TLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Tech program that was about as low as it could go is suddenly filled with optimism. The Yellow Jackets are coming off their first winning season since 2018 and feel like they're ready to push even higher under coach Brent Key.

2 Chronicles 7:14 has been the subject of thousands of sermons over the years.  I have several that employ 2 Chron. 7:14 among the more than two thousand sermons that are saved on my computer.  It is a seminal passage that, if followed, would make a distinct difference in the way our world looks today.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief will opening a second recovery site in the Savannah areas on Monday, Aug. 19. The site will be located at Chevis Oaks Baptist Church.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Montgomery Memorial Baptist Church in Gainesville hosted a very unique service on August 11. We packed our grills, food, chairs, sound equipment, drinks and our families and headed to Church in the Park. 

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s coast guard accused the Philippines of deliberately crashing one of its ships into a Chinese vessel early Monday near Sabina Shoal, a new flashpoint in the increasingly alarming territorial disputes between the countries in the South China Sea.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ramón Laureano homered for the second straight game and the Atlanta Braves wrapped up a 10-game road trip with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane again Sunday as it churned away from Bermuda and headed further out in the northeastern Atlantic, sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with at least one death and prompting many rescues.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods.

BANGKOK (AP) — Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand's prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor.

HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It's after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock's F-250 pickup truck. He flashes a low smile as he slowly maneuvers through the sawgrass, down dirt roads deep in the Florida Everglades.

HIRAM, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while responding to a reported domestic dispute in what police said was an ambush on officers by a suspect who took his own life.

RICHMOND, Ky. (KT) – "It's a good day to be in Richmond," Monica Kelsey told a crowd who gathered to bless a newly installed Safe Haven Baby Box on Tuesday. "Today we offer women a 100% anonymous option if they so choose to surrender their infant here in Richmond, Ky."

What is it about hitting a plastic sphere over an eight-foot wall about 70 feet away that makes you want to flex your muscles? Welcome to the thrill of Wiffleball.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Students will return to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary this fall with stories of what they did over the summer. For one group of students, their stories will tell of their efforts to spread the gospel overseas.

Preaching the Word of God is a true calling and should be undertaken with total effort and the utmost seriousness. Some people preach for selfish reasons or personal gain.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Tavius Robinson took advantage of an opportunity to make a game-changing play.

EVART, Mich. (AP) — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mickey Moniak hit a go-ahead double in the sixth inning, Logan O'Hoppe snapped an 0-for-29 slump with a tying homer in the fourth and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night to stop their three-game losing streak.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Sarah Bagheni had a headache, fever, and itchy and unusual skin lesions for days, but she had no inkling that her symptoms might have been caused by mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday as residents hunkered down.

A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York, three months after U.S. immigration authorities arrested and then released him after he illegally entered the country at the Texas-Mexico border.

Debby’s not done, but Southern Baptists aren’t waiting. The second named storm of the 2024 hurricane season landed Aug. 5 near Steinhatchee on the gulf side of Florida with a maximum of 80 mph winds, swirling with weakening power while traveling in and out of East Coast states until withering over Canada on Aug. 10.

A new Alabama WMU effort called Cultivate will involve a once-a-week prayer focus on campus ministries along with encouraging people to “adopt” one of the state’s Baptist campus …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices.