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SCOOP: Rep. Mike Collins teases Georgia Senate bid

SCOOP: Rep. Mike Collins teases Georgia Senate bid

Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the bill heading to President Donald Trump's desk with bipartisan support and Trump's ambitious agenda in his second term. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SCOOP: Rep. Mike...

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff criticizes passage of 'Big Beautiful Bill,' warns of financial disaster

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff criticizes passage of 'Big Beautiful Bill,' warns of financial disaster

The Georgia Democrat spoke Tuesday after the U.S. Senate passed President Donald Trump's signature budget legislation. ATLANTA — Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff (D) warned the 'Big Beautiful Bill' will push hospitals and nursing homes to "the financial...

Georgia Senators criticize Senate passage of spending bill

Georgia Senators criticize Senate passage of spending bill

The US Senate passed the budget proposed by Republicans Tuesday. The bill passed along partisan lines, with US Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Both Democratic Georgia Senators criticized the bill after its passage. Senator...

Toddler beats leukemia with help from Atlanta Ronald McDonald House

Toddler beats leukemia with help from Atlanta Ronald McDonald House

Levi was 3 when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August 2023. The Lansdells, who live near Rome, found a haven at the Atlanta Ronald McDonald House, where they could de-stress before and after a round of inpatient chemo. “We are so...

Is Gen Z Changing the Culture of Medicine?

Is Gen Z Changing the Culture of Medicine?

Do you cringe when you hear the phrase “Okay, Boomer,” or do you flaunt your Gen X status by wearing T-shirts from your favorite 80s bands in your off hours? Whether you strongly identify with your generation, there are generational stereotypes...

Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel's votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots

Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel's votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots

Biostatistician and epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, MD, PhD, and Dr. Mina Zadeh, ACIP Executive Secretary, CDC, look on as people present their information to members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the U.S. Centers for...

Emory University converting two buildings into rental properties for its healthcare staff

Emory University converting two buildings into rental properties for its healthcare staff

ATLANTA, GA — Emory University is converting two buildings in midtown into rental properties for its health care employees. In a news release from the university on Monday, the project will update and improve the building at 477 Peachtree Street...

How Harvard’s ties to China helped make it a White House target

How Harvard’s ties to China helped make it a White House target

Between 2010 and 2025, Harvard attracted $560 million in gifts and contracts from China and Hong Kong, the most of any American university, partly from private donors and foundations, as well as a small amount through contracts with government...

Man found shot to the face along Broad Street in downtown Atlanta

Man found shot to the face along Broad Street in downtown Atlanta

Crime scene tape surrounds the 5 Points Plaza located next to the Five Points MARTA Station in downtown Atlanta on July 8, 2025. (FOX 5) ATLANTA - Police are investigating after a 26-year-old man was found shot along Broad Street in downtown...

WalletHub ranks Atlanta #75 on annual list of ‘Most & Least Stressed Cities in America’

WalletHub ranks Atlanta #75 on annual list of ‘Most & Least Stressed Cities in America’

ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta residents may be doing a better job of managing stress than those in other major cities. WalletHub ranks Atlanta at #75 on its annual list of the ‘most stressed’ cities this year, which is in the middle of the pack. Detroit...

One hurt in downtown Atlanta shooting, police say

One hurt in downtown Atlanta shooting, police say

It happened Tuesday afternoon on Broad Street SW. ATLANTA — One person was hurt in a shooting in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon, according to Atlanta police. Officers responded to 20 Broad Street SW just after 2 p.m. and found a 26-year-old...

WATCH: Atlanta police pull passenger from fiery wreckage

WATCH: Atlanta police pull passenger from fiery wreckage

Several Atlanta police officers worked together to rescue a car after it crashed. The car originally sped off when officers tried to stop it for laying drag, according to officers. The car crashed into the abandoned building moments later. This...

GOP's new landmark bill forces states to pay for costly food stamp errors

GOP's new landmark bill forces states to pay for costly food stamp errors

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, reacts to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' criticism of the 'big, beautiful bill' and the secretary of agriculture's remarks on migrant farm workers possibly facing deportation. Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill...

FESTIVAL: 4th Annual Jazz, Health And Food Truck Festival 2025 In Orange New Jersey on July 12

FESTIVAL: 4th Annual Jazz, Health And Food Truck Festival 2025 In Orange New Jersey on July 12

We are setting the stage for an unforgettable day at Monte Irvin Orange Park— the 4th Annual Food Truck and Jazz Festival 2025 is going to be the best one yet! With the City of Orange rolling out a mouthwatering fleet of food trucks, Three Doctors...

Buxton’s availability is most important superpower for Twins

Buxton’s availability is most important superpower for Twins

MINNEAPOLIS -- For all the evidence that Byron Buxton has had an All-Star season, the supporting statistics start and end with this simple number: 73. That's the total of games in which the Minnesota Twins have had their dynamic center fielder in...

Welcome To Plathville’s Moriah Plath reveals ‘extremely hard’ health diagnosis that caused drastic change in appearance

Welcome To Plathville’s Moriah Plath reveals ‘extremely hard’ health diagnosis that caused drastic change in appearance

WELCOME To Plathville star Moriah Plath has revealed her ‘extremely hard’ health diagnosis. The reality star took to social media to give a huge update to her fans online. 5 Moriah Plath has given fans an update about her alopeciaCredit:...

Religious sisters demonstrate on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators consider budget bill

Religious sisters demonstrate on Capitol Hill as U.S. senators consider budget bill

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2025 / 16:07 pm Sisters from 60 congregations gathered in Washington, D.C., on June 24 to urge lawmakers not to cut government programs that support immigrants and people with low incomes. The event, called...

Availability is Buxton’s best ability amid All-Star season

Availability is Buxton’s best ability amid All-Star season

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. MINNEAPOLIS -- For all the evidence that Byron Buxton has had an All-Star season, the supporting statistics start and end with this simple number: 73. That's the...

Laura Loomer, Trump’s blunt instrument

Laura Loomer, Trump’s blunt instrument

Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. After her presentation, Trump barked to Waltz, “I want all of them fired.” He dismissed the group and hugged Loomer on her way out. Wong...

Atlanta to get Shriners children’s medical research facility

Atlanta to get Shriners children’s medical research facility

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