Only a few weeks into the school year, the delta variant of the coronavirus is already upending life for some Georgia students.

A federal judge has scheduled a trial for three white men charged with hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

More than 7,400 Georgians were diagnosed with the coronavirus yesterday.

More than half of all public school students in Georgia are now required to wear masks in class. 

Delta Air Lines says it will require unvaccinated workers to pay a $200 monthly charge. It's a policy executives say is needed because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $50,000.

Environmental experts are investigating viruses with no cure that are affecting Georgia's cotton plants and trout hatcheries.

The MLS All Stars prepare to take on the Liga MX All Stars in Los Angeles tonight.

For the second year in a row, Atlanta will go without its yearly Pride parade this October because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is implementing new policies for its employees as the COVID-19 delta variant continues to take a toll on hospital systems across the country, including charging employees $200 per month if they fail to get vaccinated.

Plenty of evidence exists supporting vaccination mandates in schools, workplaces and health care settings, doctors with Emory University School of Medicine said this week after full approval came from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.  

Doctors with Emory University School of Medicine say booster vaccines against COVID-19 may be recommended for more Georgians now that the Pfizer vaccine has full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations. 

A flight from Atlanta to Lexington, Kentucky was delayed Monday afternoon because a passenger refused to wear a mask.

The Atlanta Falcons are eight games away from participating in the NFL's first Pride Night.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The guessing game is over — Herschel Walker filed paperwork yesterday to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022. Polling reveals Walker’s name recognition is high in the state. The storied college football star has long been touted by former President Donald Trump as his pick for the key Senate race.

Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker has entered the Republican race for U.S. Senate in Georgia to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock.

 With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations still on the rise in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp deployed the Georgia National Guard Tuesday to hospitals across the state. Kemp announced that 105 members of the Guard with medical training will head t0 10 hospitals.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Georgia 7th District U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bordeaux is among a group of moderate Democrats under fire for their resistance to supporting President Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget proposal until the U.S. House passes a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Meanwhile, the FDA gave final approval yesterday for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

School districts are struggling to get students back to class due to an ongoing bus driver shortage. 

The Pfizer mRNA vaccine is now not only safe and effective against COVID-19 serious illness and death: It’s also fully FDA approved. 

Dr. Cecil Bennett of Newnan says the most important thing is to listen to patients who have not yet been vaccinated and try to understand their concerns. 

Doctors in Georgia are reacting to the news that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker continues to raise suspicions that he'll run in Georgia race for the U.S. Senate.

It's opening day of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and athletes with ties to Georgia will compete on the world stage.

The Georgia Health Care Association submitted a request Monday for $347 million from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Congress passed last spring for nursing homes, citing a significant decline in nursing home occupancy during the pandemic.