Hurricane Hermine hits Florida, weakens into tropical storm
By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy, From CNN CNN)Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday in Florida with a furious mix of rain, whistling winds and surging waves — then weakened into a tropical storm as it wobbled toward Georgia. Hermine,…
Guyana seeking US help to determine cause of sudden poultry deaths
From Jamaica Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana is seeking assistance from the United States as it seeks to determine what is responsible for the sudden poultry deaths in East Bank, Berbice. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana…
US Judge to decide if Georgia immune from slave descendant suit
By Russ Bynum, The Associated Press From Daily Report BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday she will decide soon whether Georgia agencies are immune from a lawsuit claiming discrimination and neglect have eroded one of the last…
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Chances of La Niña increase as 2016 hurricane season approaches
By Kimberly Miller From Weather Plus The chances that the global weather pattern christened La Niña will take hold by early fall were increased last week to 70 percent, foreshadowing a hurricane season that for the first time in years is…
FIFA files for compensation in U.S. as victim of corruption
ZURICH/NEW YORK | BY BRIAN HOMEWOOD AND DAVID INGRAM From Reuters Global soccer body FIFA has applied to United States authorities for tens of millions of dollars compensation from ex-officials indicted there in the sport’s biggest graft scandal for damage…
US Justices reject Alabama’s refusal to recognize lesbian woman’s adoption
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reversed an Alabama Supreme Court’s refusal to recognize a lesbian’s nearly decade-old adoption in Georgia of her former partner’s three children. “A state may not disregard the…
US Judge rules lawyers must face suit over illegal sex video
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker, From Daily Report A judge has ruled that a lawsuit can go forward against two lawyers whose client made an illegal video of a sexual encounter with the chairman of Waffle House Inc. Waffle House Chairman…
US Justices step into dispute over parental rights of same-sex couples
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal An Alabama Supreme Court’s refusal to recognize a lesbian’s nearly decade-old adoption in Georgia of three children may draw the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time into the rights of gay…
Court overturns conviction of landlord who threatened to post sex tape on Facebook
By Chris Morran From Consumerist If you go on Facebook and threaten to post a sex tape featuring a public official, is that a threat or is it free speech protected by the First Amendment? The highest court in Georgia…
The Story Behind the Remembrance Poppy
From The Great War Field poppies growing near Connaught British Military cemetery on the old Western Front battlefields. Poppies growing near Connaught British Military cemetery on the old Somme battlefield. This is the story of how the red field poppy…
