The Biden administration's response to Hurricane Helene has turned into a 2024 election issue as Trump visits battleground Georgia.

The ruling could open abortion access in the US South, where several states have severely limited access to the procedure.

The ruling is unlikely to be the final word on abortion access in the state, with the expectation that the case will ultimately be decided by the Georgia Supreme Court.

Georgia's six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday, permitting abortions to resume later into pregnancies. The order means the state can't enforce the six-week ban that took effect in 2022. Abortions may continue to be performed until around 22 weeks of pregnancy.

A weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky has led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze several miles away across metro Atlanta

A shelter-in-place advisory is extended in Rockdale County, Georgia, after a fire and chemical release erupted at a BioLab plant east of Atlanta. Thousands of residents in the city of Conyers were evacuated and the presence of chlorine has been confirmed by the EPA.