Bodies of the five Georgians killed in a horrific interstate crash in Florida are being flown to Brazil for burial.
A Delta Air Lines spokesman said that caskets containing members of the Carmo family on Thursday were loaded onto a flight from Atlanta.
Earlier this week, hundreds of people turned out in Marietta on Monday for a memorial service for the family killed in the Jan. 29 interstate pileup that killed 11 people.
Pastor Jose Carmo Jr.; his wife, Adrianna; and their daughter, Leticia, died in the crash. Also killed were Jose Carmo's brother, Edson, and his brother's girlfriend, Rose.
Delta spokesman Tad Hutcheson said the airline offered to fly the bodies to Brazil free of charge. ALEXIS STEVENS
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The state will pay $93,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by four Hays State Prison inmates who said guards handcuffed them and then attacked them with batons in 2010.
Southern Center for Human Rights, representing the inmates, said in the suit Miracle Nwakanma, Cornelius Spencer, Eric Towns and Gregory Haines suffered serious injuries in the attack, some so requiring surgery to repair the damage.
In 1997, the state settled another14 Hays State Prison inmates $140,000 for beatings they endured during a prison “shakedown” led by then-Commissioner Wayne Garner. RHONDA COOK
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Gov. Nathan Deal will serve as the University of Georgia's commencement speaker, President Michael Adams said Thursday during a media briefing. Graduation will be held May 11 on campus. LAURA DIAMOND
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