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The Justice Department said Wednesday that about 3% of its email accounts could be compromised as part of a massive breach of federal government agencies that U.S. officials have linked to Russia.

News Leader 9 has confirmed with members of Congressman Sanford Bishop’s staff that he is safe.

Columbus has seen its first homicide of 2021.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office is set to give an update on the Georgia runoff elections Wednesday morning.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin was released from a Birmingham hospital Wednesday after receiving treatment to address COVID pneumonia, according to city officials.

Juan Hernandez-Mandez, 38, is charged with felony statutory rape, child molestation, and enticing a child for indecent purposes.

AFTER A HISTORIC AND HIGH STAKES DUAL SENATE RUN OFF RACE, THE DEMOCRATS CAN CLAIM THE FIRST VICTORY, WITH REVERAND RAPHAEL WARNOCK BEATING REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT KELLY LOEFFLER. STILL UNKNOWN, WHO WILL WIN THE RACE BETWEEN HER FELLOW

A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States.

The president’s Republican allies plan to object to the election results, but the longshot effort is all but certain to fail. Bipartisan majorities in Congress are prepared to accept the results.

Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach.