A man accused of opening fire inside Stone Mountain Park has died by suicide, Georgia authorities said. Hikers alerted police to the gunfire at about 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, near the mountain’s peak, John Bankhead with the Stone Mountain Park Police Department told McClatchy News in a phone interview.

President-elect Jimmy Carter smiled as he addressed a cheering crowd. It was around 4 a.m. on Nov. 3, 1976. The former governor of Georgia — who passed away on Dec. 29 at age 100 and was laid to rest in his hometown on Thursday — had secured a narrow victory against his

As data paints a clearer picture of the impact that state policies such as abortion bans and Medicaid expansion can have on maternal health, leaders in some states are rushing to limit their review committee’s work.

The study tracked population shifts in 13 states, including Idaho, that enacted abortion bans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

At least nine people are believed to have died as a result of the dangerous cold gripping much of the country, as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc on the Gulf Coast — a region wholly unaccustomed to winter weather.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Micron Technology, a Fortune 500 semiconductor memory and storage manufacturer, will spend $30 million to house a research facility in Richardson’s

A wanted man from Georgia tried hiding himself among snow-covered bushes in Tennessee — but forgot to cover his tracks, authorities said. Someone tipped off deputies after spotting the 31-year old on Sunday, Jan. 12, at a home in Hamilton County, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Dakota Leffew and Asa Newell each scored 15 points and Georgia held off No. 17 Oklahoma 72-62 on Saturday night for its second consecutive win over a Top 25 team. Georgia (14 ...

in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to never again speak ill of two former Georgia elections workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. The agreement ...

Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men's basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history, while fellow Southeastern Conference program Georgia is in the ...

Former district attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of interfering with the police investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, nearly five years after he was murdered while jogging.