Shaken by Melissa

Current conditions: Cyclone Montha is poised to make landfall over the Andhra Pradesh coast in eastern India with winds of up to 62 miles per hour • South Africa’s Northern Cape faces extremely high fire risks • Southwest California is also facing...

College football roundup: Georgia Tech surges past Syracuse, now 8-0

ATLANTA — Haynes King threw two touchdown passes to Josh Beetham in the second quarter, and Georgia Tech's dual-threat quarterback accounted for five touchdowns in all as the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets cruised to a 41-16 victory over Syracuse...

Bird flu cases on the rise, as illness confirmed at Georgia commercial poultry farm

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on how concerned people should be about bird flu spreading on 'Fox Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Georgia chicken producer is working to stop the spread of the...

Scholarship program celebrates 10 years of partnership with GW

Ten years after GW first partnered with a merit-based scholarship program to expand the University’s outreach to new types of prospective students, current and former scholars said the program provided them with a leadership-focused education and...

GOP grows uneasy over voters’ health care premiums amid shutdown standoff

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Anxiety is rising among congressional Republicans that their party has no plan to address a critical health care deadline this fall that will result in spiking costs for millions of Americans – the issue at...

Douglas County parents arrested after baby hospitalized with more than 30 broken bones

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man and woman in Douglas County have been arrested after their baby was taken to the hospital with “disturbing” injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. William King and Amber Rivera, both 20, face several...

Turnout low as PSC races head toward finish line

Atlanta City Councilmembers were surprised last week when they came across a line item on a budget proposal dubbed ‘Project Robin’ with a price tag of $800 million. Categorized as a ‘health venture,’ it became known that the mystery project is a...

Hair Relaxer Lawsuit Goes Forward, says Georgia Supreme Court

Atlanta, GAThe Georgia Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that a woman’s hair relaxer lawsuit can proceed against hair straightener manufacturers. Their decision overturned a lower court ruling that dismissed the case. Kiara Burroughs, a...

Do You Still Need Physical ID For TSA If You Have A Digital ID?

Digital IDs in mobile wallets and apps are becoming more commonplace. You can add everything from your driver's license to your school or work ID, or even a passport, to a mobile device. Pull it up on screen, scan it, or show it to an agent or...

Tracy, Rodgers among fantasy football add/drops for Week 9

MIAMI, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Tyrone Tracy Jr., Aaron Rodgers and Trevor Lawrence are among my fantasy football waiver wire priorities for Week 9. Bam Knight, Troy Franklin and the Los Angeles Rams defense/special teams are among my other targets....

See the astonishing numbers from Dodgers and Blue Jays World Series Game 3 marathon

The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays with a 6-5, 18-inning win in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, producing a lengthy list of records topped by Shohei Ohtani as they took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup....

What we learned about the 49ers in Week 8: The offensive line can’t handle a quality defensive line

The San Francisco 49ers started Sunday sluggish and spotted the Houston Texans 16 points before getting on the board, but by then, it was too little too late. The 49ers would cut the lead to eight, but the slow start proved too much to overcome,...

Mets hire Troy Snitker as hitting coach amid coaching staff overhaul

The New York Mets continue to restructure their coaching staff after a disappointing season, and have confirmed the hiring of Troy Snitker as their new hitting coach Snitker, who worked for six years with the Houston Astros, arrives with the...

Who is Freddie Freeman's wife? All about Chelsea Freeman and their children with the Dodgers star

Among the top figures for the Los Angeles Dodgers - on whom the media spotlight will be focused - is Freddie Freeman, the first baseman who has to give a good Game 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2024, Freeman took home the World Series MVP...

NFL Power Rankings, Week 9: Chargers, Texans and Ravens on the rise; Steelers, Falcons scuffling

It was a semi-chalky Week 8, at least as far as the heavyweights were concerned. The Colts kept rolling, supporting last week's elevation up the charts. The Chiefs, Packers and Eagles all won by double digits. The Buccaneers and Bills both atoned...

Trump administration turns to the Navy to build new migrant detention centers

The Donald Trump administration is rushing to increase the capacity to house detained migrants and keep pace with the surge in arrests, which has skyrocketed in recent months. To this end, it has turned to the U.S. Navy, thus giving the Armed...

College Football Overtime: Texas A&M's contender status, Mississippi State's collapse lead Week 9 takeaways

The ninth week of the college football season had a bit of everything. Texas made a historic fourth-quarter comeback, Texas A&M made Death Valley at night seem tame, Virginia kept playing in overtime and Wisconsin finally scored! There weren't the...

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s rebellion: Maga hardliner turns on Trump

We live in strange times, said Holly Hudson on The Daily Beast. Who’d have thought, for instance, that the day would come when Marjorie Taylor Greene began “sounding... kind of reasonable”? The Georgia congresswoman has until now been best known...

Are you using THIS makeup remover wipes that may cause infections? Here's how to check if you are at risk

The bacteria found, Pluralibacter gergoviae (formerly Enterobacter gergoviae), is an opportunistic microbe that can occasionally cause infections. Neutrogena has issued a voluntary recall of its Makeup Remover Ultra-Soft Cleansing Towelettes after...

This plant was supposed to save monarch butterflies. It may be killing them in Louisiana.

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as “NOLA BugLady,” did. Her garden was full of it,...