Barry Loudermilk Says He Didn’t Vaccinate His Children
WASHINGTON — Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) told a town hall audience in Georgia last week that he thinks parents should decide whether to have their children vaccinated against diseases like…
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CPAC through Snapchat: A story from the conference
We have tea partier William Temple from Georgia who is a conference regular. He’s hoping Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Scott Walker make a run in 2016. – In the…
At Packed Utah Women’s Gymnastics Meets, Marketing Earns High Scores
The Utah gymnast Baely Rowe competing on the beam in a meet against Stanford last Saturday at the Huntsman Center. It drew more than 15,000 spectators.” SALT LAKE CITY —…
David Jannot, Georgia Cop Who Shot Handcuffed Man, Won’t Be Charged
A police officer who fatally shot a handcuffed man won’t face criminal charges after a grand jury concluded Wednesday that the suspect was armed with a handgun police missed while…
Length of Lashes Keeps Eyes From Drying, Study Finds
Long and luxurious eyelashes have been in fashion at least since Cleopatra. But scientists now suggest that their real function is to help protect eyes from drying out. David Hu…
Georgia sheriff, deputy shot during domestic violence call
The pair responded to a domestic violence call when the shooter fired at them, said Sherry Lang with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The shooter then fled and was later…
Georgia Lawmaker Wants To Make Sure Embryos Don’t Glow In The Dark
A Georgia state representative is standing up for rights of embryos, and wants to make sure they aren’t forced to glow in the dark. – He also said he has…
Police Beating Led To Miscarriage: Lawsuit
Cops beat a Georgia woman so badly that she suffered a miscarriage, according to a new lawsuit. The suit, filed by Kenya Harris, names the City of Albany, Georgia, police…
College art project shuts down interstate in downtown Atlanta
But Atlanta Police said it was a Georgia State University student’s art project attached to the outer frame of the 14th Street Bridge in downtown Atlanta that shut down all…
10 ways to stay safe when buying and selling online
A couple from Georgia was traveling to a Craigslist transaction last month when they left their suburban Atlanta home in hopes of buying a 1966 Ford Mustang. They did everything…
We Asked 25 Psychics Across The Country To Predict Who Will Win The Super Bowl
If you believe our country’s psychics, the New England Patriots are about to win Super Bowl XLIX. The Huffington Post reached out to psychics across the nation with an “odd…
Howard Finster’s ‘Paradise’: The South’s most inspired garden
It sounds crazy, but the way late folk artist Howard Finster told the story, the mysterious face said, “Paint sacred art; paint sacred art.” The vision came to the retired…
‘Walking Dead’ in Georgia: Film tourism comes to life
At least in Georgia. Fans of the wildly popular AMC series “The Walking Dead” are making their way to Atlanta and surrounding small-town Georgia to sniff out traces of Rick…
Divers begin recovery of Civil War ironclad before deepening of channel
For about the next nine months, divers will be working to bring up the CSS Georgia, piece by rusted piece, from nearly 40 feet down in the Savannah River. The…
Kendrick Johnson’s parents convicted but not jailed for protest
Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson and five family members were convicted of interference with government property for blocking the entrance to the Lowndes County Courthouse in Valdosta, Georgia, and blocking access…
Ronnie Towns Killed Couple Looking For A Mustang On Craigslist, Police Say
A man answering a Craigslist ad from a couple who wanted to buy a 1966 Mustang robbed, shot and killed the husband and wife when they traveled several hours to…
Warren Hill Faces Execution Despite Numerous Claims He’s Intellectually Disabled
His lawyer said every doctor who’s ever examined him has determined Warren Hill is intellectually disabled, but tonight, unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the Georgia death row inmate will be…
Clemency denied: ‘Intellectually disabled’ man set for execution
[Original story published at 9:43 a.m. ET] Twice-convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill is set to be executed in Georgia on Tuesday night despite pleas from human rights groups and legal…
‘Intellectually disabled’ man set for execution
Federal law stemming from a 2002 Virginia case that went to the Supreme Court says executing intellectually disabled individuals violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. But…
Fighter jets escort two passenger planes after bomb threat
Delta spokesman Morgan Durant said, “It was a Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta, Georgia, flight. Delta is supporting the sweeping process carried out by authorities.” The F-16 fighter jets were from…
Police: Fugitive Kentucky teens arrested after multistate hunt
The two are suspected of stealing three carstwo with guns insidein various states. They were the subjects of a search that stretched from Kentucky to Georgia. Authorities discovered them asleep…
Parents file $100 million lawsuit in gym mat death in Georgia
Now, attorneys for Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson have filed a wide-ranging, $100 million lawsuit that claims several former classmates beat their son to death inside the old gym at his…
Vietnam vet loses clemency appeal in death penalty case
Brannan’s attorneys had hoped his sentence would be found unconstitutional. His defense attorneys claim Brannan, who served in Vietnam in the early 1970s, was suffering from post-traumatic stress and bipolar…
In Georgia gym mat death suit, 7 judges say they can’t be fair
Johnson’s parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, said they never believed investigators’ conclusion that their 17-year-old son died while struggling to reach for a shoe at the center of the mat….