(CNN)A month since Georgia took some of the earliest and most extensive steps to reopen parts of its economy, Covid-19 cases have largely flattened in the state, albeit with a slight recent uptick."The bad news is we are not seeing a reduction in transmission, but I don't see a spike in transmission," said Dr. Gerardo Chowell, professor of mathematical epidemiology at Georgia State University's School of Public Health.Data from the shows that the seven-day moving average of coronavirus cases steadily declined from late April until mid-May, a reflection of the earlier stay-at-home order. The...…(CNN)A month since Georgia took some of the earliest and most extensive steps to reopen parts of its economy, Covid-19 cases have largely flattened in the state, albeit with a slight recent uptick."The bad news is we are not seeing a reduction in transmission, but I don't see a spike in transmission," said Dr. Gerardo Chowell, professor of mathematical epidemiology at Georgia State University's School of Public Health.Data from the shows that the seven-day moving average of coronavirus cases steadily declined from late April until mid-May, a reflection of the earlier stay-at-home order. The...WW…

Glynn County, Georgia (CNN)One of the men accused in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery was involved in a previous prosecution of Arbery, according to a letter written by a prosecutor who has since recused himself from the case. In an April 7 letter, Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill wrote that his son and the suspect, Gregory McMichael, helped with an earlier prosecution of Arbery when they both worked for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office. Gregory McMichael, 64, and his 34-year-old son, Travis McMichael, were arrested Thursday evening and...…Glynn County, Georgia (CNN)One of the men accused in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery was involved in a previous prosecution of Arbery, according to a letter written by a prosecutor who has since recused himself from the case. In an April 7 letter, Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill wrote that his son and the suspect, Gregory McMichael, helped with an earlier prosecution of Arbery when they both worked for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office. Gregory McMichael, 64, and his 34-year-old son, Travis McMichael, were arrested Thursday evening and...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the city, police said.A witness saw the man entering “the location openly carrying a rifle and entered the bathroom” and alerted the store management and then notified police, according to a preliminary investigation.Officers immediately located and detained the man. During the investigation, officers recovered six firearms (two long guns and four pistols) and body armor, according to the Atlanta Police...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the city, police said.A witness saw the man entering “the location openly carrying a rifle and entered the bathroom” and alerted the store management and then notified police, according to a preliminary investigation.Officers immediately located and detained the man. During the investigation, officers recovered six firearms (two long guns and four pistols) and body armor, according to the Atlanta Police...WW…

(CNN)A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the city, police said.A witness saw the man entering "the location openly carrying a rifle and entered the bathroom" and alerted the store management and then notified police, according to a preliminary investigation.Officers immediately located and detained the man. During the investigation, officers recovered six firearms (two long guns and four pistols) and body armor, according to the Atlanta Police Department."When the male exited the...…(CNN)A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the city, police said.A witness saw the man entering "the location openly carrying a rifle and entered the bathroom" and alerted the store management and then notified police, according to a preliminary investigation.Officers immediately located and detained the man. During the investigation, officers recovered six firearms (two long guns and four pistols) and body armor, according to the Atlanta Police Department."When the male exited the...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office located a recently released recording of former ’s call to a state investigator in a trash folder on her device, a state official familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN.The discovery of the call comes after state officials originally told CNN that they did not think audio of the call existed. The call added to the examples of Trump’s extraordinary efforts to push false claims of widespread voter fraud and influence Georgia election officials as they certified the state’s election...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office located a recently released recording of former ’s call to a state investigator in a trash folder on her device, a state official familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN.The discovery of the call comes after state officials originally told CNN that they did not think audio of the call existed. The call added to the examples of Trump’s extraordinary efforts to push false claims of widespread voter fraud and influence Georgia election officials as they certified the state’s election...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the is set to intensify this week, as a grand jury convenes, offering the local district attorney her first shot at seeking subpoenas for records and interviews.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her investigative intentions clear with a round of letters to Georgia state officials in February, asking them to preserve documents relevant to election interference as she investigated potential state crimes including the solicitation of election fraud, conspiracy, and...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the is set to intensify this week, as a grand jury convenes, offering the local district attorney her first shot at seeking subpoenas for records and interviews.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her investigative intentions clear with a round of letters to Georgia state officials in February, asking them to preserve documents relevant to election interference as she investigated potential state crimes including the solicitation of election fraud, conspiracy, and...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — After averting a conviction in his , former President Donald Trump faces significant new legal threats as prosecutors in Georgia have joined those in New York to conduct criminal investigations into his actions.As the nation watched harrowing videos from January 6 of Trump supporters during the Senate impeachment trial this week, Georgia officials announced they have opened investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the , including by pressuring officials to “find” votes to swing the outcome in his favor.The new investigations add to a...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — After averting a conviction in his , former President Donald Trump faces significant new legal threats as prosecutors in Georgia have joined those in New York to conduct criminal investigations into his actions.As the nation watched harrowing videos from January 6 of Trump supporters during the Senate impeachment trial this week, Georgia officials announced they have opened investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the , including by pressuring officials to “find” votes to swing the outcome in his favor.The new investigations add to a...WW…

(CNN)The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed to CNN on Monday that it has started an investigation into the state's election results, made to Raffensperger. During the call, to overturn the election results after his loss to then-President-elect Joe Biden, according to an audio recording first released and later obtained by CNN."All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state," Trump had said.Raffensperger was adamant in as well as the integrity of the state's voting system. During the stunning...…(CNN)The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed to CNN on Monday that it has started an investigation into the state's election results, made to Raffensperger. During the call, to overturn the election results after his loss to then-President-elect Joe Biden, according to an audio recording first released and later obtained by CNN."All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state," Trump had said.Raffensperger was adamant in as well as the integrity of the state's voting system. During the stunning...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into whether attorney Lin Wood voted as a legal resident in the , a source with Raffensperger’s office confirmed to CNN.Wood, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, was one of the lawyers who unsuccessfully pushed a handful of lawsuits to block Georgia’s election results after alleging fraud. The cases were rapidly dismissed by the courts and described as disinformation by state election officials.Wood said in a statement to CNN, “I have been a resident...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into whether attorney Lin Wood voted as a legal resident in the , a source with Raffensperger’s office confirmed to CNN.Wood, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, was one of the lawyers who unsuccessfully pushed a handful of lawsuits to block Georgia’s election results after alleging fraud. The cases were rapidly dismissed by the courts and described as disinformation by state election officials.Wood said in a statement to CNN, “I have been a resident...WW…

By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — More than 940,000 mail-in ballots have been requested in Georgia for the that will decide which party controls the Senate, Gabriel Sterling, the state’s voting systems implementation manager, said Monday.That includes 604,255 people who are eligible to receive mail-in ballots automatically, according to Sterling. For comparison, 1,322,529 absentee ballots were cast in November’s general election, according to a from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.Sterling said that 1,040 ballots have been returned so far, a “small trickle that we...…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — More than 940,000 mail-in ballots have been requested in Georgia for the that will decide which party controls the Senate, Gabriel Sterling, the state’s voting systems implementation manager, said Monday.That includes 604,255 people who are eligible to receive mail-in ballots automatically, according to Sterling. For comparison, 1,322,529 absentee ballots were cast in November’s general election, according to a from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.Sterling said that 1,040 ballots have been returned so far, a “small trickle that we...WW…