Russ Bynum The Associated Press

September 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for Latoya James' family said the verdict Thursday validates their argument that deputies ultimately were responsible for the 37-year-old Black woman's death—not only because they shot her, but also for bursting into her cousin Varshan Brown's home with little warning in the middle of the night.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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September 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

On Tuesday, the McIntosh County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to weaken zoning restrictions the county adopted nearly three decades ago with the stated intent to help Hogg Hummock's 30 to 50 residents hold on to their land.

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August 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Harrison William Prescott Floyd turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta a week after being indicted in the Georgia case alongside Trump and 17 others. Court records show Floyd, identified as a former U.S. Marine who's active with the group Black Voices for Trump, was also arrested three months ago in Maryland on a federal warrant.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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August 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We take this matter very seriously and are coordinating with our law enforcement partners to respond quickly to any credible threat and to ensure the safety of those individuals who carried out their civic duty," Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat's office said in a statement.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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July 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, which Durden led for 24 years before stepping down last year, confirmed Durden's death in a Facebook post Friday. No cause of death was given.

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July 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously shot down a petition that Trump's attorneys filed last week asking the court to intervene. Trump's legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be barred from seeking charges and that a special grand jury report that is part of the inquiry should be thrown out.

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June 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Four Black students sued a Georgia school district in federal court Friday, saying teachers and administrators violated their civil rights by fostering "a longstanding and ongoing environment of racial discrimination."

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June 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"They are beating people indiscriminately inside this jail," civil rights attorney Harry Daniels told reporters at a news conference outside the Camden County Sheriff's Office.

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May 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The April 2022 traffic stop by sheriff's deputies in Liberty County caused outrage at Delaware State University, with campus President Tony Allen saying the women's lacrosse team had been humiliated and intimidated by deputies searching their bus.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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May 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers after the agency announced Friday that it would voluntarily conduct the study. The group sued in December, asking a U.S. District Court judge to order the Corps to produce such a report.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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