People in rural Georgia are more likely to die early than their urban counterparts, according to a multiyear study by the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s not often Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes unite. But the two have found common cause over Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Rick Carlisle kept insisting the Indiana Pacers should strive for more than just making the playoffs. He thought his young team could win, advance, maybe even play into late ...

New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams said there should be zero tolerance of encampments on college campuses in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. “When protests cross the line and go into an area of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including children, a spokesperson for the Congolese army said Friday. Two children and their mother were ...

Wall Street pointed toward big gains Friday as a key report showed modest job growth in April, a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to take a bigger toll on the world's largest ...

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The ...

LONDON (AP) — A High Court judge ruled Friday that the U.K. government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence that it could be delivered. It was the second ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police began clearing out protesters at New York University on Friday, the latest development in weeks of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses nationwide that have resulted ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April, adding a modest 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to take a bigger toll on the ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany's top diplomat on Friday said Russia will face consequences after accusing its military intelligence service of masterminding an “absolutely intolerable” cyberattack, as NATO ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have acquired right-handed reliever Jimmy Herget from the Los Angeles Angels for cash. Herget was recently designated for assignment by the Angels after pitching this ...