As Region 4 administrator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since November 2021, Daniel Blackman was responsible for overseeing efforts to combat climate change and pollution in the Southeastern U.S. His role with EP ...
By a narrow vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed attorney Nancy Abudu for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Abudu becomes the first Black person to fill a Georgia-based seat which also hears cases from ...
A former Cobb County attorney, Richard Merritt, was convicted last week of killing his mother in 2019. Prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his mother, 77-year-old Shirley Merritt, at her DeKalb County home. After 90 minutes ...