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Atlanta Traffic from the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center

Major Interstate Incidents: Interstates are improving in most areas. Atlanta: The Atlanta Falcons are playing the New York Jets at the Georgia Dome tonight at 8:30. Expect heavy traffic on I-75/85 and surrounding streets.   Major Highway and Surface Street Incidents: Drive safely and listen to 95.5FM/AM-750 News/Talk WSB for live updates.  ...

Cops: Rapper robbed at Atlanta hotel

A man who told authorities he is a rapper was robbed early Sunday morning at the Hilton on Courtland Street, Atlanta police said. Officers responded to the call at 3:50 a.m. and found a man who told them that three armed males entered his room, tied him up and robbed ...

1 killed, 3 injured in Cobb wreck

One woman was killed and three others injured when two vehicles collided early Saturday afternoon in Cobb County. Police said Irene Giannangelo, 72, was driving north on Mars Hill Road around 12:20 p.m. when her 2011 white Ford Escape crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a white ...

Marc Muneal, right, and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. (Courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)

Georgia educator will compete on Jeopardy!

Marc Muneal, assistant professor of English at Gordon State College in Barnesville has been picked to compete on Jeopardy. The show will air at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Muneal has been watching the show since he was 11 or 12. After two unsuccessful auditions, his third landed him a spot on ...

Atlanta man, 34, fatally shot; police suspect argument escalated to gunfire

Atlanta police are investigating an early morning fatal shooting. Police said they responded about 6:30 a.m. to reports of a person shot in the area of 579 Boulevard. At the scene, they found a man who had been shot at least one time in the chest. The victim was pronounced ...

A Chapel Hill High School student was caught on fire Thursday night during a science demonstration at the school. (Photo: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office)

Teen set on fire expected to fully recover

A Douglas County high school senior is expected to make a full recovery after catching on fire during a chemistry demonstration. And she has two teachers and a classmate to thank. The accident happened Thursday night during an Advanced Placement Open House at Chapel Hill High School, Gordon Pritz, school ...

Andrae Dinkens, 31, was arrested Friday afternoon in Buckhead. (Photo: Sandy Springs police)

Arrest made in Sandy Springs bar death

The man accused of shooting another man to death outside a Sandy Springs bar was arrested Friday, thanks in part to witnesses, according to police. Andrae Dinkens, 31, of Sandy Springs, was arrested without incident after exiting his car at his job in Buckhead, according to Capt. Steve Rose with ...

3 Norcross teens arrested on rape charges

Three Norcross teenagers have been arrested and charged in the rape of a woman behind a restaurant on Buford Highway. Victor Cruz-Ramirez, 16, Marvin Leonel Sanchez, 16, and Kevin Dominguez, 18, are students at Norcross High School, according to police. They have been charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated battery, ...

Ethics attorney says chairman pressured her to settle Deal cases

Ethics commission Chairman Kevin Abernethy pressured the agency’s attorney to quietly settle cases against Gov. Nathan Deal, the attorney said in a sworn statement obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Abernethy vigorously denied the claims made by Elisabeth Murray-Obertein, the commission’s staff attorney. She made the accusation in an affidavit filed ...

Ethics lawyer says chairman pressured her to settle Deal cases

Ethics commission Chairman Kevin Abernethy pressured the agency’s attorney to quietly settle cases against Gov. Nathan Deal, the attorney said in a sworn statement obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Abernethy vigorously denied the claims made by Elisabeth Murray-Obertein, the commission’s staff attorney. She made the accusation in an affidavit filed ...

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