Donald Trump has been convicted in his New York hush money trial, a landmark jury verdict making him the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes in the nation's nearly 250-year history.

In Bomb Island, a teenager named Fish lives as the adopted son of island-dwellers who make their living running boat tours of the site where a nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped into the ocean decades ago.

On the Thursday, May 30 edition of Georgia Today: The state will be doing an audit of its recent primary election; an indicted state senator wants the charges dismissed; and author Stephen Hundley tells us about his new coming-of-age novel set on a Georgia barrier island.

A state Senator indicted in Georgia's 2020 election interference case is asking a state judge to dismiss the charges against him.

The election board in Fulton County has voted to certify its primary election results. But one GOP board member isn't going along.

A new law gives Georgians overcoming addiction more options for treatment by clarifying zoning laws over their recovery centers.

The long-anticipated completion of the new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 actually occurred a few weeks ago. The public fanfare waited.

Sen. Jon Ossoff visited the U.S. Postal Service’s Palmetto facility Wednesday after months of reported delays in mail delivery. 

The election board in Georgia's largest county has voted to certify its May 21 election results. But one of the board's Republican-appointed members abstained Tuesday. The abstention by Republican-appointed Fulton County election board member Julie Adams aligns with a lawsuit she has filed.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office is auditing randomly selected batches of ballots from the recent primary election.

Georgia Power officials celebrated the completion of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle, south of Augusta, Wednesday.

Officials in Augusta celebrated the re-opening of one of the city's most popular entertainment venues.

Macon-Bibb County has demolished more than 700 rundown, abandoned, hazardous buildings within the county, and while thousands still reportedly remain, one group is finding use for the land that’s left once a blighted building is destroyed.

On the Wednesday, May 29 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia's Plant Vogtle celebrates the completion of another expansion in Augusta; nine Georgia school systems are getting federal rebates for cleaner school buses; and Major League Baseball changes the way it counts statistics from the Negro leagues, leaving one Georgia-born ballplayer with a significant stat. 

Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia Power officials celebrated the completion of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle today.

Nine Georgia school systems are getting $19 million to phase out diesel-powered school buses in favor of electric buses.

Delegates to the Libertarian Party convention nominated Atlanta political activist Chase Oliver as their presidential nominee.

Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.

Leonard Cure was shot and killed during an October 2023 traffic stop along Interstate 95 in Camden County.

Atlanta political activist Chase Oliver secured the Libertarian Party presidential nomination over nine other candidates at the party's convention last weekend despite appearances by former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, who is running as an Independent.

Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of a busy summer season at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, and the world’s busiest airport is already seeing record numbers.