ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Monday signed an order ending an ownership dispute over the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s traveling Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal that had […]
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King Siblings’ Legal Battle: Court to Control MLK Bible and Nobel Peace Prize
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize should be placed in a safe deposit box controlled by the court pending the outcome of a legal […]
Martin Luther King’s Children Battling over Estate
ATLANTA (AP) — A generation after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, his children are fighting among themselves again, this time over two of their father’s most cherished possessions: […]
Prosecutor Reviewing Facts in Black Ga. Schoolboy Athlete Death
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Thursday that he is conducting a formal review of facts and evidence in the death of a teenager whose body was found […]
Teen Guilty of Murdering Georgia Baby in Stroller
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – An 18-year-old man was convicted of murder in the shooting of a baby who was riding in a stroller alongside his mom in a town in coastal […]
Prosecutors: 5 People Conspired to Murder Atlanta Rapper Lil Phat
ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta rapper was shot dead in a car outside a hospital where his fiancee was due to give birth in what prosecutors say was an elaborate […]
3 Dozen Indicted in Atlanta Cheating Scandal
ATLANTA (AP) — Juwanna Guffie was sitting in her fifth-grade classroom taking a standardized test when, authorities say, the teacher came around offering information and asking the students to rewrite […]
Megachurch Pastor Creflo Dollar Arrested
ATLANTA (AP) — Megachurch pastor and televangelist Creflo Dollar was arrested early Friday after authorities say he slightly hurt his 15-year-old daughter in a fight at his metro Atlanta home. […]
Emory African-American Studies Scholar Rudolph Byrd dies at 58
ATLANTA (AP) — Rudolph Byrd was known among academic colleagues as an excellent scholar who believed that the key to change was education. The Emory University professor and African-American studies […]