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Ex-Atlanta school superintendent’s trial delayed for health reasons

August 24, 2021 at 10:46 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - After a courtroom outburst from a civil rights leader, a judge on Monday delayed the trial of a terminally ill former Atlanta school superintendent accused of conspiring...

Atlanta’s Archbishop to sell $2.2 million mansion

August 24, 2021 at 10:43 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta, who has been criticized for lavish spending of church money, on Saturday said he has decided to sell the $2.2 million...

Paula Deen closes restaurant at center of harassment lawsuit

August 24, 2021 at 10:39 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Paula Deen's popular Savannah, Georgia, restaurant, which was at the center of a racially charged lawsuit against her, abruptly closed on Thursday after a decade...

U.S. soldier accused in militia plot convicted in wife’s death

August 24, 2021 at 10:27 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier accused of using his wife's $500,000 life insurance benefits to fund an anti-government militia group was convicted on Thursday of killing her and...

Shaquille O’Neal probed in Georgia for alleged ‘tackle punch’

November 3, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta police said on Tuesday they are investigating a claim that former professional basketball star Shaquille O'Neal injured a fellow employee at Turner Broadcasting System Inc with...

Ex-NBA player Mookie Blaylock faces felony charge in fatal crash

August 24, 2021 at 10:21 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia prosecutors have upgraded criminal charges against former NBA player Mookie Blaylock in a head-on traffic crash last year that killed a 43-year-old mother of five, an...

Shaquille O’Neal probed in Georgia for alleged ‘tackle punch’

September 9, 2018 at 1:27 a.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta police said on Tuesday they are investigating a claim that former professional basketball star Shaquille O'Neal injured a fellow employee at Turner Broadcasting System Inc with...

Georgia lawmakers pass measure for Martin Luther King Jr statue

November 3, 2021 at 8:25 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure allowing a monument to be erected on the state Capitol grounds to honor late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,...

Georgia lawmakers pass measure for Martin Luther King Jr statue

December 23, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure allowing a monument to be erected on the state Capitol grounds to honor late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,...

MLK’s daughter agrees to turn over Bible and Nobel Peace Prize

November 3, 2021 at 8:20 p.m.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter said Thursday she will comply with a judge's order to turn over the late civil rights leader's Nobel Peace Prize medal and...

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