A Georgia prosecutor is suing the U.S. Department of Justice over its refusal to provide information about how officers shot 59 bullets into a schizophrenic college student. Continue reading →
{FD} Speedways, makeshift shelters offer rest to storm evacuees
Some of the Southerners escaping Hurricane Florence have found refuge in makeshift shelters, including campgrounds at three of the nation’s largest motor speedways. Continue reading →
{FD} Storm evacuees find refuge at speedways, makeshift shelters
Pieces of hurricane evacuee Melody Rawson’s South Carolina life are now spread out on a grassy field, a slab of concrete and a picnic table at a campground outside Atlanta Motor Speedway. Continue reading →
{FD} In simulation, Category 4 hurricane devastated East Coast
Just months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-word scenario now unfolding on a dangerously vulnerable stretch of the East Coast. Continue reading →
{FD} Woman tells police she’s a ‘clean, thoroughbred, white girl’
A woman seen speeding through a stop sign at 60 mph (97 kph) told officers they shouldn’t arrest her because she’s a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl,” police said. Continue reading →
{FD} 63 dogs seized from suspected dog fighting operation
Federal agents have seized more than 60 dogs after discovering blood-stained carpet at the site of a suspected dogfighting pit in rural Georgia. Continue reading →
{FD} GBI: Suspect became combative; both sides started shooting
As police tried to serve an arrest warrant at a home outside of Atlanta, the criminal suspect became combative and both sides started shooting, resulting in the death of an officer and the suspect, authorities said. Continue reading →
{FD} Unrelenting cold takes aim at the Deep South as 2017 closes
Bitterly cold temperatures spreading across the Deep South will be potentially deadly, as freezing weather will likely last for several days in a region more accustomed to brief bursts of arctic air than night after night below zero. Continue reading →
{FD} Preacher fights ban on spreading gospel on Atlanta sidewalks
A Georgia preacher who says he was barred from public sidewalks and feared arrest for spreading the gospel on the fringes of a large outdoor concert in Atlanta is challenging the restrictions in court. Continue reading →
{FD} FBI involved with airport blackout probe; no sign of terror
The FBI has joined the probe into what caused a fire that knocked out power to the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, but an agency spokesman said Tuesday there was no sign of anything connected to terrorism. Continue reading →
