Georgia News

More than four decades after it was first tabbed as a potential UNESCO World Heritage nominee, the Okefenokee could finally be added to the prestigious list this month.

A new city of Atlanta employee benefit is giving parents access to a high-tech bassinet designed to soothe babies and help families get more rest.

Atlanta patent lawyer Charley Brown has been named chair of the intellectual property department at prominent national law firm Ballard Spahr.

Georgia has been largely spared from cases of illness so far, though it is among 27 states where lettuce is being recalled.

Police say the license plate readers help locate suspects and solve crimes, but a growing number of critics say the technology amounts to an invasion of privacy.

Sharks get a bum rap: The risk of a shark attack is very small, and the creatures play a crucial role in nature.

Safetyism often focuses on the concerns of those we disagree with, while overlooking our own fragility in engaging with ideas that seem threatening to us.

Most of the voters flagged as noncitizens by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were in a "pending" status, according to the secretary of state's office.

Doctors, homeless services organizations and grassroots groups criticize Atlanta’s response to a heat wave that scorched the city around July Fourth.

The nonprofit buying The Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer will invest in expanding local coverage in the publications.