The family of a Macon man who was fatally shot by a police officer is protesting the district attorney's decision to close the case without filing charges.

South Carolina Electric & Gas is warning customers of scam artists posing as company employees.

A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport, killing all three people on board and burning about a dozen cars.

Authorities say a former Orangeburg County coroner stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funeral home he worked at for nearly 30 years.

South Carolina's Election Commission would get about $6 million in one-time money to buy laptops that can speed up precinct lines and save for a future replacement of voting machines under a budget plan proposed by the state House.

Police are searching for a man accused of biting off a piece of a man's lip during a fight in Midtown Atlanta.

From Hunter Army Airfield Savannah to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, troops are grieving after a helicopter crash in Afghanistan killed five fellow soldiers based in southeast Georgia.

Authorities say the crash involving the Fulton County prisoner transport van shut down most of the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 around 6:30 a.m. Friday.

A resolution adopted Thursday by the House of Representatives has set the final day for March 28. The last day is commonly called Sine Die, which means adjourning without setting another meeting.

The Senate began debating Thursday a measure allowing voters to cast ballots beginning 10 days before the election up through the Saturday before Election Day. There would be no Sunday voting.

Police say a 15-year-old boy accused of stealing a patrol car and barricading himself inside his house has been taken into custody.

A 28-year-old woman who authorities say unsuccessfully tried to fire a gun at officials at a private girls' school in Charleston has been indicted in federal court.

A defense lawyer says a ruling by a Columbia city judge could affect driving under the influence cases across South Carolina.

Two votes today, and a vote yesterday on the first day of the conclave, failed to result in the election of a pope. Additional votes are expected later today.

The reason for Raj Randhawa's admission to Palmetto Health Richland hospital Monday night was not released. There was still no word on her condition.

A bearded and bushy-haired James Holmes sat quietly as a packed courtroom waited Tuesday for a plea that could help shed light on a deadly shooting rampage he is accused of going on in a crowded Colorado movie theater last summer.

The Georgia House has passed a state spending plan that trims many government agencies, but largely insulates public schools from cuts.

A proposal to change Georgia's gun laws would close one loophole potentially allowing mentally ill people to purchase firearms.

The South Carolina House has rejected attempts by Democrats to temporarily extend Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of poor adults.

New York City says it will appeal today's ruling from a judge who struck down the city's ban on large sugary drinks, just hours before the ban was supposed to take effect.

John and Elizabeth Calvert disappeared from their vacation home in Harbour Town, S.C. in 2008 and authorities in Beaufort County still want to know where they are.

A 19-year-old Georgia woman who police say was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver in Athens has emerged from a coma.

A Georgia bill that was intended as a simple fix for unintended consequences of a 2011 crackdown on illegal immigration is suddenly drawing opposition.

The CEO of Delta Air Lines is objecting to plans by the Transportation Security Administration to allow small knives back on planes.

A second person has been charged with murder in the death of a Coastal Carolina University student. The State Law Enforcement Division says 22-year-old Stephon Mclain Jr. was arrested Wednesday in Mansfield, Ohio.