Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin

July 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Man Arraigned on Charges of Threatening FBI Director, Authorities Say

The U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced the man was indicted by a grand jury on charges that he threatened in internet messages to "assault, kidnap and murder" FBI Director Christopher Wray.

By Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

2 minute read

March 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In First Execution in 4 Years, Georgia Puts Man to Death for 1993 Killing of Ex-Girlfriend

Pye's lawyers filed late appeals urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step in, but the justices unanimously rejected to stop the execution.

By Jeff Martin | The Associated Press

5 minute read

March 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

23 Charged With Terrorism in Atlanta 'Cop City' Protest

The site has become the flashpoint of ongoing conflict between authorities and left-leaning protesters who have been drawn together, joining forces to protest a variety of causes.

By Jeff Martin and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 22, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Delta Lawsuit: Mysterious Website Tricks People Who Put Pets on Jets

A website is tricking people into thinking they're dealing with Delta Air Lines when arranging for their pets to fly on jets, the Atlanta-based company maintains in a new federal lawsuit.

By Jeff Martin

5 minute read

July 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

US Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Grenfell Tower Flammable Panels

In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air." Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London. British authorities say they're investigating whether the panels helped spread the blaze that ripped across the building's outer walls, killing at least 80 people.

By Juliet Linderman, Jason Dearen and Jeff Martin

15 minute read

April 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Alabama to Form Task Force Amid Concerns About Court Website

By Jeff Martin

8 minute read

March 30, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Lawsuits: Hackers Stole Customer Data at 1,000 Arby's Stores

The Georgia-based restaurant chain failed to prevent hackers from stealing customer information at hundreds of its stores, a Connecticut couple said in a new federal lawsuit.

By Jeff Martin

5 minute read

June 08, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Hooters Aims to Cut Ties with Partner Over Poor Conditions

Two Hooters restaurants on the East Coast have been abandoned, and one was operated in filthy conditions, turning off customers and damaging the national brand, the Georgia-based parent company of Hooters restaurants says in a federal lawsuit.

By Jeff Martin

2 minute read

August 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Julian Bond Remembered for Civil Rights Work After His Death at 75

Through the tough struggles of the civil rights movement, Julian Bond always kept his sense of humor, and it was his steady demeanor that helped him persist despite the inevitable difficulties involved, his wife recalled.

By Jesse J. Holland and Jeff Martin

6 minute read

August 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Julian Bond Remembered for Civil Rights Work After His Death at 75

Through the tough struggles of the civil rights movement, Julian Bond always kept his sense of humor, and it was his steady demeanor that helped him persist despite the inevitable difficulties involved, his wife recalled.

By Jesse J. Holland and Jeff Martin

6 minute read