Part of downtown Atlanta has been transformed into a movie set designed to look like New York City as it appeared three decades ago.

Electronic capacitor maker Kemet Corp. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened and announced the elimination of about 202 jobs.

An Aynor police officer has been fired after authorities say he offered to tear up a traffic ticket if a woman he pulled over lifted her shirt.

The Alabama Legislature wrapped up work on both state budgets Thursday, including passing a nearly $5.8 billion education budget for the coming school year that will fund a 2 percent pay raise for K-12 employees, give extra money to all levels of education, and expand the state's pre-kindergarten program.

Some new graduates of Clemson University are going green while getting their degrees.

The state Department of Corrections has agreed to give the Southern Center for Human Rights 1,000 pages of documents after the group sued during their probe into a northwest Georgia prison.

The Savannah-Chatham County police marine unit is offering a boating safety class aimed at teenagers who will soon be required to complete such a course to legally operate a boat in Georgia waters.

As temperatures begin to rise, officials from six state agencies are reminding Georgians to never leave children unattended in vehicles.

Metro Atlanta's public transit system plans to hold public hearings to present its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year.

A new tech project designed to show off Charleston's technology efforts to residents and visitors alike is taking off.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is addressing graduates of the University of South Carolina.

Gov. Nikki Haley is visiting the South Carolina coast for a ceremonial bill signing of an incentives package for Boeing.

It's National Public Gardens Day and a near Charleston is celebrating with free admission.

Pilots from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort are conducting takeoff and landing exercises that could disturb residents near the installation.

Sen. Rand Paul says he's only "considering" running for president. But he's doing much more than mull it over.

"Entertainment Tonight" co-host Nancy O'Dell is at Clemson University this weekend to receive an honorary degree.

The Coast Guard is honoring two Charleston harbor pilots for helping rescue four people from a sinking boat earlier this year.

A dairy company is voluntarily recalling ice cream produced in Winston-Salem and distributed to 10 states that don't identify possible allergens because the product is packed in the wrong containers.

Ryan Vogelsong insists he is perfectly fine physically, and his early-season struggles simply come down to not making pitches in key situations.

Brian McCann spent the first month of the season in Florida rehabilitating his surgically repaired right shoulder. He hardly watched the Atlanta Braves play.