ATLANTA (AP) — More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures. Senators in Georgia voted 54-2 on Tuesday to give final approval to a bill that would bans students in grades K-8 from using phones or other personal electronic devices during the…
(Georgia Recorder) — Your kids’ TikTok, Fortnite and SnapChat usage could be about to plummet – a bill banning personal devices like cell phones is on the way to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk after it passed the Senate nearly unanimously Tuesday. Some individual districts already have bans in place, but the bill would apply to…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary…
Tracing family trees to catch killers Inside the genetic genealogy being used to solve crimes 13:49 A 1986 murder victim has been identified after a cold case investigative unit combined forces with a forensic genetic genealogy company. Hunters found a set of male human remains in a wooded area in Gilmer County, Georgia, on Aug….
Aribnb breaks down the hottest travel trends this spring break Airbnb has revealed the most popular spring travel destinations and the reasoning behind the surge. Want a special trip? You won’t have to travel outside of Georgia. On Thursday, Time Magazine released its list of “The World’s Greatest Places of 2025” highlighting 100 standout spots…
With a new spin on cooking french fries, Steak ‘n Shake is joining the campaign “Make America Healthy Again,” made popular by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The company recently made a change and now is cooking shoestring fries in beef tallow instead of vegetable oil. Some Florida locations were the…
Georgia baseball carried the nation’s second-longest winning streak into Friday night’s sold-out SEC opener with Kentucky at Foley Field. The fifth-ranked Bulldogs extended their streak in comeback fashion, 12-6, by blasting three homers after losing pitcher Kolten Smith to cramping and second baseman Ryan Black to a quad injury. “Everybody asks me what I thought…
Eight alleged members and associates of Atlanta’s “GoodFellas” gang have been charged with violent crimes including attempted murder and attempted carjacking, according to an indictment that was unsealed in the Northern District of Georgia on Thursday. The Department of Justice referred to the group as a “violent gang” that recruits members from Atlanta neighborhoods and…
The body of an Atlanta teacher and coach who vanished last month while boating on Georgia’s Lake Oconee has been recovered from waters not far from where his fiancée was found dead shortly after their outing, a sheriff told news outlets Sunday. Sheriff Howard Sills of Putnam County told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Gary Jones’…
Controversy over Georgia’s Stone Mountain Confederate monument – CBS News Watch CBS News In Stone Mountain, Georgia, the shadow of the state’s Confederate history casts a wide shadow — literally. It’s home to the country’s largest Confederate monument, with Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson carved on the…