New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns
Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in...
How Trump could try to ban trans athletes from school sports
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that, if elected back to the White House, he would pursue a ban on...
Top 10 stories that shaped Georgia politics and policy in 2024, a swing state...
(Georgia Recorder) — A disastrous presidential debate performance at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, a historically deadly hurricane, a school shooting where a parent was...
Camping bans, penalties after Supreme Court ruling could worsen homelessness
A man is sleeping on the ground next to a bus stop wrapped in a blanket when he is spotted by a police officer.
A...
Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he was...
President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska's Denali — to Mount...
Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever.
The 78-year-old was hospitalized...
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against...
Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions...
‘Substantial evidence’ Gaetz paid for sex with minor, U.S. House Committee says
(States Newsroom) — President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general in his second presidency, former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, paid for sex, including...
Biden commutes nearly all federal death sentences
(States Newsroom) — President Joe Biden commuted the sentences on Monday of 37 death row inmates, citing his conscience as a force behind the...
Caregivers of Georgians with disabilities finally realizing long-awaited pay hike
(Georgia Recorder)— Workers who assist Georgians with disabilities are starting to see a long-awaited pay bump, giving providers hope that they can finally compete...