Rafael Devers homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning against Pierce Johnson, sending the Boston Red Sox to a 7-6 comeback win over the Atlanta Braves that snapped their four-game losing streak.

The Icemen released their schedule for next season on Thursday, with their 2025-26 year starting on the road against the Greensboro Gargoyles on Oct. 18 and 19.

An injunction barring the enforcement of Florida’s drag-show ban will remain in effect after a federal appeals court ruled that the law is likely unconstitutional.

A recent survey by Clever Real Estate reveals that while 90% of Americans across generations—baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials—still view homeownership as a key component of the American dream, many believe it’s increasingly out of reach.

U.S. health officials say a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people.

It has been more than a year and a half since authorities in Georgia indicted 61 activists on racketeering charges in connection with protests against an Atlanta-area police training facility that critics derisively call “Cop City.”.

An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina.

Southern accents are disappearing in some parts of the U.S. South due to the migration of people into the region from other parts of the United States and around the world.

The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling.

AJ Smith-Shawver was rolling right along when he realized his Atlanta Braves teammates were beginning to avoid him.

AJ Smith-Shawver’s bid for a no-hitter was broken up when Santiago Espinal led off the eighth inning with a clean single to center field, giving the Cincinnati Reds their first hit against the Atlanta Braves pitcher Monday night.

Cincinnati Reds rookie left fielder Tyler Callihan broke his left forearm while attempting a sliding catch on a play that turned into an inside-the-park home run in a 4-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 for their seventh straight victory.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have recalled South Korean All-Star Hyeseong Kim and placed second baseman Tommy Edman on the injured list.

Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply.

Georgia's law requiring parental consent for children to use social media is being challenged in court.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to rule narrowly in favor of a family trying to hold law enforcement accountable in court after an FBI raid that wrongly targeted their Atlanta home.

Ahead of the summer travel season, some airlines are discontinuing select nonstop domestic flights.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a yearslong legal battle over an FBI raid on the wrong Atlanta house.

The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” against Target stores is now calling for a “full Target boycott.”.

Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court, with federal judges around the country issuing orders to restore students’ status at least temporarily.

Landry Fields was fired as general manager of the Atlanta Hawks after three seasons, with the team missing the playoffs in the last two of those.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel gave final approval to a rule designed to discourage football players from faking injuries to stop the game clock.

The event will showcase the offload of over 48,400 pounds of illicit narcotics, which are valued at more than $509 million.

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string of increases.

The fifth full season of the NBA’s play-in tournament starts Tuesday.

Coach Chauncey Billups has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers.

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering.

President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn 11 pieces of guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.

Julio Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and the leading receiver in Atlanta Falcons history, has announced his retirement.

A Georgia businessman who scammed former NBA star Dwight Howard out of millions of dollars in a bogus scheme to buy the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison.

A federal judge in Rhode Island says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal public health dollars.

There are 15 games left in the regular season.

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Thousands of people at the nation’s top health agencies were laid off Tuesday.

Attorneys general and other officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs.

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia.

Freshman Tahaad Pettiford and senior Denver Jones turned in dazzling performances when it mattered most, rallying top-seeded Auburn to a 78-65 victory over Michigan in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization got overwhelming in the state Senate and will likely go to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature soon.

The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.

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Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day has confirmed that the Buckeyes national championship football team will visit the White House on April 14.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to rally Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump’s administration.

Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider struck out six and didn’t allow a base runner over 2 2/3 innings in his first Grapefruit League appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery last year.

Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the next eight days because of an injury to his adductor.

A team of independent monitors says Georgia’s Fulton County conducted an “organized and orderly” election last year.

This fall will mark the 10th anniversary of the NBA changing its playoff rules and not guaranteeing a division champion a top-four seed regardless of their record.

Attorneys for a man accused of killing four women at Atlanta massage businesses asked a judge not to let a jury hear statements he made after his arrest.

Ever since a hawk hovered over a vigil for her murdered son and lifted her spirits, Georgia mother Michele Davis has found joy in unexpected ways.

It turns out 2025 isn’t the year for legalized sports betting in Georgia.

The nation’s top public health agency is inviting about 180 employees back to work about two weeks after laying them off.

The PGA Tour has another answer to its survey of some 50,000 fans, with help from a tournament sponsor.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash.

Christopher Bell edged Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson in overtime Sunday in another close NASCAR Cup Series finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

A massive fine left Chase Briscoe facing a huge points deficit heading into Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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

The Carolina Panthers have re-signed quarterback Andy Dalton to a two-year contract, giving them a veteran presence behind starter Bryce Young.

Authorities say two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a small airport east of Atlanta.

Mario Tory has become one of the most sought-after up and coming comedians in the country. primarily know from his time as the Saturday night host at the World Renowned Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta, the Tennessee native has opened for veterans Sommore, Sid Davis, Don ‘DC’ Curry, DL Hughley and others. He will be performing at the Comedy Zone all weekend. www.comedyzone.com

A proposed rule change intended to discourage players from faking injuries that prompt unwarranted timeouts will be considered when the NCAA Football Rules Committee meets this month.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day has agreed in principle to a seven-year contract valued at $12.5 million a year.

De’Aaron Fox had a quick description of his first game as the point guard for 7-foot-3 Victor Wembanyama.

Researchers across the country are in “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from government websites.

Pascal Siakam made a key 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter and finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help the Indiana Pacers beat the reeling Atlanta Hawks 132-127 on Saturday night.

Atlanta forward Jalen Johnson plans to have shoulder surgery and miss the remainder of the season.

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Southern cities largely unfamiliar with snow and ice are getting creative in their efforts to clean up from this week's winter storm.

The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.

Jayden Fielding’s 33-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining did more than secure Ohio State’s 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night.

LeBron James was in attendance at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to watch his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes play Notre Dame for the College Football Playoff championship.

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.

Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on their charter flights on Friday as the teams moved closer to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.

A Georgia appeals court has upheld the dismissal of some of the charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.

A jury in Panama City, Florida, on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country.

Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues.

The game between the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of a winter storm.

A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has lumbered eastward into the Deep South and elsewhere.

Falling flakes stay miles away from Jacksonville, but winter weather is within reach.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Thursday ahead of a winter storm that’s expected to impact the state starting Friday.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.

Veteran right-hander Charlie Morton and the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan told his staff that everything is on the table.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is calling for more consistency on what constitutes a targeting penalty after no call was made on Texas safety Michael Taaffe’s high hit on Arizona State receiver Melquan Stovall late in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl.

The Peach Bowl referee declined to call a targeting penalty late in the fourth quarter for a helmet-to-helmet hit by Texas safety Michael Taaffe that could’ve given Arizona State a chance to kick a winning field goal in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic.

Funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, D.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia.

In the thick of holiday travel, another unticketed passenger attempted to stow away on a Delta Air Lines flight.

Kon Knueppel scored 18 points, Cooper Flagg celebrated his 18th birthday by chipping in 13 and No. 5 Duke romped to an 82-56 victory over Georgia Tech. The Blue Devils improved to 10-2 and led by double figures much of the game against the 5-7 Yellow Jackets.

Winning the NBA Cup won’t bring a championship parade to Oklahoma City or Houston or Atlanta or Milwaukee.

Trae Young had 22 points and 11 assists, De’Andre Hunter and Jalen Johnson outplayed the Knicks frontcourt and the Atlanta Hawks took their surprising NBA Cup run all the way to the semifinals in Las Vegas, beating New York 108-100 on Wednesday night.

It looks like the Raines High School band is getting help from one of Jacksonville’s biggest celebrities.

Georgia moved up to No. 2 behind Oregon in The Associated Press college football poll.

The Southeastern Conference championship game will not feature another mascot showdown.

Kirk Cousins is set for his return on Sunday to Minnesota, his NFL home from 2018 through 2023.

The Jaguars made a handful of practice squad moves on Tuesday, including the signing of former Bishop Kenny star quarterback John Wolford.