Carlos Beltrán and former Atlanta Braves player Andruw Jones, center fielders who excelled at the plate and with their gloves, were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

In a new study, University of Georgia scientists found hotter temperatures make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites and less tolerant of the natural toxins found in their food.

The King Foundation hosted the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday. Dionne Montaque brought her two granddaughters to watch the service. “Martin Luther King Day is very important to me because of liberty, peace and

The Atlanta Falcons hired veteran offensive line coach Bill Callahan on Tuesday, making one of the NFL's most-experienced coaches the first offensive assistant added to new coach Kevin Stefanski’s staff. https://t.co/4g7wTfsNDN

A metro Atlanta mosque is aiming for a high environmental standard with its new campus, known as the Living Building Challenge. WABE's @ejreports explains. https://t.co/GgUvvakWD3

President Donald Trump's unprecedented bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case. https://t.co/hBgOFoY1eL

With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads with ice and knock down power lines across the South. https://t.co/cVpIFh69Ut

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has called on state lawmakers to replace tens of millions of dollars in anti-hunger funds cut last year under the Trump administration’s “big beautiful bill," via @thecurrentga. https://t.co/8W05loaEzT

The Trump administration is urging a judge to reject efforts by Minnesota and its largest cities to stop the immigration enforcement surge that has roiled Minneapolis and St. Paul for weeks. https://t.co/tcKx0HbRRl

On today's #CloserLookWABE with @WABERoseScott: We hear from @GeorgiaStateU Prof. @AnthonyMKreis about what #Minnesota, #StPaul & #Minneapolis might argue in their #lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. Listen at 12pm & 8pm EST on @WABENews #ICE #immigration #DHS

On today's #CloserLookWABE with @WABERoseScott: Commissioner Peter Hubbard discusses how he'll handle regulating the state's electricity, telephone and natural gas on the #Georgia Public Service Commission. Listen at 12pm & 8pm EST on @WABENews & https://t.co/pSHllmUsmP #gapol

A surge in data center development has turned Georgia into a national hotspot while raising fresh concerns about the state’s energy landscape and natural resources. Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation that could help regulate the power-hungry, massive facilities. Via

Dr. Bernice A. King, the daughter of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., condemned the Trump administration’s policies and political polarization during the annual commemorative service honoring her father’s legacy on Monday.

The head of a nonpartisan group that supports Georgia prosecutors said the new state law that President Donald Trump and others charged in an election interference case are using to seek millions in attorney fees and costs from the Fulton County district attorney’s office is

Neither Gov. Brian Kemp nor the Republican leaders in the state legislature have signaled any major initiatives to address the looming federal cuts to health care. Here are some of the health care storm clouds looming for Georgia. Via WABE media partner @thecurrentga. #gapol

As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights

Watch Live: Among all of the events marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day around the U.S. every year, there is perhaps none more prominent than the commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

ICYMI: Georgia state lawmakers introduced a bill on Friday to ban personal device use in high schools, following last year’s passage of a state law banning such use in elementary and middle schools.

ICYMI: Georgia Power customers could see some relief on their bills later this year, the company’s CEO announced this week at the Georgia Chamber’s annual Eggs and Issues breakfast.

ICYMI: A Mexican national has died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Robert A Deyton Detention Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia.