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Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns
Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel...
The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will devote almost all of their remaining time and...
A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A young Georgia Democrat is raising big money from voters across the country by labeling a suburban Atlanta senate race as a chance to unseat a Republican election denier. Although incumbent Shawn Still was one of 18 people indicted alongside Donald Trump in...
A jury acquits officials of bid-rigging charges in a suburban Atlanta county
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Three elected officials in a suburban Atlanta county have been acquitted on charges that they tried to illegally steer a contract for janitorial work at a county building. Jurors on Friday returned verdicts of not guilty on the charges against Douglas...
How Trump and Georgia's Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election
ATLANTA (AP) — The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia's powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead. It was at an Aug. 7 fundraiser hosted by former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler that...
Democrats sue to block Georgia rules that they warn will block finalization of election results
ATLANTA (AP) — The state and national Democratic parties sued Monday to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia's State Election Board that could be used by county officials who want to refuse to certify an election, potentially causing delays in finalizing the state’s results. ...
Weeks after blistering Georgia's GOP governor, Donald Trump warms to Brian Kemp
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is changing his tune on Georgia’s Republican governor after delivering a series of blistering attacks at a rally just weeks ago. In a social media post, Trump thanked Gov. Brian Kemp “for all of your help and support in Georgia, where a win is so...
The Latest: Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic presidential nomination
The Democratic National Convention's fourth and final night Thursday is crescendoing with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris. After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris has accepted her party’s nomination for president during a...
Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator is trying to change the terms of an entrenched partisan debate, saying he's not interested in restricting gun ownership but in preventing the fatal shooting of children. The statement Tuesday by Decatur Democrat Emanuel Jones reflects the...
Georgia sheriff's deputy shot and critically wounded while serving a search warrant
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy is in critical condition after being shot Tuesday morning in west Georgia, authorities said. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said the deputy was shot while serving a Georgia Bureau of Investigation warrant in a neighborhood in...
