Tag: Georgia
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Georgia dismisses members of pregnancy maternal death review board after leak of information on 2 such deaths
Georgia’s top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after the leak, presumably by a committee member, of information about two such deaths. In a letter first reported by ProPublica and dated Nov. 8, state public health commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said whoever shared the information violated state…
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Georgia woman convicted of killing her toddler and dumping his body in trash bin is sentenced to life in prison
A Georgia woman convicted of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole. Her sentencing hearing in Chatham County Superior Court came a month after a trial jury found Simon…
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Georgia prosecutors try to hold parent accountable for school shooting
Georgia prosecutors try to hold parent accountable for school shooting – CBS News Watch CBS News The father of the teen accused in the deadly Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia entered a “not guilty” plea in the case on Thursday. The charges are the latest example from prosecutors seeking to hold parents responsible for…
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Man convicted of murder in death of Laken Riley, Georgia nursing student killed on jogging trail
A judge has convicted the man on trial for the killing of Laken Riley, a nursing student in Georgia whose death in February shook the college town where she studied, as well as the country. Jose Ibarra, 26, was found guilty of murder and other charges related to Riley’s death. Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant,…
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How Laken Riley’s death sent “a reality shock” through the college town of Athens, Georgia
Just two blocks from the University of Georgia campus, in a downtown courtroom in Athens, Georgia, Jose Ibarra is on trial for the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley, a former UGA student who transferred to the nursing program at Augusta University’s Athens campus. In late February, Riley was attacked during her morning jog on a…
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After a magnet fisher reeled in a rifle from a creek, a Georgia couple’s cold case murder ends with a guilty plea
Guns, bombs, WWII artifacts found while magnet fishing in Michigan Guns, bombs, WWII artifacts found while magnet fishing in Michigan 03:48 A man has pleaded guilty in the killings of a Georgia couple who were lured to their deaths nearly a decade ago, authorities say, after someone magnet fishing in a creek reeled in a…
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Trial begins in murder of Georgia nursing student
Trial begins in murder of Georgia nursing student – CBS News Watch CBS News A murder trial is underway in Athens, Georgia, for a Venezuelan man accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. The suspect was in the U.S. illegally, and his arrest helped put the immigration debate front and center during the presidential…
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Man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley “went hunting for females,” prosecutor says
A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday. The man’s lawyer, though, said the evidence is circumstantial and doesn’t prove his client is guilty. Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally, is…
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Trial for Laken Riley murder suspect begins in Georgia
Trial for Laken Riley murder suspect begins in Georgia – CBS News Watch CBS News The trial has begun for Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. Riley’s death in February became a rallying cry for some political candidates after…
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What caused Georgia to flip back for Trump
What caused Georgia to flip back for Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump flipped Georgia, winning the battleground state in 2024 after President Biden won it in 2020. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion breaks down the factors contributing to the state’s red support. Be the first to know Get browser…