(Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Early tests of COVID-19 vaccines yield promising results R... More »
(Reuters) – U.S. flags were flown at half-staff on Saturday at the White House, federal properties and several states as politicians and activists voiced an outpouring of grief and appreciation for civil rights career of U.S. Representative John Lewis, who die... More »
(Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Lung radiation may hasten COVID-19 pneumonia recovery A lo... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Georgia Democrats will try to pick their challenger to Republican Senator David Perdue on Tuesday when voters in five U.S. states choose candidates for the White House and Congress as the nation navigates a trio of politically charged cr... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 51,000 and nearly one in six workers out of a job, Georgia, Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses on Friday, despite disapproval from President Donald Tru... More »
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s National Ballet, the former Soviet country’s famous folk dance ensemble, started giving lessons online after the group’s popular dance schools closed their doors due to the coronavirus. Around 5,000 kids and teenagers, who used to... More »
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia on Monday banned all foreigners from entering the country over coronavirus concerns the prime minister’s spokesman, Irakli Chikovani, told a briefing. Georgia has reported 33 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Source: https://www.reute... More »
(Reuters) – The estate of a stuntman who died after falling 20 feet onto a concrete floor on a set of the AMC horror series “The Walking Dead” has been awarded $8.6 million by a jury in Atlanta, his family’s lawyer said. John Bernecker’s parents had sued AMC N... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A performance artist who ate a banana taped to a wall that was an artwork valued at $120,000 said his actions were not vandalism and he does not regret his snack at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida. “I decided in the morning. But I was no... More »
(Reuters) – “Fancy” singer Iggy Azalea and her rapper boyfriend Playboi Carti reported a burglar stole over $366,000 in jewelry from their Atlanta home, police said on Friday. Iggy, 29, whose legal name is Amethyst Kelly, told police a thief carried off items ... More »
(Reuters) – People should stop using e-cigarettes, especially those with marijuana ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), U.S. public health officials recommended on Friday, as an investigation into illnesses and deaths related to vaping deepens. E-cigarettes ... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer is set to give Andy Murray’s hip an early season workout, with Switzerland drawn to face Great Britain in the group phase of the inaugural ATP Cup. Former world number one Murray has played only a handful of singles matches ... More »
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Some of the world’s top film makers, including two-time Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will show their movies and hold master classes honoring the 25th Sarajevo film festival in August, the festival director said on Fr... More »
(Reuters) – Missouri’s only abortion clinic will remain open for now after a state arbiter on Friday ordered a stay in response to Planned Parenthood’s challenge of the state health department’s refusal to renew the clinic’s license. Planned Parenthood, the wo... More »
(Reuters) – The producer of the hit television series “The Walking Dead” and other major Hollywood film and TV studios said on Thursday they would reconsider locating productions in Georgia if a new state law restricting abortions takes effect. WarnerMedia, CB... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a wave of Republican-controlled state governments have imposed new restrictions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. The poll found that... More »
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a law enacted by Alabama last week that bans nearly all abortions and makes performing the procedure a felony punishable by up to 99 years in pri... More »
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday blocked a Mississippi law that would ban abortions once an embryonic heartbeat is detected, which can occur at six weeks after conception, often before a woman even realizes she is pregnant. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryan... More »
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack. “In the first 24 hours we removed 1.5 million videos of the attack globally, of which over 1.2 million were blocked at... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, the latest sign of... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed ... More »
(Reuters) – Two police officers in Georgia have been suspended after they used a coin toss to decide whether to arrest a 24-year-old motorist they stopped for speeding, police said. The officers stopped the motorist in April when she was running late for work ... More »
(Reuters) – A teenager has been criminally charged after running half-naked across an Atlanta airport runway and jumping onto the wing of a Delta Air Lines plane that had just landed. Officials on Wednesday said Jhyrin Jones, 19, conducted his escapade after s... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A day after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo landed in Brussels for talks with key allies in Europe on heightened Russian aggression and ways to strengthen the NATO military alliance. Pompeo, a former Army off... More »
(Please note language in paragraph 16) By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – Greater emotional control on the course helped Patrick Reed win the U.S. Masters, his caddie said on Sunday, after the Texan had clinched a one-stroke victory over Rickie Fowler at ... More »
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – Years of trials and tribulations have given Tiger Woods a new character trait – humility, which could prove a valuable tool in his rousing comeback bid to return to the top of the golf world. Woods did not deliver a storybook chapter a... More »
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia expects state revenues and spending to rise next year and forecasts 4.5 percent economic growth in the budget passed by the parliament on Friday. The former Soviet republic, through which pipelines carry Caspian oil and gas to Europ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Uzbekistani Som banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov/Illustration/File Photo TASHKENT/ALMATY (Reuters) – Sensing change in his native Uzbekistan, Hikmat Abdurahmonov plans to build a ... More »
Oct 29, 2017- Jackson, MS, USA- Austin Cook tees off from the 18th hole during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship golf tournament at Country Club of Jackson. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Rookie Austin Cook sank ... More »
Oenophiles take note: 5980 BC was a very good year for wine. More »
Australia will not be allowed to walk away from legal, financial and moral responsibility for nearly 800 men when it closes its asylum seeker detention center in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Tuesday, PNG's immigration minister said. More »
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help diffuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday. More »
Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty in a Georgia court on Thursday to one count of obstruction and was sentenced to community service and a year of probation following his July arrest on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. More »
President Vladimir Putin arrived at a remote army training ground on Monday to watch a military parachute drop, part of Russia's biggest war games since 2013 that have the West looking on nervously. More »
Hurricane Irma took aim at heavily populated areas of central Florida on Monday as it carved a path of destruction through the state with high winds and storm surges that left millions without power, ripped roofs off homes and flooded city streets. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump called Hurricane Irma "some big monster" as it battered the Florida coast, saying he wanted to go to the state very soon and praising emergency officials for their efforts to protect people. More »
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that President Donald Trump had directed full federal resources to help with Hurricane Irma at it batters the Florida coast and that his latest briefing on the storm caused him great concern. More »
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denied that he is preparing for a presidential election run in 2020, saying the suggestion is "disgraceful and offensive." More »
FILE PHOTO: Singer Aaron Carter poses on the red carpet at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles January 31, 2010. Singer Aaron Carter was arrested on Saturday in Georgia and charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana, accordin... More »
REFILE – CORRECTING SPELLING OF ROSALYNN CARTER Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights during a closing ceremony for a Habitat for Humanity project in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, July 14, 2017. F... More »
A veteran stuntman died this week from injuries sustained when he fell from a height of 20 feet to a concrete floor on a production set for the AMC horror series “The Walking Dead,” a Georgia coroner said on Friday. More »
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication early on July 8, 2017 after he became unruly in downtown Savannah, Georgia. Chatham County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS Videos released by Savannah, Georgia, police on T... More »
FILE PHOTO — Gregg Allman poses during 10th annual ‘Classic Rock Roll of Honour’ awards in Los Angeles, California November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and entertainer Cher were among the political and music... More »
The Zac Brown Band performs ”Georgia on My Mind” with Greg Allman (R) at the 45th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, November 9, 2011. REUTERS/Tami Chappell Gregg Allman, whose soulful vocals made the Allman Brothers Band one of rock’s t... More »
Georgia officials have granted a couple’s request to issue a birth certificate giving their toddler daughter the surname “Allah” after earlier refusing to do so because neither parent has that name, civil liberties advocates said on Thursday. More »
Republican candidate Karen Handel for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election talks to supporters during a campaign stop at Santino’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria in Alpharetta, Georgia. REUTERS/Kevin D. Liles A political newcomer who thrilled D... More »
A woman walks past electronic boards showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Investors ducked for cover on Wednesday as a drumbeat of alarming geopolitical news sent the safe-haven yen and gold to five... More »
Apr 2, 2017- Humble, TX, USA- Russell Henley tees off on #3 during the final round of the Shell Houston Open at Golf Club of Houston – The Tournament Course. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports Georgia native Russell Henley said he had “chills” t... More »
Mar 22, 2017- Austin, TX, USA- Rory McIlroy of Ireland plays against Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark during the first round of the World Golf Classic – Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports Rory McI... More »
Mar 23, 2017- Austin, TX, USA- Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays Ross Fisher of England during the second round of the World Golf Classic – Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports During a normal ... More »
Earl Gohl (C), co-director of the Appalachian Regional Commission, is participating in a coding demo with Interapt trainees in Paintsville, Kentucky, U.S. on March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating funding for ... More »
Television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz arrives to attend the funeral of comedienne Joan Rivers at Temple Emanu-El in New York September 7, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz won a legal victory after a judge dismissed a lawsuit alle... More »
An activist waves a rainbow flag during the ”Queer and Trans Dance Party” in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz Eleven U.S. states have agreed to drop a lawsuit a... More »
Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa’s Lake Chad region caused ... More »
Feb 5, 2017- Houston, TX, USA- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the second quarter against the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Falcons fans no do... More »
U.S. Bradley fighting vehicles that will be deployed in Latvia for NATO’s Operation Atlantic Resolve wait for an unload in Garkalne, Latvia February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Russia views the deployment of NATO troops and military hardware to the Baltic st... More »
New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola (80) catches a pass against Atlanta Falcons cornerback Jalen Collins (32) for a touchdown. Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were not the only ones breaking records at Sund... More »
New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady is reflected multiple times in the Vince Lombardi trophy as he celebrates after his team defeated the Atlanta Falcons to win Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Seale Tom Brady and... More »
Feb 5, 2017- Houston, TX, USA- New England Patriots running back James White (28) celebrates after Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Record-setting quarterback Tom Brady got the hardware as Super Bowl most valuable player but there were ... More »
Atlanta Falcons’ head coach Dan Quinn watches his players during the third quarter of Super Bowl LI against the New England Patriots in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Seale The Atlanta Falcons came agonizingly close to winning their fir... More »
Feb 5, 2017- Houston, TX, USA- Movie actor Mark Wahlberg greets New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman before Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports The New England Patriots and At... More »
Feb 5, 2017- Houston, TX, USA- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy on the podium after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime in Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Eric Seals-USA TODAY Sports New Englan... More »
Jan 22, 2017- Atlanta, GA, USA- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) hugs Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) after the 2017 NFC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome. Atlanta won 44-21. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Matt Rya... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump in Langley, Virginia, U.S. January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump is ordering federal agencies to undermine Obamacare through regulatory action, a move that could weaken enforcement of the requirement for Ame... More »
U.S.President-elect Donald Trump makes an appearance in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete because it had not defended against terror attacks, but that the m... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia ... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said that Brexit would turn out to be a great thing and o... More »
A rainy, gray sky tops the U.S. Capitol dome on the first day of the new session of Congress in Washington, U.S. January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Democratic members of the U.S. Congress called on Monday for the creation of an independent commission to i... More »
Former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s leading candidate to run the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a senior Trump transition team official said on Mond... More »
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama helps prepare a salad using the summer crop from the White House Kitchen Garden at the White House in Washington June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Phoro Michelle Obama will be ceding the title of first lady to Melania Tr... More »
Rock band Aerosmith performs during the ‘Aerosmith: Let Rock Rule’ tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo U.S. rockers Aerosmith, together for some 45 years, will embark on a “farewell” European tour next yea... More »
Out of fuel signs are pictured on gas pumps at a Mapco gas station at Spence Lane and Lebanon Pike in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. September 17, 2016. REUTERS/David Mudd Retail gasoline prices surged due to continuing problems with Colonial Pipeline Co’s gasolin... More »
An edes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey, Mexico, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Danie... More »
ATLANTA A 1992 Olympic gold medal stolen from champion canoeist Joe Jacobi’s car earlier this month in Atlanta was found by a 6-year-old girl and returned to him, he said on Monday. The girl spotted the medal in a wooded area while on a walk with her family on... More »
Actor Wendell Pierce was arrested in Atlanta at the weekend and charged with battery, according to court records, over what TMZ website said was an altercation sparked by differences over the U.S. presidential race. The entertainment news website said the inci... More »
AUSTIN, Texas On-demand ride companies Uber and Lyft suspended their services in Austin, Texas, on Monday after a stinging loss in a weekend vote where they had spent heavily to repeal a city ordinance requiring them to conduct fingerprint background checks fo... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia Englishman Danny Willett took advantage of a shocking back-nine meltdown by defending champion and runaway leader Jordan Spieth to win his first major title by three shots at the Masters on Sunday. Three strokes behind the pacesetting Spieth g... More »
CHICAGO U.S. states and cities need to adopt a different mosquito-fighting strategy to battle the species carrying the Zika virus as an outbreak that started in Brazil heads north with warmer weather in the coming weeks, health officials said on Friday. The Wo... More »
Anne Hathaway, Julianne Moore and some 30 other Hollywood actors and directors added their voice on Thursday to entertainment industry threats to boycott Georgia if the U.S. state’s governor signs a new law seen as discriminating against gay people. Movie and ... More »
ATLANTA Bobbi Kristina Brown’s former boyfriend Nick Gordon has been wrongly targeted in the criminal probe of her 2015 death despite his efforts to save her life after finding her unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home, his lawyers said on Tuesday. The... More »
ATHENS Greece faces relatively low debt servicing needs in the coming years and further debt relief is not a matter of urgency, Greek financial daily Naftemporiki quoted European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann as saying on Thursday. “In 20... More »
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday to the several hundred people gathered at a Baptist church in Georgia for his Bible lesson – his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer. Carter, 91, started treatment in August fo... More »
WASHINGTON DNA extracted from a skull and a molar tooth of ancient human remains discovered in the southern Caucasus region of Georgia is helping sort out the multifaceted ancestry of modern Europeans. Scientists said on Monday they sequenced the genomes of tw... More »
NEW YORK A group of mainly U.S.-based stock traders and computer hackers in Ukraine made as much as $100 million in illegal profits over five years by conspiring to use information stolen from thousands of corporate press statements before their public release... More »
NEW YORK A group of mainly U.S.-based stock traders and computer hackers in Ukraine made as much as $100 million in illegal profits over five years by conspiring to use information stolen from thousands of corporate press statements before their public release... More »
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Dozens of onlookers gathered on Saturday near a Georgia church for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22-year-old daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, who died this week, months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Brown’s ... More »
BRUSSELS The former Soviet republics of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are moving inexorably from the orbit of a Russian state that promotes values fundamentally alien to its neighbors, according to Georgia’s president. President Georgy Margvelashvili told Reute... More »
