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A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine)

At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia’s Sapelo Island

October 20, 2024 at 12:12 p.m.

Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the...

Several feet of sand fills a condo following the passage of Hurricane Milton, at YCA Vacation Rental in Venice, Fla., Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Floridians evacuated for Hurricane Milton after wake-up call from devastating Helene

October 12, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow trips home on crowded highways, weary from their long journeys and the cleanup work awaiting them but...

Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta, on May 14, (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals

October 7, 2024 at 4:29 p.m.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.

A BMW sedan is stalled in high water along southbound US Alt 19 in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Monday morning, Aug 5, 2024, as Hurricane Debby passes the Tampa Bay area offshore. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast

August 6, 2024 at 4:29 p.m.

Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday in what is just the beginning of a prolonged...

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza on April 26, 2024. The U.S. expects to have on-the-ground arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route for Gaza aid. An official with the U.S. Agency for International Development tells the AP that humanitarian groups expect to have their part of preparations complete by early to mid-month. (U.S. Army via AP)

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’

May 3, 2024 at 9:31 p.m.

The American director of the U.N. World Food Program became the most prominent international official so far to declare that trapped civilians in the most cut-off part of Gaza had...

Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, exits the funeral of Gregg Allman at Snow’s Memorial Chapel, June 3, 2017, in Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died April 18, 2024. He was 80. (Jason Vorhees/The Macon Telegraph via AP)

Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

April 18, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.

Anti-abortion sidewalk counselors Beka Tate and Laura Durancall out to a woman entering the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic, the only facility in the state that performs abortions, in Jackson, Miss., on March 20, 2018.

More ‘heartbeat’ abortion bans advancing in the South, Midwest

August 22, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there. Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama....

Death-row inmate Robert Butts Jr. was executed May 4, 2018, after his conviction for robbing and killing an off-duty prison guard in 1996.

Georgia executes inmate for 1996 murder of off-duty prison guard

August 22, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

A Georgia inmate executed Friday for a 1996 shotgun slaying twitched briefly as the lethal injection flowed into his body and groaned, "It burns, man." Robert Earl Butts Jr., 40,...

This Feb. 8, 2013 file photo shows pro-gun demonstrators at a rally outside the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. Organizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to bring unloaded weapons to rallies at state capitols across the U.S. this weekend of April 14, 2018.

Gun rights supporters: Bring your unloaded rifle to state capitol rallies

August 22, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

Organizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to bring unloaded rifles to rallies at state capitols across the U.S. this weekend, pushing back against a wave of student-led gun violence protests...

In this July 13, 1992 file photo, Georgia Gov. Zell Miller waves to delegates at the Democratic Convention in New York. A family spokesperson said he died March 23, 2018. He was 86.

Zell Miller, stubbornly independent former Georgia governor and senator, dies at 86

August 22, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

As Georgia's governor, Zell Miller successfully championed selling lottery tickets to fund scholarships in a Bible belt state and lost a fight to change the Confederate-themed state flag. As a...

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