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Alimera Sciences: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — Alimera Sciences Inc. (ALIM) on Tuesday reported a loss of $6.3 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based company said it had a loss of 12 cents. The eye drug developer posted...
Despite safety warnings, police departments continue misapplying restraint positions and techniques
Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s back. The fifth placed his weight on the man’s buttocks. Five officers from the...
Georgia mandated training for police on stun gun use, but hasn't funded it
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jermaine Jones Jr. was riding with his uncle and father to get air for a tire the evening of Oct. 11, 2021, when officers from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office pulled the Chevrolet Tahoe over because it had a tinted license plate cover. The officers, who...
Georgia requires less basic training for new police officers than any state but Hawaii
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia requires fewer hours of basic training for law enforcement officers than any state but Hawaii. With this training, new officers enter unpredictable and dangerous situations where they must make quick decisions under stress. Even though they had more...
AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines
In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people — not simply once or twice, but multiple times. Most violations involved pinning people facedown in ways that...
Agilysys: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — Agilysys Inc. (AGYS) on Monday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $3 million. On a per-share basis, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based company said it had profit of 11 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to...
Amid GOP focus on elections, Georgia Republicans remove officer found to have voted illegally
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican Party has removed one of its officers after an administrative law judge found he voted illegally nine times after moving to the state. The state Republican Committee voted 146-24 on Friday to remove Brian K. Pritchard, its first vice chairman,...
Michigan's Edwards, Texas' Ewers, Colorado's Hunter among 6 on college football video game cover
Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter are among the six players displayed on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25, which is set to return after being discontinued 11 years ago. The cover for the deluxe...
A Republican operative is running for Congress in Georgia with Trump's blessing. Will it be enough?
NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Brian Jack came home to Georgia with former President Donald Trump's endorsement and a stack of Washington contacts. Now he just has to close the sale with GOP primary voters in the safely Republican 3rd Congressional District as he makes his first run for office. ...
Authorities make arrest in 2001 killing of Georgia law student who was found dead in a burning home
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — More than two decades after a University of Georgia law student was found dead in her burning home, authorities have arrested a man and charged him with murder in her slaying. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Athens-Clarke County police on Thursday...
