Local
Heavy metal band involved in fatal I-85 car crash
Members of the Atlanta-based band called Khaotika and the Hunstville, Alabama native band Wormreich, were involved in a car accident this morning in Jackson County. The accident resulted in three fatalities, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). While heading southbound 65 miles above Atlanta, the driver of the 15-passenger van, which contained the band members, fell asleep and caused the van to veer off the road and into a tree, according to Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Corporal Scott Smith. The driver was unharmed, according to a GSP spokesperson. The members of Wormreich were scheduled to perform Monday night at The Basement in East Atlanta Village, according to the AJC.
National
Rolling Stone apologizes for now discredited article
Rolling Stone has officially retracted and issued an apology for its story, “A Rape on Campus,” about a woman who said she was gang raped by seven members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia, according to the Washington Post. The apology was issued late Sunday, according to Fox News. After a month long investigation, a three-person team at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism published a 13,000-word report on Sunday detailing flawed practices in Rolling Stone’s editorial policies and the journalistic shortcomings of rape story author Sabrina Rubin Erdely, according to USA Today. Rolling Stone is being cooperative with the investigation and will be publishing the Columbia University report, according to the Washington Post.
International
Families identify victims of Islamic terrorist attack on Easter Sunday
Families identified the bodies of loved ones at Garissa University College in northern Kenya, which was the scene where four Islamic militants killed 142 students Thursday, according to USA Today. Authorities also discovered that Abdirahim Abdullahi, one of the four militants, is the son of a Kenyan government official, according to USA Today. Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka told the Daily Nation that the official’s son Abdullahi is a well-educated and aspiring lawyer.
