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They are a symbol of celebration, loudly lighting up the night sky and best known in the U.S. as the explosive exclamation point to Fourth of July festivities.

NASA’s headquarters in Washington D.C. will bear the name of Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer.

Disney is postponing the mid-July reopening of its Southern California theme parks until it receives guidelines from the state, the company announced Wednesday.

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 status report, this is the highest increase in a single day since the pandemic hit.

Assistant Chief Gail Green died from COVID-19 complications.

Some churches in Chambers County are taking it slow when it comes to reopening. Wednesday was the first night that some people were welcomed back inside First Baptist Church of Lafayette.

Mount Rushmore features the likenesses of former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Democrats plan to hold an almost entirely virtual presidential nominating convention Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee using live broadcasts and online streaming.

While that bill waits on the governor’s signature, Georgia has been one of only four states that does not have a hate crimes law.