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U.S. health officials have released part of some long-delayed specific guidance that schools, businesses, and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.

Doctors at UAB Hospital listed several reasons why it’s important for playgrounds to stay closed.

Stephen Lawrence Jr. is wanted for attempted murder and arson in Russell County.

The robbery happened at the Pure gas station on Fort Benning Road.

Georgia officials are working to eradicate an invasive lizard species from South American called the black and white tegus.

When many were rushing to rewatch the eerily prophetic 2011 film “Contagion” during the pandemic, others were searching for more comforting escapes.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) reported 35,793 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, according to the 12 p.m. Thursday (5/14) update.

A judge in 2015 ordered Cassandra Callender, known as “Cassandra C.” during her legal fight, to undergo chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma after she refused treatment, saying she didn’t want to poison her body.

An Auburn man is heading to federal prison after pleading guilty to felony gun possession charges.

A new study suggests COVID-19 patients who took famotidine, the active ingredient in Pepcid, were more than twice as likely to survive.