A woman was shot and killed by Atlanta police Thursday after they say she opened fire on them from the back of a police car while in custody. It's not yet clear how 25-year-old Alexia Christian got or concealed a gun after she had been detained. No officers were injured [Read more]
Three former APS administrators will now face dramatically reduced prison time after receiving the harshest sentences among the 11 convicted in April. Judge Jerry Baxter resentenced the trio Thursday to each serve three years in prison, down from an original sentence of seven; and cut their parole from 13 years to seven. "I want to modify the sentence so I can live with it," he said. [Read more]
And: The complicated role of race in the APS case. There's nothing black and white about it. [Read more]
Finally: Alabama is considering doing away with marriage licenses all together for prospective couples — apparently rather than have to sanction the same-sex marriages which have rapidly become legal nationwide. The bill's sponsor said it would bring "order out of chaos." [Read more]
