After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents are anxious to return to their flooded homes and assess what is salvageable.

Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would change how wrongfully convicted people are compensated.

A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week.

Jackson says Coca-Cola and other large Georgia companies haven't done enough to oppose restrictive voting bills that Georgia lawmakers were debating as Jackson spoke (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)ATLANTA – Georgia Gov. Democrats and voting rights groups say the law will disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color. Kemp signed the bill less than two hours after it cleared the Georgia General Assembly. “The Republican voters I know find this despicable, Republican voters, the folks outside this White House. The Georgia law requires a photo ID in order to vote absentee by mail, after more than 1.3 million Georgia voters used that option during the COVID-19 pandemic.