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ATLANTA (AP) — Former NBA All-Star guard Daron “Mookie” Blaylock was upgraded to serious condition at an Atlanta hospital Saturday, a day after his SUV crashed head-on into a van and killed a woman. Atlanta Medical Center spokeswoman Nicole Gustin confirmed that the 46-year-old Blaylock’s condition had improved since he was airlifted to the hospital. […]

Hilary Grotewold (pictured) was putting air in to the tires of her late-model SUV at an Atlanta, Ga., gas station on Thursday morning, when a man…

When Mark Eschoe reportedly took his 8-year-old disabled daughter, Marlee (pictured), to a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party in Cobb County, Ga., and tried to take…

Tremaine McMillan, 14, was tackled to the ground and choked by Miami-Dade Police officers because they claim the teen gave them a “dehumanizing stare,” reports…

Cornell Harvey, 26, and Eddie Tarver, 20, have been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 16-month-old Carter Scott, reports the Baltimore…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Nonviolent felons who finish serving their sentences and maintain a clean record after that will regain their right to vote and other civil rights on an individual basis without having to apply, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday. McDonnell also is eliminating a two-year waiting period for felons convicted of nonviolent crimes […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Two dry-ice bombs exploded at Disneyland, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they filed a felony criminal count against an employee who worked at a vending cart near the Toontown section of the theme park. Christian Barnes, 22, pleaded not guilty to possession of a destructive device in a public place, and his […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is the featured speaker during afternoon exercises at Harvard University‘s commencement. Harvard’s 362nd commencement begins Thursday morning with the annual conferring of degrees and honorary degrees. Winfrey and Harvard President Drew Faust will both address attendees during afternoon exercises, which serve as the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni […]

ORLANDO (AP) — George Zimmerman‘s defense fund is almost depleted with less than two weeks until the former neighborhood watch leader goes on trial in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s attorneys posted on their website Wednesday that the fund had less than $5,000 left. The fund had almost $315,000 in January. The attorneys […]

LARGO, Maryland (AP) — Florena Carter’s shattered life didn’t make national news. Her son was killed on his 28th birthday in 2009. Carter’s brother pulled the trigger. Her father shot himself soon afterward. The horrifying family tragedy became one more private story in America’s plague of gun violence. That year, 9,146 other people nationwide lost […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960. The findings by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, highlight the growing influence of “breadwinner moms” who keep […]

On a regular day in school, Charleston, SC high school student, Imani Herring was approached by a fellow student who asked if she’d seen a…