Kevin West

Georgia's two Democratic senators support a bailout for struggling tobacco farmers, but a dispute over whether to tie cigarette regulations to it has prompted rival proposals.

The widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called on blacks to register to vote this fall, saying that control of Congress hinges on their turnout.

The widow of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior called on blacks to register to vote this fall, saying that control of Congress hinges on their turnout.

A police officer who shot and killed a black teenager earlier this month was accused of racial profiling in a separate violent incident nearly two years ago.

Julia Munger insists she was just trying to protect her autistic son when police surrounded him inside a Publix grocery store, where he was yelling and cursing at employees.

An Augusta commissioner has told its local NAACP members that a special grand jury's investigation of Ronnie Few, Augusta's first black fire chief, was a biased account of term in office.

A man accused of phoning a bomb threat for Vice President Dick Cheney's recent speech in Macon was indicted Tuesday.

GE Power Systems said Tuesday it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the next nine months, with further reductions coming in 2003, due to a reduction in demand for power generation equipment.

Leigh Turner of Alpharetta led qualifying for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in Douglasville by shooting a five-under-par 67 at the Chapel Hills Golf Club.

Veteran running back Terry Allen signed with the New Orleans Saints Tuesday.