Cybercriminals have claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that shut down many Fulton County computer systems, Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said in a briefing held Wednesday afternoon.

Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.

Before discussing the bills of the day in the Senate, the rise in gun violence was noted on the Senate floor.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified in a hearing to determine her future in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.

A police motorcade escorted the body of Army Sgt. Breonna Moffett, killed last month in Jordan, back to her home city of Savannah.

A new study from the University of Georgia measures the correlation between homelessness and deaths from drugs and alcohol.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has forcefully pushed back against what she described as "lies" about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor. Her statements came during testimony Thursday in an extraordinary hearing over misconduct allegations that threaten to upend one of four criminal cases against Donald Trump.

Over 100 members of Congress have signed a letter to the Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian urging the company to not interfere with employees' efforts to form a union

A bill aiming to make Georgia kids safer online sailed through a Senate committee Tuesday, and with the backing of Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, it appears poised for a full Senate vote.

On the Thursday, Feb. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Four students were shot and wounded outside of an Atlanta high school yesterday; an endangered whale was found dead off the coast of Tybee Island; and spring training for the Braves is officially underway. 

Festival will celebrate 30th anniversary of “The Book,” as it's known to Savannahians.

An increasing number of children in the Chattahoochee Valley are experiencing homelessness, according to preliminary numbers from the annual Point in Time Count.

A Cobb County teacher fired for reading a book to fifth graders that included a gender nonconforming character is suing the Cobb County School district.

Governor Kemp is sending more National Guard soldiers to help Texas effort to control illegal crossings on the U-S Mexico border.

The state Senate has passed a bill that would exempt gun safety devices like gun safes and trigger locks from Georgia sales taxes.

Days after putting Atlanta front-and-center in the Super Bowl halftime show, pop star Usher has been given the city's highest honor.

On the Wednesday, Feb. 14 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp sends National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border; current and former Cobb County teachers sue the school district over what they call "classroom censorship;" and Savannah officials celebrate the return of an iconic feature of the city's waterfront.

Affordable housing advocates are working together to develop a community of tiny homes in Gwinnett County.

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, in a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity. Georgia Power said Wednesday that operators reached self-sustaining nuclear fission inside the reactor at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.