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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The public can now present a digital driver’s license or ID to Georgia Department of Safety officers, the agency announced on Friday. During traffic stops, crash investigations or other encounters, all state troopers, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers and Capitol police officers will now be able to scan the digital ID.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Buford woman has been convicted of scamming seniors out of around $1 million, the Gwinnett County district attorney said. Starting in 2021, Fataoumata Keita, 48, scammed seniors as part of a larger operation. She convinced her victims their computers were malfunctioning and that they needed to buy antivirus software.

MUSKEGON, MI — The USS Silversides, Muskegon’s famed World War II submarine museum ship, is coming home this weekend after months of preservation work in Wisconsin. The submarine is expected to arrive Saturday morning to the lakeshore after starting its tow across Lake Michigan Friday afternoon, weather permitting. Once it reaches Muskegon, the Silversides will be towed into Muskegon Lake, turned around and guided back to its berth.

A potentially deadly virus has been found in Michigan deer. Here's what hunters need to know and the warning signs to watch for.

A Waldorf man won $150,405 playing the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 game after purchasing multiple tickets with the same number combinations. The winner, an Army veteran, claimed his prize on October 28 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. According to lottery officials, he regularly purchases multiple tickets featuring numbers he believes will win.

Maryland's R-CAP discount starts Jan. 1, 2027, aiming to hold utility bills to about 6% of income. Households with OHEP energy grants are enrolled automatically.

An invasive fish thought it was slick, rapidly increasing its population along Maryland’s eastern shores. But the dummy forgot to take something into account as it turned into an apex predator that was wiping out local fish, a problem I’ll let second-grader Ben Rochon describe while speaking to a reporter: “It’s yummy.”

Two people were arrested for targeting armored cars in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties Friday morning. The first robbery attempt happened at the Navy Federal Credit Union in Laurel, Maryland. Shortly after that, the same suspects targeted a Safeway at the Bowie Town Center, police say. They then headed...

Maryland homeowners can now name who gets their house at death and have it pass outside probate, using a transfer-on-death deed that became legal on October 1, 2026. House Bill 738, signed by the governor on May 26 as Chapter 751, creates the deed for the first time in the state. The deed lets an […] The post Maryland now lets homeowners pass a house to heirs without probate appeared first on The Money Overview .

California veterans rated 100% disabled can exempt half of a home’s value, up to $1 million of value, from property tax starting with the Jan. 1, 2027 lien date, under SB 296, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sept. 28. The Board of Equalization’s analysis of the bill describes an exemption of a fixed slice of... The post California veterans rated totally disabled can exempt half a home’s value up to $1 million from property tax from the Jan. 1 lien date, and $83,474 is the income limit on the old