Kemp, Trump appear together near Augusta to pledge support for Georgia storm victims
AUGUSTA (Georgia Recorder) – Sometimes disasters can bring people together, and that’s what happened Friday for former president Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian...
FBI Atlanta warns public of disaster scams
Now Habersham has published a list of ongoing local relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene. The organizers of those efforts have been...
Dockworkers suspend strike that threatened to cripple commerce
(New Jersey Monitor) — Tens of thousands of striking dockworkers returned to work after they reached a tentative labor agreement Thursday, ending a stoppage...
Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP’s birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan
RIPON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party on Thursday as...
Kemp says state’s Helene death toll now 33 as Biden tours storm’s south Georgia...
(Georgia Recorder) — The number of confirmed deaths caused by the swath of destruction Hurricane Helene’s storm left in Georgia has risen to 33...
Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights, putting her at odds with the GOP
CHICAGO (AP) — Melania Trump revealed her support for abortion rights Thursday ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, exposing a stark contrast...
Georgia AG appeals ruling overturning state’s six-week abortion ban
(Georgia Recorder) — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the state Supreme Court to allow Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to be enforced again...
Tennessee investigating deaths at plastics plant where three died during Hurricane Helene
(Tennessee Lookout) — The state is conducting criminal and workplace investigations into the deaths of three people at an East Tennessee plastics plant where...
Congress left D.C. with little done. They’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Members of Congress left Capitol Hill last week to focus their attention on the campaign trail during the six weeks...
Georgia prisons violate law against “cruel and unusual” punishment federal probe finds
(Georgia Recorder) — Conditions in Georgia prisons are so bad that they violate the Constitutional rights of inmates against cruel and unusual punishment, according...
Delayed farm bill punted until after election with Congress stuck on how to pay...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers...
Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s“extraordinary” path of destruction through Georgia...