A federal jury in December ordered Giuliani, a former attorney to Donald Trump, to pay $148 million to poll workers for falsely accusing them of election fraud.
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Man who bragged he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him – head first and face down – into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace.
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Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say
Authorities say officers shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta
Posted inMaine Crime, Nation / World
Manhunt underway to find child rapist who was accidentally released from Georgia prison
The Georgia Department of Corrections did not say how the mistake was made.
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Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s order to unseal the transcripts in grand jury proceedings in the brazen lynching of two black couples in rural Georgia more than 70 years ago
Posted inNational Sports
College Football Top 25 poll: West Virginia back into Top 10
No. 7 West Virginia re-entered the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll after another weekend in which the number of ranked teams losing reached double digits. Unanimous No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Notre Dame remained unchanged, and No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Georgia and No. 6 Oklahoma each […]
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Michael, third-most powerful hurricane to hit mainland, rips through Southeast
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction, destroying homes and shopping centers and felling trees that killed at least two people in Florida and Georgia. And it’s not done yet. Hurricane Michael finally weakened to a tropical storm on […]
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Lisbon emu on his way to Georgia sanctuary
LISBON — After a three-month push to finance an emu’s $3,000 journey to a new home in Georgia, Ralphie is on his way. The emu has been in the care of Janet Tuttle at Rockin’ T Equine Sanctuary and Rescue in Lisbon for a decade. Ralphie came there after an animal control officer picked him […]
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Mainer goes the extra mile – 1,000, actually – to save injured Georgia pup
Andrea Shaw gets a kiss from Columbo, the puppy she rescued from Columbus, Georgia, at her home in Gorham on Friday. Bicyclists found the injured puppy and biked with him 7 miles into town, where Shaw happened to meet him. Staff photo by Ariana van den Akker For Andrea Shaw, it was a matter of […]
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Kate Hall to forgo senior year at Georgia, will focus on world championships
Georgia’s Kate Hall competes in the women’s long jump on the second day of the NCAA outdoor college track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., in June 2017. Hall won with a jump of 22 feet, 1 inch. (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez) Two-time NCAA long-jump champion Kate Hall will forgo her senior year at the […]