Georgia (US state)

Savannah: Former student posts antisemitic party invite

Party invitation includes 'No Jews,’ campus officials respond swiftly.

Category 5 storm

Hurricane Milton making its way to Florida

Hurricane Milton again strengthens to Category 5 storm as it heads toward the Florida coastline. Storm surge and hurricane warnings extended along the east coasts of Florida and Georgia.

Judge narrows election interference case against Trump

Judge presiding over the election interference case involving Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia dismisses three counts from the indictment.

Father of teen shooter at Georgia high school arrested

54-year-old father of teenager accused of opening fire at a Georgia high school, killing four people and wounding nine, arrested for knowingly allowing his son to possess a weapon.

Four killed in shooting at high school outside Atlanta

Two students and two teachers killed, nine others injured, in shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. The suspected shooter is a student at the school.

Georgia Republican: Jewish people control everything

On white nationalist’s show, Georgia state official Kandiss Taylor said Jewish people are ‘controlling everything.’

Middle school students asked to rate Hitler as 'solution-seeker'

Middle school teacher who showed photo of ‘cute’ baby Hitler under investigation in Connecticut.

Father of murdered lone soldier runs for Senate

David Lubin, father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack, is running for Georgia state Senate.

Georgia Governor signs new antisemitism law

Governor Brian Kemp signs law defining antisemitism in state law, after it was approved by lawmakers last week.

New Georgia bill defines antisemitism in state law

Lawmakers in state of Georgia pass a bill that would define antisemitism in state law, after the legislation stalled in a Senate committee in 2023.

Trump will not seek to move Georgia case to federal court

Trump's lawyers announce he will not seek to move election subversion case in Georgia from state to federal court.

Trump tells judge he may try to move case to federal court

Former US President formally notifies judge overseeing Georgia case that he “may” try to move his state case into federal court.

Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election probe

Former US President Donald Trump seeks to sever his case from some of the other defendants.

Hurricane Idalia weakens to tropical storm after hitting Florida

The storm now threatens parts of Georgia and the Carolinas with strong winds and flooding.

Georgia indictment:

Trump surrenders at Fulton County Jail

Former US President booked in case accusing him of scheming to overturn 2020 election, and released 20 minutes later.

Trump allies' bid to block arrest denied

Federal judge rejects bids by Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark to block their arrests in Georgia election case.

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Rudy Giuliani surrenders to Atlanta prison

Former mayor of New York turns himself in at Fulton County jail after being indicted over post 2020 election actions

Former Trump CoS asks judge to block his arrest in Georgia

Mark Meadows asks federal judge in Georgia to block state authorities from arresting him if he fails to surrender by August 25 deadline.

Trump’s bond in Georgia case set at $200,000

The bond agreement also bars Trump from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or victims in the case.

Trump confirms:

'I will turn myself in on Thursday'

Former US President accuses Georgia District Attorney of being a radical leftist: She is continuing to campaign on this witch hunt.

Georgia indictment:

Trump's former CoS asks for charges to be dismissed

Mark Meadows asks federal court to order all charges against him brought by Fulton County prosecutors to be dismissed.

Former US Attorney General:

'Georgia indictment of Trump is too sweeping and too broad'

Bill Barr says the Georgia indictment of Trump helps “feed the narrative” that Trump is being unfairly targeted by prosecutors.

Georgia indictment:

DA asks for Trump trial to begin a day before Super Tuesday

Fulton County District Attorney asks judge to set a trial date of March 4, 2024, for Trump and 18 co-defendants.

Georgia indictment:

Trump's former CoS seeks to move case to federal court

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was one of the 19 defendants named in the Fulton County indictment.

Trump indicted in election interference probe in Georgia

19 defendants indicted in probe of efforts to overturn results of 2020 elections.

Another indictment?

Georgia court publishes, removes document about Trump charges

Fulton County court's website briefly posts document listing several criminal charges against Trump before taking the document down.

Giuliani concedes 'false' statements on Georgia election workers

Former New York Mayor concedes he falsely claimed two Georgia election workers committed ballot fraud.

Georgia mayor breaks into 'dream house,' held at gunpoint

South Fulton mayor arrested after breaking into home he says he thought was 'abandoned' and which he hopes to purchase.

Georgia Secretary of State to be interviewed by special counsel

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was infamously asked by Trump to "find more votes" in 2020 election.

On Shabbat:

'Goyim Defense League' targets multiple Georgia synagogues

Group of antisemites, Neo-Nazis wave swastikas, anti-Jewish propaganda outside Chabad and Reform synagogues.

Georgia:

Prosecutor hints charges in Trump election probe coming soon

Atlanta area courthouse asked to clear schedule for August, when potential trial could take place.

Atlanta medical building shooter kills one, four injured

Active shooter situation at medical building leaves at least one victim dead and four or more injured taken to hospital.

Georgia teen arrested for synagogue bomb threat hoax

18-year-old allegedly behind threat claiming a pipe bomb had been placed at a suburban Atlanta synagogue.

Georgia:

Antisemitism bill falls to pass after lobbying effort by CAIR

Anti-Israel group sought for years to block proposal to add IHRA definition of antisemitism to state's hate crime laws.

Georgia senators save measure to adopt IHRA definition

Bill to include IHRA definition of antisemitism in state hate crimes law rescued, measure will now be voted on in House and Senate.

Georgia bill to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition fails

Measure dies in state senate after amendment passes to change IHRA definition to remove many instances of antisemitism.

IHRA definition bill passes Georgia House of Representatives

Internationally recognized definition of antisemitism moves step closer to becoming part of Georgia state law.

Grand jury in Georgia to recommend charges in Trump probe

Forewoman does not reveal if Trump is among those recommended for indictment in probe on attempt to overturn election results in Georgia.

Atlanta:

Jewish areas targeted by hate group with antisemitic flyers

Notorious white supremacist group Goyim Defense League drops antisemitic flyers in Jewish areas of city.

Raphael Warnock wins re-election in Georgia

Warnock defeats former NFL player Herschel Walker in a runoff, giving Democrats a 51-seats majority in the Senate.

Georgia:

Man arrested for multiple incidents of antisemitic graffiti

Brookhaven police arrest suspect after string of antisemitic graffiti incidents take place.

Georgia Supreme Court rules in favor of 6-week abortion ban

State's high court overrules lower court that said ban was unconstitutional.

GOP candidate: I want to be a 'werewolf - not vampire'

The Republican candidate for Senate and former NFL star promises to take the State of Georgia to the 'Promised Land.'

Herschel Walker: 'I'm not going to let them destroy Georgia'

Georgia Senate candidate and former NFL standout says the Dems can 'throw the kitchen sink' at him but he'll 'catch it and keep going.'

'We're still standing:' Stacey Abrams concedes Georgia

The progressive candidate was a strong backer of Biden's who nearly earned herself a spot in his cabinet.

Top Georgia Dem snubs own party, endorses Republican governor

One of Georgia's top Democrats endorses Republican incumbent Governor Brian Kemp instead of Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.

Trump's former chief of staff sought for testimony in Georgia

Prosecutor investigating possible attempts to influence 2020 election results in state of Georgia seeks testimony from Mark Meadows.

Georgia Walmart fire causes roof collapse, shoppers flee

Massive fire at Walmart in Georgia causes roof to cave in, shoppers flee for exits.

Rudy Giuliani a target of Georgia election probe

Giuliani a target of criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by Trump and others to interfere in 2020 election in Georgia.

Georgia school's new logo blasted for resemblance to Nazi eagle

Elementary school in Cobb County, Georgia under fire after receiving complaints its new logo resembles the Nazi eagle.

Georgia Secretary of State to testify before Jan. 6 panel

Trump was recorded pressuring Brad Raffensperger to “recalculate” the vote count in Georgia.

Watch: Progressive candidate smirks at 'Biden Alzheimer's' joke

Controversial progressive candidate in Georgia caught smothering a laugh after a popular podcaster pokes fun at the President.

Georgia governor beats Trump pick in GOP primary

Trump sides with governor's primary opponent, accusing him of doing the “worst job of any governor in probably decades.”

From the Terror Scene to Georgia Tech

Memorial ceremony at Georgia Institute of Technology commemorates the victims of this week’s fatal terror attack in Hadera.

Atlanta’s first Jewish mayor Sam Massell dies at 94

Massell, who was mayor from 1970 to 1974, made a major impact on the city's public transit and increased minority participation in politics.

Georgia:

Rabbi makes history in state legislature with shofar blast

Atlanta-area rabbi blows shofar at session of Georgia state legisulature, believed to be the first such event in any state legislature.

Delta flight lands with blown tire at Atlanta Airport

Delta flight landing in Atlanta on Sunday has a blown tire and skids to a halt after a rough landing.

Trump blasts Georgia call probe: ‘This is not the American way’

Trump denounces a Georgia DA's investigation into a call he made to the attorney general regarding the results of the 2020 election.

Former Republican Senator Johnny Isakson dead at 76

Georgia lawmaker dies two years after resigning from US Senate over health problems.

Verdict: 3 defendants guilty of murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Georgia jury finds all 3 suspects guilty of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.