ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday requested an Aug. 5 start date for the trial of former President Donald Trump and his allied co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case. “This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials…and the other Defendants’ constitutional speedy trial rights,” Willis…
Prosperity Society Why one grandmother’s house has become a national cause | View caption Hide caption Property has always been a primary path to wealth, with Black Americans and other marginalized communities struggling to fend off forces that would take theirs. But there are signs of a shift, and one woman’s case has caught national…
Trump’s lawyers plead guilty. What does that mean for Georgia case? | View caption Hide caption In August, these three lawyers were all charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as co-defendants with Mr. Trump in her sweeping Georgia election interference case. But over recent days, all have pleaded guilty and accepted plea deals,…
Four inmates, including a man accused of murder, escaped from a Georgia jail early Monday, authorities said. The inmates made their way out of the Bibb County Detention Center through a damaged window and a cut fence, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. They escaped about 3 a.m. in a blue Dodge…
What’s at stake in Trump’s fraud trial – and other civil cases | View caption Hide caption It was his presence in the courtroom to begin with that may have been more remarkable – and indicative of the lawsuit’s core challenge to Mr. Trump’s identity as a successful businessperson. Mr. Trump’s biggest legal problems remain…
First Look China-US diplomacy hits panda-monium. Why are the bears going home? The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in December. Amid diplomatic tensions between China and a number of Western governments, China appears to be gradually pulling back its pandas from Western zoos as their agreements expire. | View caption…
One way to boost math scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety. | View caption Hide caption “I am Wendi. Wendi is me,” said Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta. Several educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point. Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem…
A pet dog that got lost at Atlanta’s airport — considered the busiest in the world — has been found safe three weeks later. Maia, a 6-year-old pup, got lost after flying Delta Airlines from the Dominican Republic to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Aug. 18 with her owner, Paula Rodriguez, according to the airline…
Santa Barbara, California The Whale House’s 75-foot lap pool flows through a wood-clad tunnel into a grotto-like interior courtyard. The 1978 three-bedroom home, designed by Michael Carmichael, features undulating lines and organic details including a wavy cedar-shingle exterior, Venetian plaster, cedar, and stone interior walls, 270 Belgian leaded and stained-glass windows, log beams, and rock…