claims in a federal lawsuit that Georgia prison inmates are unreasonably exposed to COVID-19 because the staff does not follow safety protocols and provides inadequate testing and protective equipment for prisoners.

The U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia throughout the Trump administration is moving back to private practice.

A key state lawmaker said Friday that he will continue to press his colleagues on ways to grow revenues as they consider a budget proposal that carries forward many of the cuts made when the financial outlook was bleak.

If the John Lewis Voting Rights Act becomes law, Georgia will likely be among the states requiring preclearance before lawmakers could change voting rules or counties could close a polling place.

Hank Aaron smashed baseballs — and he smashed racial barriers. The Atlanta Braves legend and American icon died Friday at the age of 86.

A Georgia Teen was arrested for stealing nearly $1M from Kroger in Gwinnett County.

After the coronavirus pandemic led lawmakers to slash the state budget last year, Gov. Brian Kemp says that proactive step means no additional cuts for next year — and some agencies could see funding restored.

The pursuit of a COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia — amid busy phone lines, patchy supplies from county to county and private providers hesitant to schedule crucial second doses — remains a logistical challenge even for the most truly patient.

That might change some with tens of thousands more doses due to circulate in the general population as well as with a coming one-stop website to get connected to vaccinations from public health.

Results from a new survey show a third of Americans do not see systemic racism as a barrier to good health. This is despite that fact that communities of color have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sixteen people have cast their Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with little fanfare and much significance, the first time Georgia has supported a Democratic candidate since 1992.

The three former Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies who killed Eurie Lee Martin in 2017 are no longer immune from prosecution and will likely to go to trial on murder charges sometime next year.

Georgia's election results were recertified Monday to show President-elect Joe Biden still won the state, as election officials continue to forcefully debunk misinformation pushed by top Republicans seeking to cast doubt on election integrity.