Delta Air Lines is facing a class action lawsuit, which claims the airline refused to give refunds following a global technology outage last month. In it, the customers allege that Delta refused or ignored their requests for prompt refunds for their canceled or delayed flights.
Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville on Thursday. The aptly called "The Many Lives of Andrew Young" will be held at an arts center not far from Bethany Congregational Church.
LISTEN: On the Thursday, Aug. 8 edition of Georgia Today: Nearly one-and-a-half billion federal dollars are coming to Northwest Georgia; three new State Election Board members want to reopen the investigation into Fulton County's handling of the 2020 election; and a Georgia native has become the first U.S. men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since 1984.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will transfer 340 patients via 56 ambulances as Egleston Hospital closes and their new Arthur M. Blank Hospital opens next month.
Former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has written a children's book about his two cats, continuing to champion for early literacy efforts. "Veto, the Governor's Cat" is a tribute to his late wife, Sandra Deal, who read books to students at more than 1,000 schools across Georgia.
Atlanta City Council has unanimously approved a measure to begin counting unhoused people in the summer every other year starting in 2025 to get better data.
A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal.
The U.S. Department of Energy is loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company's bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States. The loan announced Thursday will be key to funding a $2.2 billion complex that Qcells, a unit of South Korea's Hanwha Group, is building northwest of Atlanta.
Residents of one Georgia neighborhood are cleaning up homes flooded by tropical weather for the second time in eight years. Tappan Zee Drive is located in suburban Pooler, west of Savannah and about 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
Hampton Morris is the first U.S. man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal in four decades. The 20-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, took home bronze in the men's 61-kilogram division.
Chelsea Fishman wants women’s sports to be taken more seriously. Fishman took what she learned at an equality summit in Australia during the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year to heart and will open Atlanta’s first women’s sports bar called Jolene Jolene next year.
Georgia communities are recovering from flood damage from Tropical Strom Debby.
Georgia political and business leaders met in Athens for the Georgia Chamber’s annual Congressional luncheon Wednesday.
Students in southeast Georgia’s Glynn County head back to class Thursday. The district is one of many across the state increasing access to free meals this year.
On the Wednesday, Aug. 7 edition of Georgia Today: Passengers sue Delta Air Lines over flights impacted by widespread tech problems; the Georgia Superintendent reverses his position on whether AP African American studies violates the states "divisive concepts" law; and a look at the dangers of the Georgia State Patrol's pursuit policy.
