A late-night incident involving an off-duty police officer working as a private security guard has led to an important legal development for tenant safety rights in Georgia. The Georgia Court of Appeals has restored civil claims against apartment owner SMRE Roswell SPE LLC after an officer wrongly believed a rented apartment was empty and detained…

What began as a small volunteer-run thrift shop in Peachtree City, Georgia, has grown into a community initiative that has generated more than $9.5 million for local causes since 1997. Founded by MaryAnn Cox and Joan Velsmid, Clothes Less Traveled started with a simple idea: collect unwanted belongings, sell them at affordable prices and use…

For years, darkness shaped everyday life in several remote African villages. Children struggled to study after sunset, families depended on kerosene lamps and candles, and even ordinary household activities became difficult once night fell. But some of the women who once lived through these conditions are now helping change them. Despite having little or no…

Fake GoFundMe and SpotFund pages created after the 2025 Texas floods have ended in a three-year prison sentence for Maitlin White, a 29-year-old from Crestview, Florida, who pleaded guilty to two counts of online impersonation in Harris County, Texas. White pretended to be the father of Chloe Childress, a 19-year-old from Houston who died in…

A former police officer and West Mercia Police Federation treasurer has been jailed for using colleagues’ funds to pay for family holidays, alcohol, meals and entertainment. Jamie Harrison, 55, from Droitwich, Worcestershire, made more than 100 fraudulent expense claims while serving as the federation’s secretary and treasurer between 2010 and 2018. According to the Crown…

Two Atlanta friends, Jack Faught and Calder Johnson, started selling Christmas trees from a pickup truck in 2015 to help pay their college expenses. A decade later, their small seasonal venture has grown into a seven-location business that sells thousands of trees during the holiday season and has donated more than $230,000 to community causes….