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The nation's largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue giving grants to Planned Parenthood. But public relations specialists say the Komen foundation will have a tough time rebuilding its nonpartisan reputation. |
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A new report finds Georgia's prisoners are getting older. Tough sentencing reforms in the 1990's put many behind bars for life. Medical costs expected to soar. |
Three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a $600 million project to deepen the Savannah River shipping channel. The suit was filed Friday in state court in Jasper County on the South Carolina side of the river. |
Pfc. Bradley Manning, 24, will stand trial for allegedly giving more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents and classified combat video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks for publication. Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst, is charged in the biggest leak of classified data in U.S. history. |
A new crowdfunded festival in Philadelphia, plus Jamal, James and Junebug. |
The state House approved small changes Friday to new election maps it passed during the summer Special session. The changes, the largest of which affects Hall County, Gov. Nathan Deal’s home county, spurred heated debate on the floor of the House.
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Ben Gazzara has died at the age of 81. The actor known for his brooding tough-guy presence died of pancreatic cancer Friday in New York. Gazzara made his big break into film with his role as an accused killer in Otto Preminger's 1959 courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder. |
“Nice guys finish last” is cliché, but it can also be true at work. Recent studies are pointing to the fact that people tend to pass over nicer people when they look for leadership in times of turmoil, instead favoring more aggressive, seemingly powerful individuals. |
A state legislative committee approved a resolution Thursday that would allow Georgians to vote on whether the state can authorize charter schools.
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Georgia College & State University plans to begin offering its first doctoral degree program in May. The school in Milledgeville on Wednesday announced that the doctor of nursing program will admit up to 12 nursing professionals.
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Fifty officers graduated from an officer training program in Millen. Eventually 200 people will work at new private prison in Jenkins County. New factory could also be on the way.
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The two schools involved in a post-game brawl that left a high school football coach severely injured will now play in different subregions. The Georgia High School Association's Reclassification Committee decided to separate Hancock Central and Warren County after the fight.
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