Tag Archives: georgia

[ad_1] CNN  —  The mother of an activist fatally shot by law enforcement in Atlanta earlier this week said she feels angry and powerless as protests over the shooting erupted Saturday. See video from the scene of ‘Cop City’ protest in Atlanta The activist – 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Paez Terán …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Six people were arrested Saturday evening in downtown Atlanta, authorities said, during protests that came in response to a proposed police training facility and the fatal police shooting of an activist earlier in the week. The protesters marched in a “peaceful manner” Saturday evening down a central …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A 17-year-old charged with murder in a fatal shooting at the Mall of America last month has been found and arrested in Georgia, police said Tuesday. Police had been searching for Levon Semaj Longstreet for more than two weeks after the teenager was charged with second-degree murder …

[ad_1] CNN  —  President Joe Biden is heading back to Georgia. On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he’s visiting Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the civil rights pioneer once preached. The trip makes a lot of sense, not just to pay tribute to King, but also …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia is winding down its work, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Atlanta-area special grand jury has largely finished hearing witness testimony and has already …

[ad_1] CNN  —  After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia men were exonerated this week, after new evidence uncovered in a true-crime podcast last year proved their innocence, their lawyers said. Darrell Lee Clark and his co-defendant …

[ad_1] CNN  —  American democracy – and the evolving way in which it is executed – is facing a series of fundamental questions beyond former Donald Trump’s election denialism. The former president’s call to end the Constitution for a 2020 election redo has rightly been met with ridicule and eyerolls …

[ad_1] CNN  —  At least one person was injured Wednesday in a shooting outside a Walmart near the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Cobb County Police said. Police in a tweet initially reported several injuries, but Deputy Chief Ben Cohen later said at least one person was shot and transported in …

[ad_1] CNN  —  If you’ve been sweating the deadline to apply for a REAL ID, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. The federal government announced an extension to obtain your updated driver’s license or identification card that will soon be required for all US air travel. Here’s what …

[ad_1] Atlanta CNN  —  Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young rode his scooter alongside Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, Martin Luther King III and a fervent crowd of marchers on a recent Sunday through a southwest Atlanta neighborhood. The group stopped at an early polling location to vote, forming a line with …