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The Georgia Department of Public Health reported 1,727 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Sunday, Aug. 23rd.

Help for the U.S. Postal Service has landed in stalemate as the White House dismissed an emergency funding bill aimed at shoring up the agency before the November elections as “going nowhere.”

Municipal elections for several east Alabama cities are coming up soon as voters head to the poll Tuesday, Aug. 25.

Columbus police are currently conducting an investigation after one of their own was reportedly shot at.

Republicans will aim to recast the story of Donald Trump’s presidency when they hold their national convention, featuring speakers drawn from everyday life as well as cable news and the White House while drawing a stark contrast

Though governors often work with business leaders to craft policy, the emails offer a new window into their decisions during a critical early juncture in the nation’s battle against the pandemic.

Pushing for breakthroughs in treatments for the coronavirus, White House officials are suggesting there are politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease.

The search for two crew members of a dredging boat who went missing following an explosion Friday in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas has been ended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.

The NFL revealed Sunday that several positive COVID-19 tests were found a day earlier by one of its testing partners, and the Chicago Bears said they had nine false positives.

Most of the damage was caused by three clusters of fire “complexes” that were ravaging forest and rural areas in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, which have burned 1,120 square miles.