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Boston locked down during bomber search; Death count mounting in Texas
Boston residents were told to stay inside, this morning, with the doors locked while police searched for the second of two suspects in this week's Boston Marathon bombings. The first suspect died during a chase with police overnight. Late Thursday night, police chased the men from the M.I.T. campus, where ...
Massive blast flattens a Texas town; Obama in Boston today for bombing victims
The search through the rubble continues, in a small town south of Dallas, Texas, after a massive overnight explosion at a fertilizer plant. It all started after a huge fire at the plant in the town of West, 20 miles from Waco. The blast could be felt from 45 miles ...
UPDATE: Conflicting Reports on Arrest in Boston Marathon Bombings; Police Find Boston Bomb's Lid; DeKalb CRCT Cheating Indictments; Ex-Trooper Going to Prison
Federal officials are denying that a suspect is in custody in the Boston Marathon bombings. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation had told The Associated Press that a suspect was in custody, and was expected to appear at a Boston courthouse under heavy security. But the FBI and ...
Boston Marathon Blasts Kill 3; Guilty Plea In FAMU Hazing Death
Two bombs explode near the Boston Marathon finish line. Monday's twin blasts left three people dead, including an eight-year-old boy. Hospitals report 144 injured, 17 of them critically; the injuries range from ruptured eardrums to severed limbs. No one has claimed responsibility--but a terror expert says the absence of a ...
Trooper Trial in Deadly Wreck Begins Today; Target Practice with Trayvon Martin; Scoop Up Tax Day Freebies
A fired Georgia State trooper could go to prison for 15 years if he's convicted for a deadly 2011 crash that killed the wife of Braves' head trainer Jeff Porter. Don Crozier says not a day goes by that he doesn't think about the day when he sped through a ...
Maybach Murder Victim on I-20; Nerdiest City: Atlanta; Reebok Drops Rick Ross
Was it road rage or something else? A man driving a $400,000 Maybach was shot and killed Thursay afternoon on I-20 West near Glenwood Avenue. Witnesses told DeKalb investigators the gunfire came from a white SUV that drove alongside the victim's car. There were at least seven bullet holes in ...
Gunman Holds Firefighters Hostage; Man Guilty of Killing College Park Teens; Calif. Man Saws Into His Arms
The calm of a Suwanee subdivision was shattered Wednesday, triggered by a fake 911 call about a heart attack that led firefighters to a foreclosed home where a man held them hostage as he demanded his utilities be turned on again. After hour hours of a standoff, SWAT officers flash-banged ...
Atlanta Residents Protest Arrest; Gun Control Compromise Close; Elephant Shot in Drive-By
No Atlanta police officers were hurt, but several police cruisers were damaged Tuesday night during a violent protest on Hardee Street in northeast Atlanta. The demonstrators threw bricks, rocks and hammers at officers as they demanded an investigation into alleged police brutality during an arrest Monday night in the same ...
Hit Man Kills Wrong Guy; Grandson Hired To Kill Husband; Kid Suspended Over Mohawk
A Cherokee County woman featured on "America's Most Wanted" has been captured in Florida. Fifty-two-year-old Karen King is accused of ordering five men, three of them her sons, to beat her boyfriend and then dump him somewhere in March of 2012. Cherokee Sheriff's Lt. Jamie Gianfala says the car the ...
Cobb Parents Abandon Daughter In SC; Happy Spouses Gain More Weight
A couple from Cobb County faces charges after police say they abandoned their four-year-old daughter at a house in Anderson, South Carolina. Alonzo Brown, 31, and Tongela McBride, 37, allegedly rang the doorbell at this house and then left the girl there. The girl went unidentified for days until someone ...
Final Four in Atlanta; Cop, Suspect Killed At Police HQ; Dad Arrested for Beating Daughters for Twerking
As the Final Four weekend kicks in to high gear today, Atlanta police officers will be working twelve-hour shifts. Police Chief George Turner says that means some 800 cops on the street at any given minute; he says by Tuesday, people will be writing and talking about how well APD ...
On King Death Anniversary, A Call For Gun Control; Falcons Sign Exonerated LB Banks
An Amber Alert is out across the southeast as police look for two kidnapped boys, ages 4 and 2, whose parents are described as anti-government survivalist types believed to be armed and dangerous. Joshua and Sharyn Hakken allegedly snatched Cole and Chase Hakken from their grandmother's custody, after tying her ...
Ex-NBAer Indicted for Murder; Cobb Mom Accused of Starving Daughter to Death
Dozens of Atlanta educators, including former superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, have surrendered and posted bond at the Fulton County jail. Dr. Hall and 34 others were indicted for their alleged roles in boosting standardized test scores by changing answers, then collecting bonuses based on the falsely-boosted scores. Hall's lawyers include ...
Test Cheating: The Surrenders Begin; GA Town Requires Gun Ownership; Which Warning Labels FDA Says To Ignore
Indicted Atlanta Schools educators are turning themselves in today. The first to arrive, Kennedy Middle school improvement specialist Tameka Goodson, showed up at the Fulton County jail around 12:30 this morning. Charged with racketeering and false statements or writings, her bond was set at $200,000. Bond is $1 million for ...
Indicted Educators Will Surrender; Wal-Mart Thief Allegedly Bragged On Facebook
The first of those Atlanta Public School educators, indicted for alleged cheating on the CRCTs, are expected to turn themselves in this morning. They face charges that include racketeering. Their lawyer says two clients of his, teachers, have already made arrangements to post bail, then bond out. Those indicted include ...
GA Modifies Teen Sexting Law; Yet More Arrests In Brunswick Baby Killing; Man Uses Fake Penis for Drug Test
Georgia's General Assembly wraps up its work for the year with a tightening of lobbying rules, a change in video gambling laws that will benefit the HOPE Scholarship--and a bill reducing the penalty for teens who sext each other, making it a misdemeanor. Former DeKalb County District Attorney J. Tom ...
DeKalb Cop Indicted; Teen Accused of Shooting Baby Also Indicted For 2nd Robbery
Big items are on the agenda, but little time is left for the General Assembly to get its work done for the year. State lawmakers are scrambling to get bills passed by midnight, or kiss them goodbye until next session. Among those, ethics reform, a measure to allow more guns ...
Gucci Gets No Bond; New Arrests In Tot Shooting Case; Man Wins $8K In 'Small World' Breakdown
Bond has been denied for Gucci Mane, who surrendered at the Fulton County Jail around 11:30 Tuesday night on a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon. The rapper, whose real name is Radric Davis, was accused of hitting a man in the head with a champagne bottle at Harlem ...
Test Cheating Indictments Possible; Historic Gay Marriage Arguments; App Catches Carjacker
Fulton County's district attorney isn't commenting on rumors swirling that indictments may be soon to come in the Atlanta Public Schools' CRCT cheating probe. Defense attorneys representing some implicated educators say they've been told a grand jury may be indicting some two dozen people on charges that may include racketeering. ...
Tot's Dad Blamed In Mom's Shooting; Free GA 400 Tolls; Accused Baby Shooter's Aunt Alibis Him
A Sandy Springs woman is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot Sunday by a man police say is the father of her four-year-old child. Sandy Springs Police Captain Steve Rose says the child was nearby at the time of the shooting at the Chastain Apartments on Roswell Road. Detectives ...
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