Paying fortifies ransomware gangs but scant support for bans
BOSTON — If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the criminals, don't expect much help...
Judge to hear motions to toss Georgia ballot review case
ATLANTA — A judge who last month ordered absentee ballots in Georgia's most populous county to be unsealed as part of a lawsuit alleging...
Storm expected to be another blow to Gulf Coast businesses
NEW ORLEANS — A weekend that was supposed to be filled with celebrations of Juneteenth and Father’s Day has turned dreary in coastal Louisiana...
Biden to announce 300M COVID-19 shots given in 150 days
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is marking another milestone in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control and help Americans return to...
Woman now 7th person wanted in Georgia taxi driver’s slaying
ATLANTA — A seventh person is now wanted in the April death of a Georgia taxi driver found slain far from her home.
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Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off
NEW YORK — The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the...
County where Ahmaud Arbery slain hires Black police chief
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The coastal Georgia county where Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying raised an outcry over racial injustice has hired its first full-time Black police...
Students pulled from car, stunned by Atlanta police sue
ATLANTA — Two students pulled from their car and hit with stun guns by Atlanta police while they were stuck in traffic caused by...
Reports detail tense moments with Georgia election monitors
ATLANTA — As a pair of election workers sat at a table counting ballots during an audit of Georgia's presidential election in November, no...
General ‘shocked’ by AP report on AWOL guns, considers fix
Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider...