Key West takes first step in banning some sunscreens that experts say damage coral reefs

Activists wanting a ban on the sale of certain sunscreens packed Key West CIty Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Gwen Filosa FLKeysNews.com

Activists wanting a ban on the sale of certain sunscreens...

Atlantic Capital Chairman Sonny Deriso takes helm of Georgia Chamber of Commerce

7:19am EST Atlanta Capital Bancshares Inc. Chairman Walter M. "Sonny" Deriso Jr. is taking the helm of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce today. He is handed the gavel at the chamber's annual Eggs and...

Goldman 4Q profit, revenue top Wall Street expectations Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) - Goldman Sachs Group says fourth-quarter net income totaled $2.54 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The company said Wednesday it had earnings of $6.04 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street...

World's permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most Source: AP

BERLIN (AP) - Scientists say the world's permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a decade.
A study published Wednesday found the biggest rise in Siberia, where frozen soil...

GA-ASI stelt in België samenwerkingsteam samen voor MQ-9B SkyGuardian

SAN DIEGO (VS)--(BUSINESS WIRE)--jan 16, 2019--General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), de toonaangevende fabrikant van onbemande luchtvaartuigsystemen (Remotely Piloted Aircraft, RPA), radars, elektro-optische en gerelateerde missiesystemen,...

Man caught shoplifting wallet from Athens store

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A 21-year-old Maple Forge Drive man was arrested at Belk on...

Drivers injured as cars crash head-on on Washington Road

Traffic on Washington Road in Thomson was blocked for approximately 45 minutes Friday night as first responders from Thomson and McDuffie County took care of headon collision involving two vehicles....

Delta Airlines Passenger Gets Gun Past TSA, Flies it From Atlanta to Japan

A man flying Delta Airlines managed to get a loaded gun past TSA, taking it from an airport in Atlanta (the busiest airport in the U.S.) to Japan. He declared it upon landing, the Huffington Post...

What You Need to Know: Super Wolf Blood Moon Source: Cox Media Group

‘Welcoming, Energetic, Diverse’: 10,000 Volunteers Prep For Atlanta’s Super Bowl

Volunteer captain Tonya Calhoun is one of the welcomers that’s getting ready to host thousands for Super Bowl LIII.

More than 150,000 out-of-towners are expected to come to Atlanta during Super...

Blast near Syria US-led coalition patrol causes casualties

By Associated Press BEIRUT — An explosion struck Wednesday near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, killing and wounding more than a dozen people, a Syrian war monitoring group and a local town council said.

The...

2 Chicago cops injured struggling with man who pulled knife on roommates

Two Chicago police officers were injured as they struggled with a man who had pulled a knife on two roommates in Little Village on the West Side Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Other officers responding to the attack used a Taser on the suspect...

Freed by Court, Pakistani Christian Woman Still a Prisoner

ISLAMABAD — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate.

She spends her days in seclusion for fear of being...

ISIS claims responsibility for blast in U.S.-patrolled Syrian city, the first such attack since Trump announced withdrawal

By Louisa Loveluck Louisa Loveluck Reporter in The Washington Post's Beirut bureau, focusing on Syria. Email Bio Follow January 16 at 7:58 AM BEIRUT — The Islamic State claimed responsibility...

Goldman 4Q profit, revenue top Wall Street expectations

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group says fourth-quarter net income totaled $2.54 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The company said Wednesday it had earnings of $6.04 per share.

The results surpassed Wall...

Love steak frites? That’s all you can get at this classic French bistro in NYC

The scene: This part of midtown Manhattan is a high-rent district, a place for power breakfasts and expense account meals, which makes the large and high-profile corner location of Le Relais de...

Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes near Berkeley

A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon in Claremont, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:42 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.8 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was one mile...

Did Kyle Kuzma tweet at halftime of a Lakers game?

Here’s a weird thing that happened at 11:48 p.m. Pacific: Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma sent this tweet:

Why is that noteworthy? Because Kuzma was in the middle of playing a game against the...

Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner

By | AP January 16 at 7:52 AM ISLAMABAD — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate.

She spends her days in...

Team That Spoofed Pence Book Has New Picture Story

NEW YORK — The creative team that brought you the best-selling parody of the Pence family rabbit has a new book coming.

Writer Jill Twiss and illustrator EG Keller are collaborating on "The Someone New," HarperCollins Children's Books announced...