The 2026 midterms will prove crucial to Democrats and Republicans as both chambers of Congress hang in the balance.

She became the highest-profile Democrat to announce her candidacy in an election that will be a crucial test of her party’s ambitions in Georgia.

Keisha Lance Bottoms’s candidacy will test the potency of an anti-Trump message in a state that helped elevate him to the presidency.

A Georgia lottery player tried their luck — and hit the jackpot. Someone won $749,445 in the Fantasy 5 drawing Tuesday, May 20, according to the Georgia Lottery. The winning ticket, sold in Morrow, matched all five numbers. Officials did not say if the winner has come forward.

The body of missing kayaker Dustin Valencia was found in Lake Lanier in Georgia. The father of five disappeared while training for a triathlon.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms says her one term as Atlanta mayor gave her “battle-tested executive leadership” that she can offer to Georgia voters as she runs for governor.

Florida and Georgia will each receive $7.5 million for staging their rivalry game at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2026, the Athens Banner-Herald reported Tuesday.

Undefeated British boxer Georgia O’Connor has died, months after receiving a cancer diagnosis and just two weeks after getting married. She was 25.