Riley Gaines and other former NCAA female athletes addressed Georgia state lawmakers on the Special Committee on Protecting Women’s Sports on Tuesday morning. Gaines was joined by Reka Gyorgy, Kylee Alons, Grace Countie and Kaitlynn Wheeler at the hearing. All five former swimmers opened up about their experiences at the championships and their emotions while...
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Atlanta considering $1.5M settlement for man wrongfully jailed for more than a year after parents' death
City council members in Atlanta, Georgia, are considering a $1.5 million settlement for a man who was wrongfully arrested and jailed nearly 14 months for a crime he did not commit. Keith Sylvester was arrested and booked into jail in Fulton County in December 2018 on accusations he strangled and murdered his mother, Deborah Hubbard,...
Riley Gaines rips Georgia Tech president in remarks to lawmakers: 'Why didn’t you protect me?'
Riley Gaines is set to speak Tuesday morning at the Georgia General Assembly’s Special Committee on Protecting Women’s Sports, more than two years after she tied transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the NCAA Championships held at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gaines is expected to address Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera. In prepared remarks obtained...
Trump lawyers hit back at Fani Willis in disqualification case, citing ‘misconduct’
Former President Trump’s legal team has filed a reply brief to the Georgia Court of Appeals in his case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. “President Trump’s legal team has filed a reply brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals persuasively rebutting the State’s arguments,” Steve Sadow, counsel for Trump, said in a...
Georgia man arrested in another state after wife's burnt remains found: authorities
A Fayetteville, Georgia, man was arrested in Louisiana on Thursday, after he allegedly killed his wife and burned her body before burying her under yard debris, according to authorities. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said Kenneth Hardin Junior faces homicide-related charges and was being held in St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana, pending extradition. In a...
Riley Gaines, NCAA athletes to testify in Georgia about competing against, sharing locker room with Lia Thomas
FIRST ON FOX: Five NCAA All-American Women Athletes, including OutKick.com contributor Riley Gaines, will testify in Georgia about their experience competing against and sharing a locker room with a biological male. Earlier this month, the Georgia state Senate established a Special Select Committee on Women’s Sports to analyze the issue of biological males competing against...
GOP crime policies to restore safety to Black communities failed by Dems: Georgia AG
CHICAGO – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has a simple solution for blue cities fed up with violence and thieves: enforce the law, lock up criminals and keep American citizens and their businesses safe from crime. “Elections have consequences,” he told Fox News Digital as he ripped Vice President Harris as the “patron saint of...
Georgia mayor arrested on felony charges after allegedly storing alcohol in a ditch for inmates
The mayor of a small town in Georgia faces felony charges alleging that he illegally stashed a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew to access. Thomson Mayor Benjamin “Benji” Cary Cranford, 52, was indicted on Wednesday and arrested by Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents on felony charges of furnishing...
Patient sues Emory Hospital in Atlanta after it allegedly lost part of his skull
A patient filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, over allegations the hospital lost part of his skull that was removed during surgery. Fernando Cluster said he underwent brain surgery at Emory University Hospital in Midtown in September 2022 after suffering a stroke, according to Atlanta News First. The surgery required the...
Georgia deputy killed in 'ambush' attack after responding to domestic dispute call
A Georgia deputy was killed Saturday night in what officials are saying appeared to be an “ambush” as he was responding to a domestic dispute call. Paulding County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Cunningham, 30, succumbed to injuries at a hospital Saturday following the incident in Hiram, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Gulledge told reporters, according to Fox 5...









