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This is a still image from surveillance video at a Chevron gas station in the 6100 block of Old National Highway. at the shooting around 1 a.m. Sunday.

Man fatally shot at south Fulton gas station

Fulton County police have a video clip that shows the face of a man suspected of shooting another beside the pumps at a Chevron gas station early Sunday, but they don’t have a name.Fulton County Police Department spokesman Scott McBride said investigators are hoping someone recognizes the suspected gunman as ...

The effects of Karen have not yet begun to be felt in Atlanta, but nonetheless a tree fell onto a car overnight on Bernard Street NE.

Atlanta weather | Rain expected late Sunday

Tropical Storm Karen weakened to a tropical depression late Saturday, then dissipated late Sunday morning off the Louisiana coast, negating the impact the storm was expected to have on the metro Atlanta area.As Sunday progressed, clouds increased and a cold front was expected to move through, but metro Atlanta should ...

DeKalb Police Chief Cedric Alexander at the scene of an investigation on Sept. 3, 2013. Alexander arrived at the department in April looking to halt a troubling history of embarrassing and sometimes criminal officer misconduct that had damaged the agency’s reputation.

New DeKalb chief wants to raise expectations, restore department’s swagger

DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander arrived at the department in April looking to halt a troubling history of embarrassing and sometimes criminal officer misconduct that had damaged the agency’s reputation. But a recent string of misconduct revelations – the latest being an officer admitting he took a bribe after ...

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 ...

Children in the Head Start pre-k program at Little River Preschool Center in Woodstock start their day with breakfast in the cafeteria. About 3,200 area pre-k and Head Start students have been impacted by the federal shutdown. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

More than 1,000 Georgia pre-k kids affected by federal shutdown

More than 1,000 Georgia 4-year-olds are joining the growing ranks of people who have nowhere to go Monday, thanks to the federal government shutdown.At the C.T. Buice Center in Sugar Hill, parents of 60 4-year-olds are worried about the impact on their children’s education, Principal Kim Holland said. They also ...

Meals on Wheels Atlanta employees Denzel Gentry, left, and Linda Wilson work on individually packaging fresh wheat rolls for meals in their kitchen. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

Meals programs running for now, future unclear

Geraldine Roper fears the federal shutdown could reach all the way to her kitchen table. Roper, a 79-year-old retiree, has received a daily lunch through the Meals on Wheels program for the last three years. Now, she wonders if those meals will stop. “It would cripple me,” said Roper, who ...

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