Kevin West

Three women, including a former sheriff's deputy, were in custody Tuesday in connection with several convenience store robberies in Cherokee and Cobb counties.

Alana Beard scored 16 of her 26 points in the second half to rally the Blue Devils to a 69-53 victory Monday night over Clemson in Duke's Atlantic Coast Conference opener.

Air Force's top-ranked defense held Savannah State to 28.3 percent shooting as the Falcons coasted to a 56-33 victory on Monday.

Aleem Muhammad scored 19 points and Scott Emerson added 17 to lead Mercer to a 71-68 win Monday night over Jacksonville in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.

Lamont McIntosh scored 19 points to lead six Georgia State players in double figures as the Panthers shot a torrid 63.5 percent from the field Monday night in a 92-59 victory over Campbell.

The mother of Emmett Till, whose 1955 race-motivated killing became a catalyst for the civil rights movement, has died.

Seven correspondents are leaving CNN as the news channel continues to shake up its programming and personnel to compete with frontrunner Fox News Channel.

Senator Zell Miller is about to get some Southern help on the Agriculture Committee, and he won't even have to look beyond his own state.

About 350 soldiers from Fort Benning left Monday for a long trip to Kuwait.

A suburban Atlanta lawmaker and a south Georgia party-switcher who helped give Republicans the majority in the Senate are in line for key posts.