Georgia
Dade County Sheriff’s Office (DADE COUNTY, Ga.) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been fired after a police dog died in their hot car, according to the Dade County Sheriff’s Office. In a statement shared on Tuesday, officials in Trenton said they “tragically lost our newest member of our K-9 team,” a bloodhound named Georgia. […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — A Georgia court of appeals has halted Donald Trump’s criminal case in Fulton County pending resolution of an appeal of the disqualification ruling that allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the case. “The proceedings below in the Superior Court of Fulton County are hereby stayed pending the outcome of […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An appeals court in Georgia has agreed to take up former President Donald Trump’s appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification ruling that ultimately allowed her to remain on the Georgia election interference case — a move that could significantly delay the case against the former president. The Georgia Court of Appeals, […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A controversial Republican-backed bill that would criminalize state bail funds and expand the list of charges that require cash or property bail has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp. “This bill carries out important bail reforms that will ensure dangerous individuals cannot walk our streets and commit further […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Georgia board declined Tuesday to stay the execution of a man sentenced to death in the killing of his former girlfriend. Willie James Pye, 59, is set to be executed Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson via lethal injection, in what […]
Clayton County Police Department (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement in Georgia said they seized hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine after discovering it in a storage unit. The Clayton County Police Department confirmed Tuesday, alongside the Drug Enforcement Administration, it had recovered 855 pounds of crystal meth. The drugs were recovered on Monday, police said. The […]
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — A controversial Republican-backed bill that would criminalize state bail funds and expand the list of charges that require cash or property bail has passed the Georgia Senate. The legislative move comes amid ongoing protests against the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed “Cop City” by its […]
Benjamin Reese, a teacher at Warner Robins Middle School in Georgia, has been charged with terroristic threats and acts of cruelty to children, according to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office. (Houston County Sheriff’s Office) (GEORGIA) — A Georgia teacher has been charged with terroristic threats and cruelty to children after he was accused of threatening […]
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss described living in a perpetual state of fear after Rudy Giuliani targeted the two Georgia election workers with conspiracy-fueled lies in the wake of the 2020 election. This week, a jury will tally the cost of those lies when Freeman and […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss will seek between $15.5 million and $43 million from Rudy Giuliani at a defamation trial slated to begin next month in a Washington, D.C., federal court, attorneys for the mother and daughter wrote in court documents filed Tuesday. A federal judge has already […]