A federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges.

A former Georgia sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to federal prison in the beating three years ago of a Black jail detainee who was punched repeatedly by guards who rushed into his cell.

It’s the holiday season and many people are in a festive spirit. Well, one historic home in Grosse Pointe Shores is all decked out for Christmas - The Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate. While you’re there to see the sights, you can also grab a bite to eat at their restaurant which is serving up some classic dishes with a modern twist.

Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee are demanding the firings and arrests of guards recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching the inmate in his cell.

The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire as sheriff's deputies with a drug warrant raided her cousin's home have filed a lawsuit in federal court.

A Georgia county has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force a company to sell it 4,000 acres on which the county has long planned to build a launch pad for commercial rockets.

Incomplete election returns show opponents seeking to block construction of a launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast are leading a referendum on the project.

A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia.

The National Park Service is pushing back against a Federal Aviation Administration report recommending approval of a launch pad for commercial rockets off the Georgia coast.

A coastal community in southeast Georgia hopes to soon find out whether the federal government will allow it to build a launch site for commercial rockets.

Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to inform mass numbers of unknown people after a person who attended crowded pool parties over Memorial Day weekend at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks tested positive for COVID-19. Camden County Health Department said in a release that the resident of Boone County in mid-Missouri tested positive on Sunday after arriving at the lake area a day earlier. Backwater Jacks owner Gary Prewitt said previously in a statement that no laws were broken, though the images appeared to show people violating Republican Gov. Mike Parsons state order requiring social distancing. Parson allowed businesses and attractions to reopen May 4, but the state order requires 6-foot (2-meter) social distancing through at least the end of May.

A 22-month-old girl died Friday afternoon after being left inside a hot car in New Jersey. Anyone with information is asked to call the Camden County Prosecutors Office at 856-676-8175 or email ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org. The majority of hot car deaths are accidental, according to NoHeatStroke.org. Last year was the deadliest on record, with 52 children dying inside hot cars. RELATED STORIESHero 12-Year-Old Bashes in Car's Windshield to Save Toddler in Hot CarMom Desperately Tries to Free 10-Month-Old Baby Accidentally Locked in Hot Car13-Year-Old Girl With Special Needs Dies in Hot Car