Across nearly a century and a half, a single Galápagos tortoise watched the world change around her, outlasting wars, ...

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Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Pass a drumstick, along with these Turkey Day facts.

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The Justice Department is on the clock to release files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after President Donald Trump signed a ...

Franklin D. Waker, age 92, passed away on November 13, 2025, at his home in Murfreesboro. He was born in Robinson, Georgia on May 28, 1933, to David Lee Walker Sr. and Mary Ethel Sosebee Walker. In ...

Franklin County's Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is working with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to determine the reason for a man's death at a Royston residence this week. A press release from ...