Wednesday School Closings And Delays

Wednesday School Closings And Delays
Click here for a list of school closings and delays for Wednesday. Read More

Chile Rushing To Deliver Aid To Earthquake Victims

Chile Rushing To Deliver Aid To Earthquake Victims
Rescuers searched for survivors Monday as crews sought to deliver food and water and prevent looting after the fifth strongest earthquake in 100 years ravaged central and southern Chile. Read More

UPDATE: Recovery And Rescue Continues In Chile After Major Earthquake

UPDATE: Recovery And Rescue Continues In Chile After Major Earthquake
Recovery and rescue attempts are ongoing in Chile after a massive 8.8 earthquake struck the South American country. Click here to find out how you can help. Read More

Devastating 8.8 Earthquake Strikes Chile

Devastating 8.8 Earthquake Strikes Chile
An 8.8 earthquake struck Chile early Saturday morning, causing a massive amount of destruction, fallen buildings and over 200 deaths. Click here for details. Read More

Former New Orleans Cop Pleads Guilty To Cover Up In Katrina Killings

Former New Orleans Cop Pleads Guilty To Cover Up In Katrina Killings
Admitting a massive cover-up, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina. Read More

DA Searches DeKalb Schools Superintendent’s Home, Offices

DA Searches DeKalb Schools Superintendent’s Home, Offices
The AJC.com is reporting that investigators seized three computer hard drives and other items from DeKalb schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis’ home Thursday as part of a criminal investigation into multimillion-dollar school construction projects. Click here for details. Read More

SeaWorld Trainer Killed By Killer Whale In Orlando

SeaWorld Trainer Killed By Killer Whale In Orlando
A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Department said. Click here for details. Read More

Often Misunderstood, Voodoo Is A Source Of Comfort In Haiti

Often Misunderstood, Voodoo Is A Source Of Comfort In Haiti
Voodoo is one of the official religions of Haiti, and its designation in 2003 merely granted official acknowledgment to a longstanding reality. The slave revolt that brought Haiti independence indeed relied on voodoo, the New World version of ancestral African faiths. Read More

Jury Is Deliberating Spelman Murder Case

Jury Is Deliberating Spelman Murder Case
The fate of Devonni “Devo” Benton, accused of murder in the September shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn, is now in the hands of a Fulton County jury. Before Fulton Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr. released the jurors, they heard final arguments calling for them to either convict Benton or give him justice. Read More

BREAKING: Plane Crashes Into Federal Office Building In Austin, Texas

BREAKING: Plane Crashes Into Federal Office Building In Austin, Texas
A small plane crashed into a business tower that houses some federal offices in Austin, Texas on Thursday morning, engulfing the entire front half of the seven-story building in flames. Read More

Trial Underway In Spelman College Student Murder

Trial Underway In Spelman College Student Murder
Today was the start of the murder trial of Devonni Manuel Benton, who is accused of fatally shooting Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn in the early hours of Sept. 3 as she walked past a fight on the Clark Atlanta campus. Read More

Detroit City Council President Squares Off With Rev. Marvin Winans

Detroit City Council President Squares Off With Rev. Marvin Winans
Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh and the Rev. Marvin L. Winans Sr. sparred today over an effort to water down a controversial strip club crackdown, ending with Pugh calling out the popular pastor for living in the suburbs. Read More

Some Missionaries Facing Scrutiny In Haiti

Some Missionaries Facing Scrutiny In Haiti
Moved by awful images of the Jan. 12 earthquake, a broad band of religious groups has swept into Haiti in recent weeks. But rather than fostering a universal spirit of interfaith cooperation, the hasty assemblage of religious organizations has sometimes created tensions among them. Read More

UPDATE: Savannah Single Mother Discharged, Spared Court-Martial

UPDATE: Savannah Single Mother Discharged, Spared Court-Martial
The U.S. Army has discharged a single mother in Savannah who refused to deploy to Afghanistan in order to stay home and care for her infant son. Click here for details. Read More

UPDATE: Bill Clinton Released From Hospital

UPDATE: Bill Clinton Released From Hospital
Former President Clinton left a New York hospital early Friday, less than a day after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries. Read More