According to new reports, on Wednesday a judge appointed a special administrator to oversee Prince‘sĀ estate and also set a court date for next week to begin deciding who should inherit the singerā€™s fortune. District Court Judge Kevin Eide assigned Bremer Trust, Princeā€™s longtime bank, to maintain his estate until an executor is chosen by the […]

A White power group held a demonstration at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. Anti-racism forces organized a counter-protest. The police made nine arrests.

The proposal, known as House Bill 757, was supported by religious groups and organizations who wanted protection for denying service to those whose religious beliefs are different from their own. If passed, the bill would have allowed the refusal of jobs and services without legal ramifications.

The unnamed male teacher at Green County High School in Greensboro, Georgia, is accused of calling Shaniaya Hunter, "the dumbest girl I have ever met." The comment came after Shaniaya experienced a number of absences due to an eye condition and asked the teacher in December for assistance catching up on her work, reports the New York Daily News.

The FBI on Thursday arrested 46 current and former Georgia correction officersĀ in a statewide drug trafficking operation, reports CNN. The arrests came after a two-year federal investigation United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia John Horn announced details of the arrests and the FBI’s raids at the nine prisons where the trafficking took […]

Updated: February 3, 2016, 8:25 AM ET Brandon Astor Jones, convicted of murder in the death of a convenience store manager in 1979, died by lethal injection at 12:46 AM ET Wednesday at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, according to Reuters. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement that he accepted […]

State Rep. Tommy Benton has come out in favor of two bills that will formally uphold holidays celebrating Confederate members.

Last year's shooting of an unarmed mentally ill Black man in Atlanta has prompted prosecutors to seek an indictment against the White police officer involved in his death, The New York Times reports.

Douglasville residents were thrilled to see a change in the political makeup of their small, rural city last week when Rochelle Robinson was elected mayor, making her both the first female and the first Black politician to hold the seat,

Jaā€™Mecca Smith was found dead at the home of Demarqo Smith early Saturday morning. The 25-year-old father was not home when the police arrived. He briefly fled the scene before returning to speak to the police.

Following what Georgia officials are calling a "clerical error," two women filed a lawsuit claiming the personal information of over six million voters was released in a massive data breach.

Focused mother and student Tommitrise Collins showed the world her #blackgirlmagic when she completed an exam before giving birth to a baby girl.