So, it figures that there would be some tension between the two teams. That bore out in the second quarter when Hawks forward Mike Scott and Pacers guard George Hill became tangled and shared a few shoves. MORE: Playoff Schedule | Pacers sit Hibbert in favor of small lineup Each player was assessed a technical foul for engaging in a shoving match between the basket after some bumping for rebound positioning....
Although Santos contends he hasn’t committed any crimes in doing so, some legal analysts say the list of potential charges he could face goes beyond false statements about his financial disclosure; the congressman-elect could be also charged with wire fraud. “He—not just embellished but—outright lied on his resume to attract not only voters, but donors,” former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade told MSNBC on Tuesday. “That could be a scheme or artifice to defraud by which he used wire transmissions, a website....
Back in 2008, according to Brazilian prosecutors, the then-19-year-old Santos used a stolen checkbook and a false name to spend nearly $700 in fraudulent purchases at a clothing store in the city of Niterói, outside Rio de Janeiro. His mother later told police that Santos had stolen a check from a man she used to work for. In 2009, Santos admitted to the crime, writing on social-media website Orkut that he knew he “screwed up,” but wanted to pay back the shop owner....
The Pentagon has unveiled plans to make the vaccine a necessity for the army by mid-September, a move rubber stamped by President Joe Biden. Biden issued a statement citing the Covid jab would be added “to the list of required vaccinations for our service members not later than mid-September,” AP quoted. Biden added: “Being vaccinated will enable our service members to stay healthy, to better protect their families, and to ensure that our force is ready to operate anywhere in the world....
An examination of Treanor’s leadership by a jury of his peers should convict him of this weighty charge. Last March, someone leaked a video of professor Sandra Sellers lamenting that black students tended to score poorly on her examinations. Treanor publicly condemned her without speaking to her. Georgetown then violated its own policy and American Association of University Professors’ guidelines and fired Sellers without any due process. I asked Treanor: Why condemn Sellers before speaking with her?...
The limited signature check audit—which is unprecedented—will determine whether voter signatures on envelopes match those on file for registered voters in Georgia’s third most populous county. Georgia’s leaders decided to carry out the audit in a bid to build confidence in the process, even though there is no evidence to suggest there was any widespread problem with absentee ballot signature verifications when votes were initially counted. “I feel we need to take steps to restore confidence in our elections,” Raffensperger, a Republican, said during a press conference on Monday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported....
The child, identified in local media reports as Fallon Fridley, was found unresponsive at the apartment she shared with her mother in Sandy Springs on December 9. She was rushed to a Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta hospital, where she was pronounced dead. In a news release on Tuesday, the Sandy Springs Police Department said 29-year-old Kirstie Flood had been arrested after an autopsy revealed the child “suffered severe injuries that resulted in her death during her care by the suspect....
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking the death penalty, which goes against a statement she made last year at a candidate forum during her campaign for district attorney in which she said she would refuse to seek the death penalty as a sentence, the Associated Press reported. Tuesday’s indictment of Long by a Fulton County grand jury is regarding the deaths of Suncha Kim, 69, Soon Chung Park, 74, Hyun Jung Grant, 51, and Yong Ae Yue, 63, at two separate locations....
Calhoun Jr. allegedly wrote on Facebook that he and the “mob” searched through Pelosi’s “inner sanctum.” He allegedly wrote, “The first of us who got upstairs kicked in Nancy Pelosi’s office door and pushed down the hall towards her inner sanctum, the mob howling with rage. Crazy Nancy probably would have been torn into little pieces but she was nowhere to be seen.” He was arrested on January 15 and charged with entering a restricted building, violent or disorderly conduct and obstructing official proceedings of government, according to an FBI affidavit....
Carter was trying to stop Vanderbilt quarterback Johnny McCrary when their helmets slammed into each other. MORE: Top 25 fared | HAYES: Don’t believe the Auburn hype | Watch Cook run The play was under review, but the call stood and Carter was sent to the locker room. McCrary didn’t sustain any injuries.
The Wednesday executive order, called the “Empowering a Healthy Georgia Act,” strongly encourages Georgians to wear masks in public, but voids any local mandate requiring a person to do so. The executive order came as Georgia is seeing an uptick in new cases of COVID-19 and sparked criticism from state and local officials. Johnson, who was the first local official to issue a mask mandate, posted on Twitter that it’s “officially official” that “Governor Kemp does not give a damn about us....
Louisiana has already moved its primary election from April 4 to June 20. The Georgia primary scheduled for March 24 has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 9, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Events are moving rapidly and my highest priority is protecting the health of our poll workers, their families, and the community at large,” said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whose office oversees elections. More than 275,000 Georgians voted in early elections, which began on March 2....
But on Saturday, Bennett ran into his first major challenge of the season. Facing No. 3 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, Bennett performed well, completing 29-of-48 passes for 340 yards with three touchdowns. However, his second half was marred by a pair of interceptions, including a back-breaking pick-six in the fourth quarter, as the Crimson Tide routed the previously undefeated, No. 1 Bulldogs 41-24. Georgia is still likely in the College Football Playoff, all but certain to pick up the No....
Grady’s contributions to the state landed his name on a hospital, multiple schools and streets, and the statue characterizes him as an “orator,” “journalist” and “patriot.” Students agree that Grady made an impact on Atlanta, but as an advocate of white supremacy, they say, it’s important that people see the whole picture of his life, including the negative parts. “These monuments pretend that people like Henry Grady only did good things....
The Line: Georgia -13, Total: 66 Line movement: The Bulldogs opened as 14-point favorites Sunday night at The Wynn. Early money on the Yellow Jackets dropped the line to 13 by early Monday morning. Midweek, most shops were at 13, while the Westgate was dealing 12.5 For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: The Yellow Jackets are 1-4 ATS in their last five games against Georgia…....
He and his team-mates had been forced by the Professional Football League (LFP) to play a game of football while people trying to vote on Catalan independence were being brutally assaulted by police officers sent by the Spanish government to supress a referendum regarded as illegal. Barca 13/2 to win CL with dabblebet “It’s been a very tough day, probably the toughest since I turned professional,” the defender said, fighting back the tears....
The fact is, Smashing Pumpkins rules alternative rock in 1996. And that’s a strange place for alternative rock to be. Ever since the genre broke through commercially in 1991, Corgan has been a kind of runner-up hero. In the tortured ““I hate myself, I want to die’’ category, he just couldn’t compete with Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, who did die, and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, who complained so tiresomely about his fame that one band, Oasis, publicly wished he’d die....
And there’s no place where it’s a bigger deal than in the state of Thüringen, home to the legendary Thüringer Bratwurst. If there was such a thing as a Bratwurst kingdom, the central German state would be it—it has long had a Bratwurst King. And on Aug. 16, the regional bratwurst interest organization—yes, there is such a thing—took things a step further by appointing the first Minister of Bratwurst in Thüringen to make sure the fresh link sausage gets its due....
Three major forces appear to be driving this awakening in the world’s third largest economy: greater efficiency in the labor market (as unions weaken and corporations hire more temp and part-time workers) in corporate organization and in the use of capital (plants and equipment). Of these three forces, the newest, most important and least well recognized is the capital revolution. German production has always been seen as a model of efficiency, obscuring the fact that it lagged behind in adopting new information technologies–the elixir of the Anglo-Saxon productivity revival of the late 1990s....
The strikes were the largest in western Germany’s postwar history. They reflected not only the eternal quest for more money but also divisions between the two Germanys in the aftermath of unification. The annual cost to the western part of the country is now more than $120 billion per year, far more than Chancellor Helmut Kohl forecast in the heady days just after the Berlin wall fell. And the average west German is paying the bill, in the form of higher taxes and a 4....
