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Judge halts a Georgia execution over inmate’s concerns about the clemency process

December 29, 2025

A Georgia judge has ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that had already been put on hold. The judge said in an order Monday that questions about Georgia’s clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys’ death sentence could be carried out. Humphreys had faced scheduled execution Dec. 17 for the fatal shootings of two women near Atlanta in 2003 but the lethal injection was called off beforehand. Humphreys’ lawyers argue that two members of Georgia’s parole board have conflicts of interest that could affect his clemency hearing. The judge ordered more legal briefs to be filed on the issue by Jan. 19.

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Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky

June 27, 2025

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor. The sightings Thursday prompted wonder and amazement from many of the people who saw it. As of Friday afternoon, 215 reports from a half-dozen southern states had poured into the American Meteor Society. Most sightings of the streak of light and fireball came from Georgia and South Carolina around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

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The Fulton County Superior Courthouse is seen, March 14, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Rapper Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, in Georgia

May 21, 2025

The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges — some involving a gun — after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in Georgia on Tuesday. Police say Wave voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Police say the case stems from an April 21 police call in the Atlanta suburb of Milton. Police described it as a “possible domestic disturbance.” Wave’s real name is Rodarius Green. His lawyers on Wednesday said “there is no truth to these charges.” Those charges include aggravated assault, pointing or aiming a gun at someone, and tampering with evidence.

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