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John Lewis is lying in repose at the Georgia Capitol in the Atlanta district he represented for more than three decades in Congress

Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia has taken down a digital campaign ad featuring a manipulated picture of his Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, with an enlarged nose

Georgia Democrats have selected state Sen. Nikema Williams, chair of the state party, to replace Rep. John Lewis on the ballot in November.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson slams Georgia Gov. Kemp for his mandate banning a face mask policy as he urges him to “follow the science.”

John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died

John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Lewis’ passing late Friday night, calling him “one of the greatest heroes of American history.”…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic

One of the white men charged with murder in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery while he was running in a neighborhood near Georgia’s coast struck the Black man with his vehicle and had messages on his phone that were “replete” with racist remarks, a prosecutor said in court Friday.

Stone Mountain is the latest Confederate monument to come under fire as America reexamines its racist past. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain visits Stone Mountain, Georgia, for a closer look at the controversy.

A federal judge is permanently blocking Georgia’s 2019 “heartbeat” abortion law, finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution

Police say an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed in Atlanta on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd opened fire on a car she was in.

A Black man in Georgia is accusing police of violating his civil rights, saying a white officer slammed him to the ground and broke his wrist in the mistaken belief that there was a warrant for his arrest.

A prosecutor has announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of a Black man in coastal Georgia, Ahmaud Arbery

Three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black man was running through a Georgia neighborhood when he was shot and killed after a struggle with two white men.

A Confederate monument has been removed by crane from a town square near Atlanta amid cheers from the watching crowd

Anti-racism protesters are calling attention to the deaths of two more Black men, one who was found hanging from a tree in California and another who was fatally shot by police outside an Atlanta restaurant.

The co-owner of 1920 Tavern in Roswell, Georgia, reopened her restaurant to the public as soon as coronavirus restrictions were lifted in her state, despite criticism about the health risks. Jenna Aronowitz explains why she thinks she made the right decision.

A young media executive has beaten back a field of Democratic primary opponents to win a spot taking on Republican Sen. David Perdue in November

In his opening monologue, Jimmy Fallon addresses the cancellation of the television series “Cops” and the botched primary elections in Georgia.

Voters in some Georgia precincts endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours to cast ballots in Tuesday’s elections