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  • FILE – The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is seen on March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)Politics

    Hundreds detained at Georgia’s top economic development project as immigration crackdown collides with U.S. manufacturing push

    By Russ Bynum, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • Paula DeenRetail

    Former Food Network star Paula Deen suddenly closes flagship Savannah restaurant

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • Southeast USEnvironment

    ‘Everybody’s complaining they ain’t never seen it this hot’: Central and Eastern U.S. suffers through ‘dangerous and prolonged’ heat

    By Russ Bynum, Mike Schneider, and others
  • US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on auto imports in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has already imposed tariffs on imports from major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China — as well as a 25 percent duty on steel and aluminum imports. The move is set to fuel tensions with trading partners ahead of further promised levies next week. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    The biggest losers of Trump’s tariff wars with Canada could be the states who helped elect him, new analysis finds

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Co., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DCFinance

    Hyundai celebrates opening of new $7.6 billion EV plant in Georgia—meaning the South Korean automaker will dodge Trump’s new tariffs

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine)Lifestyle

    Georgia islanders rush to rescue survivors as dock walkway collapse kills 7 after annual Gullah festival

    By Russ Bynum, Emily Wagster Pettus, and others
  • lines of carsFinance

    Long lines at Florida gas stations as hurricane-hit state suffers fuel shortage

    By Russ Bynum, Brendan Farrington, and others
  • Hyundai investing $5.5 Billion In Georgia EV and battery plantsFinance

    Hyundai is already making electric SUVs at its $7.6 billion U.S. plant less than 2 years after breaking ground

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • Bernie SandersSuccess

    Here’s how Bernie Sanders wants to give you a 32-hour workweek

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • A truck leaves the site of a planned Rivian electric truck plant Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Rutledge,Ga. Rivian says it’s pausing construction of the $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Tech

    Tesla-rival Rivian is pausing construction on its $5bn electric truck plant in Georgia to speed production and save cash

    By Jeff Amy, Russ Bynum, and others
  • FILE – Chung Eui-sun, left, executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, and Jose Munoz, president and COO of Hyundai, celebrate with a champagne toast during the official groundbreaking for the Hyundai Meta Plant on Oct. 25, 2022 in Ellabell, Ga. Georgia and local governments are now projected to give Hyundai $2.1 billion of incentives after the company announced in August 2023 that it would increase investment in the plant by $2.1 billion. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)Finance

    Hyundai’s plan to invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV and battery plant could get it another $290 million in government aid

    By Jeff Amy, Russ Bynum, and others
  • FILE – The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that’s under construction in Georgia according to an announcement Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Tech

    Hyundai and LG will invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV batteries plant

    By Russ Bynum, Jeff Amy, and others
  • Pres. Bill Clinton in tight-lipped portrait during drug & crime event at White House. (Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images)Politics

    Donald Trump’s indictment adds a new and infamous chapter to the list of presidential scandals over the past 233 years

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press
  • St. Patrick's DaySuccess

    How to watch the NYC and Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parades live online for free—and without cable

    By Russ Bynum, Bobby Caina Calvan, and others
  • Chung Eui-sun of HyundaiPolitics

    Democrats’ massive climate change bill is giving Georgia Republicans a big boost heading into the midterms: A $5.5 billion new EV plant by Hyundai

    By Russ Bynum and The Associated Press