The Latest Breaking News from Georgia

Georgia pair sentenced for Jan. 6 actions at Capitol

ATLANTA — When Georgia residents Savannah Danielle McDonald and Nolan Harold Kidd emerged from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and began giving interviews to journalists and posting on social media, there was little evidence they believed they had done anything wrong.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

5-star QB Arch Manning: ‘Athens is probably the best college town’

Arch Manning talks Georgia Bulldogs, his love for Athens and more on his recruitment.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 10, 2022

2020 presidential election at the center of Republican primary for Georgia Secretary of State

Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for Georgia Secretary of State on May 24, 2022. Incumbent Brad Raffensperger and Jody Hice have performed best in polling. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will compete in a runoff election.

Ballotpedia · May 10, 2022

OAN runs 30-second segment acknowledging ‘no widespread voter fraud’ in 2020 election

The network acknowledged that an investigation by Georgia officials found that the two election workers ‘did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct’

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Georgia's jailed ex-president offered transfer to medical facility

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will be offered a transfer from prison to a private clinic for a medical check-up, news agencies quoted the justice ministry as saying on Tuesday, after staging two hunger strikes since October.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

The Indigo Girls talk streaming concert, film based on their songs, doc on their career

ATLANTA — Unlike, say, Simon and Garfunkel or Tears for Fears, the Indigo Girls have never broken up. The beloved harmony-infused Georgia duo has been together consistently over 35 years.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

How the Georgia Supreme Court could keep abortion legal in state

ATLANTA — Paolo Pavesich was surprised to find his picture in an advertisement for New England Mutual Life Insurance. The Atlanta artist didn’t have a policy from New England Life, and he’d never given the company permission to use his image. Pavesich sued, alleging invasion of privacy. And he won.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

American Rapper Young Thug Arrested on Gang-Related Charges

Police in Atlanta arrested rapper Young Thug, who won a Grammy for his co-written hit "This Is America" in 2019, on Monday on charges including participation in criminal street gang activity, police records showed. The hip hop artist, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was also charged under Georgia…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 10, 2022

Young Thug arrested in Atlanta with two gang counts and Rico charges

Rappers Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Georgia's Perdue raises $2.3M in challenge but trails Kemp

Republican David Perdue raised $2.3 million in the three months ended April 30, the former U.S. senator’s campaign reported Monday

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022