Georgia

A U.S. Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they reenlist soon: extra days off timed around the release of “Grand Theft Auto VI.”

Bodycam video shows Atlanta police forcing their way into a trailer after hearing a child crying inside and finding two young sisters who had been reported missing. Police said 42-year-old Lakesha Brown was inside with the girls and was arrested on kidnapping and child cruelty charges.

Passengers aboard an Orlando-bound Delta flight had to evacuate via slide after the aircraft made an emergency landing on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Saturday morning.

An Atlanta-area woman was forced into premature menopause after doctors removed her cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, a lawsuit alleges.

After a Georgia father was sentenced to 15 years in prison for giving his son the assault rifle used to kill four people, Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith had one message: “When you see someone in distress, please take away their access to guns.”

Colin Gray, the man who gifted his son an assault rifle the teenager used to shoot up a Georgia high school in 2024, was sentenced to prison Thursday.

A teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a 2024 high school shooting was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The 400 acres of swamp is home to ancient peat bogs, dense wetland forests, and hundreds of plants and animals — including American alligators.

A swamp in the Southeast is now considered one of the most important natural sites in the world after being designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Items found behind a Cracker Barrel in Georgia played a key role in helping Ohio prosecutors secure an arrest in connection with the 1985 killing of a traveling salesman.

The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County.

A Georgia man has altered a Barbie Dream Camper to save gas. This broadcast aired on NBC4 at 3 p.m. on May 21, 2026.

CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner died Wednesday at the age of 87.

Republican Clay Fuller has won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia. Fuller’s special election win Tuesday bolsters a slim GOP majority. President Donald Trump in February endorsed Fuller, a former district attorney, propelling him to the front of a large field. Fuller beat Democrat Shawn Harris, who led the first round of voting in March but couldn’t...

Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris advanced to a runoff in the special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia.

The family of a Georgia high school teacher who died last week following a prank gone wrong at his home said they want the charges against the teenagers involved dropped.

Five teenagers were driving away after throwing toilet paper at trees when the teacher fell into the street, authorities said. The driver now faces vehicular homicide charges.

School officials identified the woman killed as Linda Davis, a special education teacher at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School.

Nathan Smith, 27, who goes by the name DJ Young Slade, was reported missing Tuesday morning after he was last seen running out of his home in Milton, Georgia.

Milton police said foul play was not suspected in 27-year-old Nathan Smith’s death.