In an impassioned press conference Sunday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a full-throated call for citizens to stop "shooting each other up on our streets," after an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July near a Wendy's that became a flashpoint of recent anti-police Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the…
After a night of a dozen shootings, including one in which an 8-year-old girl was killed, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday said protesters could no longer occupy the Wendy’s where a police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last month. The girl, identified by police as Secoriea Turner, was killed not far from the scene…
ATLANTA, Ga. — At least three Georgia counties are sounding the alarm about rising numbers of coronavirus infections ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. Georgia saw nearly 3,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, a record high, prompting DeKalb, Cobb and Douglas counties to issue public health alerts to residents. DeKalb County announced they…
The former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks earlier this month was granted bond with conditions on Tuesday, meaning he will have limited freedom as his case proceeds.Garrett Rolfe will face a 6 p.m. nightly curfew, has to surrender his passport, and cannot have contact with Atlanta police…
(CNN)The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot was granted a $500,000 bond on Tuesday. Judge Jane C. Barwick reasoned that Garrett Rolfe is not a da…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…