White House faces bipartisan pressure to release education funding

The Trump administration is withholding billions in education funding that was supposed to be distributed earlier this month. Democrats and some Republicans are urging the White House to reverse course.
Authorities in Georgia arrest 12 suspects in child predator crackdown

A Georgia sheriff’s office is sharing video of arrests following a three-day operation that targeted child predators.
Burton fire concerned about recent spike in gas leaks

Firefighters issued a warning after responding to six gas leaks in less than two months.
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped compose ‘The Way We Were’ and other classics, dead at 99

A family statement said Bergman had, in recent months, suffered from respiratory issues “but continued to write songs till the very end.”
Family of Georgia Congressman, Civil Rights icon John Lewis touched by Day of Action protests

Protests in Georgia and 1,600 other communities across the country were a response to the federal government’s recent policies, such as mass deportation and cuts to programs benefiting low-income people.
Deputies: Carolina man charged in attempted child abduction at Great Wolf Lodge resort

A Carolina man has been arrested after he was accused of trying to abduct and assault a child at a Great Wolf Lodge water park and resort.
Deputies: Extortion plot, kidnapping over affair leads to 3 suspects charged in South Carolina

Three people are facing charges in South Carolina after authorities say they tried to extort a man over an affair, then kidnapped him and put a gun to his stomach.
Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as ‘criminal enterprise’

A lawsuit by a former NYPD commissioner accuses Mayor Eric Adams of corruption, cronyism and retaliation
Chevron secures $53 billion Hess acquisition after Paris ruling

The deal grants Chevron access to Guyana’s massive Stabroek Block oil field, one of the decade’s largest oil finds
Nonprofit giving makeovers to cancer survivors this weekend in Savannah

Making Over Cancer is still accepting nominations for makeovers for those battling cancer or who are cancer survivors.