1. Black employees file class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner. Former and current black employees on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against Atlanta-based CNN, Turner Broadcasting and New York based parent company Time Warner for racial discrimination. [Read more]
2. One officer killed, 1 injured in SW Georgia shooting; suspect on loose. The slain officer was Nicholas Smarr, 25, of the Americus Police Department, and the injured officer was Jody Smith of Georgia Southwestern State University police.
Both suffered head wounds, Channel 2 Action News reported. [Read more]
3. Two juveniles charged in Tennessee wildfires that killed 14. Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings. [Read more]
4. Gwinnett man dies after crashing Maserati into DeKalb home. A Gwinnett County man was killed Wednesday after he sped away from a state trooper in Buckhead and crashed his Maserati into a DeKalb County home, authorities said. [Read more]
5. Estate sale for shot businesswoman Diane McIver draws a crowd. The estate sale of shot businesswoman Diane McIver drew a crowd on Wednesday. About 100 shoppers waited in the parking lot of Peachtree Battle Estate Sales & Liquidation waiting for doors to open at 10 a.m. on the first day of the event. [Read more]
