After serving four years as the Senior Pastor of Gainesville First United Methodist Church, Rev. Scott Hearn has a new assignment.

In an effort to alleviate Fourth of July holiday traffic congestion, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will suspend construction-related lane closures on interstate highways starting Thursday, July 2.

With coronavirus cases on the rise in Georgia in recent weeks, Gov. Brian Kemp has signed two executive orders extending the Public Health State of Emergency and existing COVID-19 safety measures.

World stock markets dipped in Europe after gains in Asia

France’s new prime minister says he feels ready to face the key challenge of reviving France's economy from the coronavirus pandemic and a months-long nationwide lockdown

Germany lawmakers have passed new legislation finalizing the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal, over objections from environmental groups the plan is not ambitious enough

South Korea has reported 63 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 as health authorities scramble to mobilize public health tools to the southwestern city of Gwangju, where more than 50 people were found sickened over the past week

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is urging officials to maintain “maximum alert” against the coronavirus pandemic as he criticized unspecified complacencies in his country’s anti-virus campaign

The title sponsor of the Washington Redskins’ stadium wants the NFL team to change its name

Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes are trying to save their case

A Houston bar owner who believed he could no longer provide a safe environment for his staff, customers and himself felt he had no choice but to shut down his business

American shoppers ramped up their spending on store purchases by a record 17.7% from April to May, delivering a dose of energy for retailers that have been reeling since the coronavirus shut down businesses, flattened the economy and paralyzed consumers during the previous two months

Tyson Foods says 371 employees at its chicken processing plant in the far southwestern corner of Missouri have tested positive for COVID-19

The families of three workers who died after contracting coronavirus in an Iowa meat plant outbreak are suing Tyson Foods and its top executives, saying the company knowingly put employees at risk and lied to keep them on the job

South Korea has reported 51 additional cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, a continuation of an upward trend in new infections