Georgia
A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia will not be charged for fatally shooting a Black man during a traffic stop that turned violent in 2023, officials said on Tuesday. The man who was killed, Leonard Cure, 53, had been wrongfully imprisoned in Florida for 16 years. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on […]

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Lyons becomes Acting U.S. Attorney in Southern District of Georgia Savannah Morning News Source link

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District Georgia Congratulations are in order for Shanelle Booker, who was named the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia on Jan. 12, according to a press release issued by the United States Attorney’s Office. Booker’s historic appointment marks the first time a Black person and […]
MACON, Ga. (WALB) – The United States Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Georgia has announced that C. Shanelle Booker is now the Acting U.S. Attorney. Booker officially took the position on Jan. 12. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Booker is the first black person and first black woman to hold the top […]
MACON, Ga. (WALB) – The United States Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Georgia has announced that C. Shanelle Booker is now the Acting U.S. Attorney. Booker officially took the position on Jan. 12. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Booker is the first black person and first black woman to hold the top […]

An Atlanta-area woman filed a lawsuit against PNC Bank claiming she didn’t get a promotion because she is a black, single mother. According to a discrimination lawsuit filed by the employee, Brandie Falice, the regional manager who interviewed her allegedly listed a series of discriminatory reasons as to why she wouldn’t be a good fit […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Army installation in Georgia was locked down Saturday after a person was shot and killed in what base authorities described as an isolated incident. The shooter was apprehended and taken into custody, and an “all clear” was given about two hours after Fort Eisenhower went into lockdown, the installation’s […]

A U.S. Army installation in Georgia was locked down Saturday after a person was shot and killed in what base authorities described as an isolated incident. The shooter was apprehended and taken into custody, and an “all clear” was given around 9:45 a.m. local time, less than an hour after Fort Eisenhower went into lockdown, […]

Readout of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Meeting with Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Atlanta, Georgia United States Mission to the United Nations Source link
It was a chemical reaction that sparked the massive fire and toxic smoke plume at a lab in Georgia that threatened nearby communities and metropolitan Atlanta in September, according to the findings released by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). The board released its findings Friday following an investigation into the Sept. 29 chemical fire […]