In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased more than a dozen ...

A group of rural Georgia landowners is appealing a state board’s approval of a railroad’s plan to force the sale of their land to build a spur that will serve private businesses. The case represents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the clock strikes midnight, several books, cartoon characters, and songs will enter the public domain. So, what does that mean?

Owners of one of Georgia's largest Black-owned farms are fighting a railroad company led by a descendant of an enslaver using ...

State utility regulators will hear new oral arguments about a powerful railroad’s plan to force property owners in one of Georgia’s poorest counties to sell portions of their land so a new rail spur ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the ...

ATLANTA — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...

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ATLANTA — As the clock strikes midnight, several books, cartoon characters, and songs will enter the public domain. So, what does that mean? It means the 95-year U.S. copyright maximum has been ...