The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups.

Preschool and K-12 school employees, adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers and parents of children with complex medical conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia starting March 8.

Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger is encouraging people living in the county who lost income because of the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for rent or utility relief through the Tennessee Housing Development Agency.

The decision by the Northwest Georgia Health District to no longer offer free COVID-19 testing had been in the works for nearly three months, as demand had dropped off in the area.

Trashed on social media and censured by Louisiana Republicans, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy described himself Wednesday as "at peace" with his vote to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial and dismissed the scorching GOP backlash he's received.

Upset Tennessee Senate Republicans are urging the heads of state universities and colleges to stop student-athletes from kneeling during the national anthem after a Feb. 15 basketball game in Chattanooga.

President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that power cars, phones, military equipment and other goods.

Statistically, fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters will actually participate in the selection of the city's new leadership.

Collegedale police Chief Brian Hickman told Hamilton County Sheriff's Office internal investigators he "tried to stay as a civilian" as he pursued a suspect in his personal vehicle in January, according to an audio recording of an interview.

One to One Health, a health care partner with Hamilton County Schools, will provide COVID-19 vaccines to school system employees at an event Saturday.

Not waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout.

President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is expected to pass in the Democratic-controlled House this week. This is unlikely to be the final version of the legislation; the evenly split Senate still has to act. But here's a look at where things stand.

Tennessee officials say 28 of 95 counties now have voting machines that leave a paper trail, and more are planning to buy them.

With a week left in the Chattanooga mayoral election, Kim White continues to out-fundraise fellow frontrunners Wade Hinton and Tim Kelly, nearly tripling Hinton and Kelly's individual fundraising totals.

The Hamilton County school board has approved a 1% salary increase for certified and classified staff funded by local and state revenue.

Georgia voters could get a chance to limit state lawmakers to 12 years per chamber and extend state senators' terms to four years from two under a constitutional amendment advancing in the Senate.

With sunset remarks and a national moment of silence, President Joe Biden on Monday confronted head-on the country's once-unimaginable loss - half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic - as he tried to strike a balance between mourning and hope.

President Joe Biden announced changes Monday to target more federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of color.

Collegedale City Manager Ted Rogers on Monday said he would step down, but he said it was not in response to calls for his firing or resignation that took place just last week.

A Republican political campaign vendor whose firm received $202,600 in payments from Tennessee House Republicans during the 2020 election cycle was also involved in independent expenditures aiding at least two Senate GOP incumbents last fall, records show.

Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is wading back into Georgia politics weeks after her runoff defeat with the start of a new voter registration group aimed at helping Republicans recover from the stunning Democratic victories in November and January.

Dade County Commissioner Allan Bradford has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.

Chattanooga mayoral and city council candidates answered questions about public safety in Chattanooga, including a sharp increase in gun violence in 2020, last summer's protests against police brutality and police department reform.