Atlanta News: Arrests in Buckhead Carjackings; Bear Spotted in Sandy Springs … – Patch.com
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Saga of Boston marathon suspect’s body drags on – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. On Wednesday, police in Worcester, west of Boston, pleaded for a resolution, saying they […]
Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By JOHN S. MARSHALL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A newlywed bride was celebrating a night out with friends when the limousine they were in erupted in flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, killing the bride and four other women who were trapped inside and injuring four who escaped, authorities and her family […]
US orders new visa reviews for arriving students – MyFox Atlanta
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents “effective immediately” to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure is the government’s first security change directly […]
Atlanta News: Glocks for Cops; DeKalb Stormwater Fee Hike; Manhunt for Shooter – Patch.com
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Henry Co. boy, 14, struck by police car while on bike – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a police car in metro Atlanta. A spokesperson for the Georgia State Patrol tells FOX 5 News that a Henry County police officer hit Chandler Jacob Weems of McDonough with a patrol car as the teenager was exiting […]
Protesters blame President Obama for flight delays
Upset airline passengers accuse President Barack Obama of “putting politics over passengers” at the nation’s airports. A group of activists gathered at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday to make their feelings known. Critics have blamed thousands of flight delays and cancellations this week on air traffic controller furloughs in response to forced spending cuts, […]
Obama: Boston capture closes chapter in tragedy
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings “closed an important chapter in this tragedy.” But he acknowledged that many unanswered questions remain about the motivations of the two men accused of perpetrating the attacks that unnerved the nation. “The families of […]
Beverly Hall’s attorney to talk with CBS Atlanta News
ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) –An attorney for former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall is expected to sit down with CBS Atlanta News Wednesday afternoon. Attorney Richard Dean is expected to tell CBS Atlanta News that his client has nothing to do with the widespread cheating in 2009 on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test. Hall, along with […]
Two dead, two dozen injured following Boston Marathon explosions
BOSTON Two people were killed and 23 were injured after two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. Competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. Boston police […]
