Bleckley County Sheriff Kristopher Coody resigned after he pleaded guilty to the sexual battery of TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett in 2022.
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Pakistan cable car: 6 children, 2 adults rescued using makeshift chairlift, helicopters
Officials rescued six children and two adults trapped in a cable car hundreds of feet above the ground in Pakistan using makeshift chairlift.
Tropical Storm Harold slamming Texas with heavy rain, powerful winds: Updates
Harold, which started as a tropical cyclone in the Gulf, has turned into a tropical storm that is pushing inland over Texas and could trigger floods.
Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari gets life sentence, $15M in penalties
Prosecutors say Larry Rudolph, who owned a Pittsburgh-area dental franchise, shot his wife of 34 years in the heart with a shotgun.
‘A miracle:’ Virginia man meets Chilean family 42 years after he was stolen as newborn
Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who grew up in Virginia, recently learned that he was stolen from his birth mother in Chile and adopted out to U.S. parents.
In the 1930s, bank robberies were a craze. This one out of Cincinnati may take the cake.
A 1930 news headline about a Cincinnati bank robbery led to a story that reads like a gangster movie, with kidnappings, shootouts and a love triangle.
Summer school may be back in vogue as college students work toward early graduation
A small and growing number of colleges are testing a three-year bachelor’s degree, filling summers with classes to cut the time and cost of college.
Cambodia approves Hun Sen’s son as prime minister
Cambodian parliament has approved Hun Manet, the son of longtime autocratic leader Hun Sen, to be the country’s new prime minister. Hun Manet, who is Cambodia’s military chief, has been engaging in foreign diplomacy more and more in recent years. (Augu…
Newspaper plans to file lawsuit following raid
The publisher of the Kansas newspaper raided by police on August 11th said they plan to file a lawsuit over violations of the First Amendment. (Aug. 22)
Wildfire rages on Spanish tourist island of Tenerife
A wildfire, described as the worst in Tenerife in decades, continues to burn out of control for almost a week, although, authorities said the worst seemed to have passed.