Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks
AlterNet - Sun Mar 9, 2025
Measles can cause brain swelling and pneumonia. More»
Shock, Grief After a Man is Killed During an "Encampment Sweep" in Atlanta
WABE - Sat Jan 18, 2025
ATLANTA, Georgia - Advocates are expressing grief and outrage after a man was killed during the clearing of a homeless encampment in Atlanta. More»
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Poultry Flock in Georgia, All Poultry Activities in Georgia Suspended
GA Department of Agriculture - Fri Jan 17, 2025
Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry operation located in Elbert County, Georgia. More»
Bird Flock Tests Positive for Bird Flu in Atlanta
WSB-TV - Mon Jan 13, 2025
CLAYTON COUNTY, Georgia — A case of avian influenza has been confirmed in a small backyard flock of birds in Georgia. More»
Georgia judge Stephen Yekel Shoots Himself Dead Inside Courtroom on Last Day in Office
Daily Mail - Tue Dec 31, 2024
The body of Judge Stephen Yekel was discovered inside Effingham County State Court on Tuesday morning. More»
GBI Conducting Autopsy After Rockdale Soil and Water Supervisor Collapses at State Capitol, Dies Shortly After
WXIA-TV - Wed Oct 9, 2024
ATLANTA, Ga — The Rockdale County soil and water supervisor died on Tuesday after collapsing while around the Georgia State Capitol for a public meeting about the BioLab chemical plume. More»
Plume From Chemical Plant Fire Reaches Atlanta
New York Times - Tue Oct 1, 2024
Officials said the plume was not a threat to the city, but schools were closed near Conyers, Georgia, where a fire at a chemical plant started on Sunday. More»
Elementary Student in LaGrange Charged for Bringing 'gel-blaster' to School
WAGA-TV - Thu Sep 19, 2024
LAGRANGE, GA - A LaGrange elementary school student was charged on Wednesday with bringing a weapon onto campus. More»
Marjorie Taylor Greene Thinks The Solar Eclipse Is God Telling Us Something
Huffington Post - Fri Apr 5, 2024
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday’s 4.8-magnitude earthquake in the Northeast and the upcoming eclipse are signs from the Lord for Americans to repent. More»
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
WABE-TV - Mon Mar 25, 2024
ATLANTA, Georgia - A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. More»
Georgia Hospital in ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ After Discharging Man Too Early
WGCL-TV - Tue Apr 5, 2022
CONYERS, GEORGIA - Jerry was found feet away from hospital property unconscious with tubes still sticking out of his body - His loved ones say he was discharged because his insurance ran out. More»
'Nuclear Detonation' Response Simulation to be Held in Atlanta
WXIA-TV - Thu Mar 10, 2022
ATLANTA, Georgia — Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency is participating Thursday in a "nuclear detonation" simulation with US Northern Command. More»
Metro Atlanta Doctors Paint a Bleak Picture of Omicron's Toll
Marietta Daily Journal - Sat Jan 22, 2022
As they did five months ago when the delta variant was ravaging Georgia, doctors from six of metro Atlanta's largest healthcare providers joined forces Thursday to pull back the curtain on the toll omicron is now taking on their hospitals. More»
Men Convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's Murder are Sentenced to Life in Prison
NPR - Fri Jan 7, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Georgia - Travis and Greg McMichael, who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. More»
Tornadoes From Rare Supercell Caused Damage in Georgia
CNN - Sun Jan 2, 2022
CONYERS, Georgia - Rare "low precipitation" (LP) supercells spawned tornadoes across at least two Georgia counties on New Year's Eve. More»
Southern storms damage homes, buildings, power lines
Associated Press - Thu Dec 30, 2021
WINFIELD, Alabama — Homes and buildings were damaged and trees were blown down as a line of intense thunderstorms rolled across several Southern states, authorities said. More»
Infamous anti-vaxxer Marjorie Taylor Greene owns stock in the three major vaccine companies
Daily Kos - Thu Dec 23, 2021
Perhaps it will come as no surprise to you that despite the fact that Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against the COVID-19 vaccine, she doesn’t mind making money from it. More»
Modern-day slavery uncovered in South Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sat Dec 4, 2021
LYONS, Geeorgia - A years long human trafficking operation trapped migrant workers in “modern-day slavery” on South Georgia farms, according to a federal indictment unsealed last week. More»
'More Bubbas, no Black pastors': Attorney for man accused of killing Arbery decried as racist
NBC News - Sun Nov 21, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Georgia - Kevin Gough has been condemned for trying to have Black pastors thrown out of the courtroom, complaining that the jury didn't contain enough "Bubbas or Joe six-packs" and for equating Black faith leaders with klansmen. More»
Walmart recalls essential oil-infused spray after 'rare and dangerous' bacteria found
NPR - Fri Oct 22, 2021
Walmart is recalling an essential-oil aromatherapy spray after a "rare and dangerous bacteria" that can cause a potentially fatal condition was reported, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. More»
Atlanta VA Begins Processing Mail That Sat for Ten Months Following Investigation
WSB-TV - Tue Sep 21, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia — Thousands of pieces of mail were moved to a basement at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and left there for months. More»
Anti-vaxxers forced a mobile COVID-19 vaccine site in Georgia to shut down after threatening health workers
Business Insider - Wed Sep 1, 2021
Georgia's health department chief said workers at state COVID-19 vaccination events have been the victims of "threats" — and that one mobile inoculation site had to shut down due to "bullying". More»
Front-Runner For Country's Dumbest Governor Signs Order Letting Georgia Businesses Ignore Covid-19 Rules
CNN - Fri Aug 20, 2021
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday allowing businesses to disregard local rules regarding Covid-19 - a move decried by Democrats, as coronavirus cases in the state rise. More»
Video shows Atlanta officer kick handcuffed woman in the head
WSB-TV - Tue Jul 27, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia - The Atlanta Police Department confirmed Monday that a sergeant in their department is on unpaid suspension after video posted to social media showed an appeared to show him kicking a woman in the head. More»
$350,000 settlement offered in police takedown of wrong man
Associated Press - Fri Jun 11, 2021
SAVANNAH, Georgia — Officials of a Georgia city have offered a $350,000 legal settlement to a Black man injured last year when a police officer violently slammed him in the ground, later saying he mistakenly believed the man had an outstanding arrest warrant. More»
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The Hacker News - Tue May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (DC). More»
Georgia deputy bragged he'd charge Black people with fake felonies to strip them of voting rights
Raw Story - Thu Apr 29, 2021
According to the Belleville News-Democrat, a former Georgia sheriff's deputy arrested on multiple gun charges bragged in private texts that he would charge Black people with felonies to prevent them from voting. More»
Massacre at Asian Massage Parlors Leaves 8 Dead
Yahoo - Tue Mar 16, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia - A Georgia man who professed a passion for guns and God was in custody on Tuesday night after a string of shootings that police said appeared to target Asian women at massage parlors and left eight people dead. More»
Georgia secretary of state's office opens inquiry into Trump phone call
NBC News - Mon Feb 8, 2021
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office has opened an investigation into former President Donald Trump's January 2 phone call with Raffensperger, where Trump urged him to overturn the state's election results. More»
Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers
NBC News - Fri Feb 5, 2021
ELBERTON, Georgia - A small Georgia city was still in shock Friday, days after state health workers raided the busiest medical clinic in the county and seized its Covid-19 vaccine supply because staffers had given doses to teachers. More»