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Ex-Trump Lawyer Loses Law License in NY

Ruling comes after Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in Georgia election interference case

(Newser) - Kenneth Chesebro, a key architect behind President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has been disbarred in New York over those efforts. On Thursday, a state appeals court ruled the 64-year-old should lose his law license, citing a criminal racketeering case in Georgia involving bogus electors,...

Kroger Faces Backlash as Juneteenth Cakes Go Viral

Social media users call out bakery for uninspired holiday treats

(Newser) - Kroger is under fire on social media after a TikTok video showing its Juneteenth cakes in an Atlanta store went viral. The video , posted by user @blaq.monalisa, shows multiple cakes with minimal decoration and generic messages like "Free @ last" and "June 19 free." The...

Baby Boy Born to Brain-Dead Mom in Georgia

Adriana Smith to be taken off life support Tuesday

(Newser) - A legally dead Georgia woman just gave birth. Adriana Smith, a mother and nurse, was in the early stages of pregnancy when she suffered a medical emergency linked to blood clots in her brain and was declared brain-dead in February. Her family had no choice but to see her remain...

One-Hit Wonder Gets 30-Year Sentence
One-Hit Wonder Gets
30-Year Sentence
Jun 12, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

One-Hit Wonder Gets 30-Year Sentence

Rapper Silento pleads guilty in 2021 shooting death of his cousin

(Newser) - Perhaps Silento will be teaching his fellow inmates to do the "stanky leg." The man who brought us the 2015 viral hit "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for the 2021 shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin, Frederick Rooks, per the...

NTSB: Plane in Emergency Landing Had 'No Oil' in Engine

None was visible in the right engine of the Delta plane in February incident, per NTSB report

(Newser) - Smoke in the cabin led to an emergency landing of a Delta flight in February. Only later did officials realize there was little to no oil in the aircraft's right engine. That reveal, coming in a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Wednesday, raises new questions about what...

Brain-Dead Woman Being Kept Alive So She Can Carry Fetus to Term: Family

Family claims Georgia hospital, citing state's abortion ban, won't remove life support

(Newser) - A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and has been kept on life support for three months by doctors to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia's strict anti-abortion law, family members say. The case is the latest...

MTG: I'm Not Running Against Jon Ossoff

GOP congresswoman from Georgia says she's not interested in serving in a Senate that 'doesn't work'

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday she won't challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 2026 Senate race. The decision, made public in a post on X , comes amid concerns from some Republicans that Greene's divisive brand would hurt the party's chances to reclaim the...

MTG Suggests Trump Is Being Manipulated

'They think they can manipulate the president, but you can't manipulate the base'

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not happy with the direction of the Trump administration, warning people "in the president's ear" are "lying to him." The Georgia Republican appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room on Monday and expanded on an X post from over the weekend,...

Georgia Swamp Could Be Newest US World Heritage Site

'This designation is not a partisan issue,' says former GOP governor leading push for recognition

(Newser) - A vast swamp in southeast Georgia may soon join the ranks of the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty, if former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue gets his way. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is now at the center of a bipartisan push for World Heritage status, the AP reports....

Stun Guns Used on Protesters at MTG's Town Hall

3 protesters arrested at Marjorie Taylor Greene event

(Newser) - Three protesters were arrested Tuesday at a town hall held by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, and two of them were also tased amid what the New York Times describes as "chaos." The first man was dragged out of the room after he stood up to heckle Greene just...

Feds: Texter Wrote 'Prepare to Die' to Tulsi Gabbard

Georgia man, 24, charged with transmitting interstate threats

(Newser) - A Georgia man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband. Aliakbar Mohammad Amin, 24, of Lilburn, is facing a federal charge of transmitting interstate threats after allegedly writing to Gabbard and her husband, Abraham Williams, between March 29 and April...

Killer Mistakenly Released Is Caught After Two Weeks

Kathan Guzman left Georgia and was picked up in Florida

(Newser) - The US Marshals Service said Friday that a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Georgia jail has been caught after two weeks in Florida—ending days of anxiety for the victim's family, per the AP . Kathan Guzman, 22, was supposed to spend the rest of his life...

Fear an Alien Invasion? These States May Be Safe Havens

Virginia is most likely to survive an alien attack, per GIGAcalculator.com ranking

(Newser) - If you've ever watched a sci-fi film about an alien invasion and wondered how you and your family would fare if something that fantastical ever happened—well, maybe it depends on where you live. Citing stats analyzed by the folks who run the online calculator site GIGAcalculator.com , Mental...

She Survived Crash, Only to Die in Freak Accident

Georgia woman fell into old well after walking away from vehicle

(Newser) - A Georgia woman survived a car crash on her way to work only to die in a freak accident, authorities in Monroe County say. The county sheriff's office says Shirley Obert, a 67-year-old Chick-fil-A employee, came off the road around 6:10am Saturday and hit a tree, the Macon ...

Weeks After Viral Mugshot, 'Miss America' Arrested Again
Weeks After Viral Mugshot,
'Miss America' Arrested Again
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Mar 29, 2025 12:00 PM CDT

Weeks After Viral Mugshot, 'Miss America' Arrested Again

University of Georgia student Lily Stewart nabbed for obstruction, loitering

(Newser) - A sorority member at the University of Georgia who made waves with a smiling mugshot after she was allegedly caught driving 85mph in a 55mph zone has been arrested again only weeks later. Nicknamed "Miss America," Lily Stewart, 20, initially received a speeding ticket on March 8 while...

Bayer Ordered to Cough Up Another $2B Over Roundup

Georgia jury awards man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma a hefty sum

(Newser) - A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff. The verdict marks the latest in a long-running series of court battles Monsanto...

A Pivotal 2026 Race Is Taking Shape Around Trump

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks at Georgia rally and vows defiance to president's policies

(Newser) - Sen. Jon Ossoff came home to Atlanta Saturday to rally core Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Trump's administration, per the AP . "Georgia will bow to no king!" Ossoff proclaimed at the end of a 20-minute speech that labeled Trump as corrupt, out of touch...

Man Who Stole Masters Swag Gets a Year in the Slammer

Georgia's Richard Globensky had worked in the warehouse at Augusta National Golf Club

(Newser) - A former Georgia warehouse worker for the Augusta National Golf Club was sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for transporting millions of dollars' worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia, including one of the late Arnold Palmer's iconic green jackets. Richard Globensky, 40, pleaded guilty last year to one...

Teen Twins Were Supposed to Board a Plane, Turned Up Dead

Family disputes finding that Qaadir and Naazir Lewis of Georgia died in a murder-suicide

(Newser) - While police say 19-year-old twins found shot dead on a mountain in Georgia earlier this month appear to have died in a murder-suicide, family members say no way. "My nephews wouldn't do this," aunt Yasmine Brawner writes of Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis on a...

Pentagon Reverts Another Military Base's Name

Fort Moore is once again Fort Benning (but not that Benning)

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time , reversed the renaming of a US military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning, the AP reports. The move reflects an ongoing effort by the Pentagon to overturn the Biden administration's 2023...

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