It’s a major civil rights law, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and audit teams from the U.S. Justice Department are in the Garden City to see if Augusta is following the law. Violations will need to be corrected at the city’s expense. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says an innovative port security program that grew out of the 9/11 terror attacks will continue, thanks to a federal grant. Graham was joined Friday by state Law Enforcement Division director Reggie Lloyd and other officials in announcing Operation SeaHawk will continue.

Federal authorities are investigating the beating of a black female Army reservist outside a Georgia restaurant as a possible hate crime.

Georgia is expected to receive about $21.7 million from the record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty that Pfizer Inc. is paying over unlawful prescription drug promotions.

At least one gay rights group isn’t satisfied with the Obama administration’s stance on a federal marriage law. The Justice Department is defending 1996’s Defense of Marriage Act in court, claiming that a reasonable argument can be made that the law is constitutional. But President Barack Obama still insists he wants the act repealed.

The search for an American citizen who’s believed to be part of a North Carolina group of aspiring terrorists is focused overseas. Seven suspects are under arrest, and authorities believe an eighth individual is in Pakistan.

Federal authorities say they have uncovered another case of so-called “ home-grown” terrorism. In rural North Carolina, seven men are in custody, accused of plotting quote “violent jihad” on foreign targets. Six of the seven are U.S. citizens. ABC News’ T.J. Winick has more.

Officials have charged a North Carolina man with supporting terrorism by recruiting people to fight overseas. Daniel Boyd and six others are charged with providing material support to terrorism. Six suspects have been arrested in the Raleigh, N.C., area.

The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.

It’s been four years since former State Senator Charles Walker, from Augusta, was sentenced to ten years in Federal Prison on conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax charges. But, his supporters are taking to the streets to urge an investigation into what they call a political prosecution. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

The Justice Department has rejected Georgia’s attempt to require prospective voters in the state to provide proof of citizenship. Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the bill last month making Georgia the second state in the nation to require newly registering voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before casting a ballot. Under the Voting Rights Act, the state was required to get preclearance for the measure from the U.S. Department of Justice.

After 11 years, the United States Department of Justice has ended monitoring of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Major service improvements in the areas of education, medical, mental health, protection from harm and quality assurance resulted in the final closure of the longstanding 1998 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

A top Democratic official says President Barack Obama’s allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison next January.

Attorney General Eric Holder says the United States will not release anyone considered a terrorist into the country. Holder was testifying Thursday at a Senate hearing. He faced questions from lawmakers about his plans for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center by January 2010.

The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.