But a brutal attack sent shockwaves throughout the city and state. Laken Hope Riley, a former University of Georgia student enrolled in an Athens-based nursing program run by Augusta College ...

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"I hope and pray that it will never happen again to anyone." Lilly Steiner said life has been "dull" without Riley. "Laken left a colossal legacy to everyone she touched and I have zero doubt that ...

The crazy part? The top three charges belong to players that were on teams that beat them this season -- Laken Tomlinson, Seattle Seahawks, $10.7 million; John Franklin-Myers, Denver Broncos ...

On the morning of November 20, 2024, in the courtroom before the sentencing of Jose Ibarra, convicted of Laken Riley’s murder.  There was a river of tears shed by family, loved ones and by many ...

He dominated a presidential debate held in Atlanta and later captured the state after losing to Joe Biden four years ago.

Attorneys for the man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus earlier this year are asking for a new trial. According to a court document filed on Mond ...

CLARKE COUNTY, Ga. — Attorneys for the man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus earlier this year are asking for a new trial. According to a court ...

Key evidence included 26-year-old Jose Ibarra's DNA under the nursing student's fingernails and his fingerprint on her phone ...

The violent Tren de Aragua gangbanger who brutally murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has asked a judge for a new trial after he was sentenced to life in prison last month for the crime ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and sentenced to serve life in prison without parole has requested a new trial. Athens-Clarke County ...