This year marks 50 years since Freedom Summer, when nearly 1,000 volunteers travelled throughout the Southern United States to register black Americans to vote. Many…
Thomas Hagan, the only man to admit being involved in the murder of Malcolm X, has been granted parole. According to the New York Times, Hagan will likely be released from prison on April 28th after being granted parole on March 3rd. Hagan has recently been allowed to spend 12 hours a week in a […]
VIA: CNN.com A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Department said. The woman, 40, was in the whale holding area about 2 p.m. when “she apparently slipped or fell into the tank and was fatally injured by one of the whales,” the […]
VIA: AJC.com A McEachern High School football standout was killed early Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide at his family’s Powder Springs home. The incident happened overnight on Woodcrest Drive, in a neighborhood off Brownsville Road just southwest of downtown Powder Springs. Police identified the deceased as Rajaan Bennett, who earlier this month signed to play […]
VIA: AJC.com Maureen Allaben, the spunky set decorator for “The Mo’Nique Show” and a local food stylist, was killed Sunday by her husband, who drove for two days with her body in the bed of his pickup truck before turning himself in, authorities said Wednesday. After killing his wife, Dennis Allaben drove from the couple’s […]
