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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 ...
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 ...
Sanford Shmerling, 85: Physician prescribed jokes, joy
Internist Sanford Shmerling’s customary advice to his patients, in addition to whatever medications or regimen he prescribed, was to tell them to start treatment with two big smiles and thereafter to break into broad grins at least three times a day. He was that kind of healer, unfailingly upbeat. He ...
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 ...
DA’s spending of federal forfeiture money in question
Finances of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office were in such chaos in recent years that even its most basic bills went unpaid. It was slapped with eviction fees for paying rent late for its burglary task force. One of its bank accounts was dangerously close to being overdrawn. A ...
Tally grows of questionable purchases using state funds
The Fulton District Attorney’s Office under-counted how much state forfeiture money it spent on galas, dinners, back rent and other bills by some $19,000, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found. These additional expenditures, made in 2011, included $10,000 for past-due rent on a community prosecution office; $1,500 for a Buckhead charity gala; ...
Shutdown virtually halts CDC flu surveillance
As the government shutdown moves toward its second week, there’s virtually no activity in the federal labs in Atlanta where, each fall, researchers test thousands of samples of flu virus. As the season of coughs, sneezes and sniffles kicks into gear, boxes of samples sent from across the country to ...
“We want to see smart, successful women”
First, a confession. Before 10 p.m. Thursday, I had never seen a minute of “Scandal.” But that had not stopped me from being inundated by it. For two years, whenever the show aired, my social media networks would be hijacked by fans – mostly black women — anxiously commenting on ...
Resurgent N.C. A&T in town for Atlanta Classic
For the first time in a long time, North Carolina A&T is on equal football footing with long-time rival South Carolina State. S.C. State and N.C. A&T first played in 1924, and S.C. State leads the series 30-20-2. The Bulldogs won 11 games in a row against the Aggies from ...
Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx will headline Lowery Institute fundraiser
The Lowery family will hold its annual fundraiser for the Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights Sunday at Morehouse College. TV personality Steve Harvey will host the event and Jamie Foxx will perform, according to a release from the institute. The event begins at 6 p.m. and ...
Fulton revives talk of tax increase
Less than three months after rejecting a property tax increase to help balance Fulton County’s budget, officials have revived the idea. County Commission Chairman John Eaves this week floated a plan for a new tax levy to support either Grady Memorial Hospital or county libraries. Though Eaves hasn’t endorsed the ...
Atlanta woman says she is voice of Siri
Siri has outed herself. Apple’s voice-activated virtual “assistant” known virtually all over the globe after being introduced with the iPhone 4S on Oct. 4, 2011 is a real woman who lives in suburban Atlanta, according to CNN. While Apple has never identified her, the voice of Siri in the United ...
Judge imposes curfew on ex-Georgia Tech hoopster charged with murder
Former Georgia Tech basketball standout Javaris Crittenton must remain home every night until his murder trial after allegedly intimidating the prosecutor of his case, a judge ruled Thursday. And the recording of a jailhouse phone call in which Crittenton claimed to want to beat up the prosecutor was key in ...
Atlantic Station jewelry store robbed at gunpoint
After tying employees’ hands behind their back, an armed robber grabbed a set of keys and helped himself to $300,000 worth of jewelry Wednesday morning in Atlantic Station. But the robber’s actions were caught on surveillance cameras, and police hope someone recognizes the person responsible. According to police, the man ...
In superintendent search, Atlanta schools’ image helps, hurts
The hunt for a transformational leader of Atlanta Public Schools moved forward Thursday, with superintendent candidates being targeted from across the country. Many of the candidates for the difficult job already know about the challenges and strengths of Atlanta’s school system, said Sam Pettway, founding director of BoardWalk Consulting, the ...
Grant Park big-box development takes new turn with a pair of lawsuits
The battle between residents and a developer over plans for a big-box store in Grant Park intensified Thursday as backers of the project slapped Atlanta officials with lawsuits over a recent zoning change. Fuqua Development and Lafarge Building Materials, which owns the 20-acre property that Fuqua is set to convert ...
Heavy rain possible beginning Sunday as T.S. Karen pushes toward Georgia
The weather should be great for Friday night’s high school football games, but a just-formed tropical storm is forecast to make a beeline through the Gulf of Mexico toward Georgia, bringing the possibility of heavy rain to metro Atlanta Sunday and Sunday night.Tropical Storm Karen formed Thursday morning just off ...
$1M Powerball jackpot win unclaimed in Georgia
No one has stepped forward to claim a $1 million Powerball ticket after Wednesday’s drawing. The Powerball ticket was bought at PJ’s Food Mart on Bells Ferry Road and the winning numbers are 04-06-25-42-51 and the Powerball is 17, Georgia Lottery officials said. Powerball winners have 180 days from the ...
Zoo Atlanta announces possible panda names
Lun Lun’s adorable giant panda twins will hold on to their “Cub A” and “Cub B” designations for a few more weeks before America chooses more fitting monikers for Atlanta Zoo’s much-beloved new additions. Five sets of names for the 2-month-old black-and-white bundles of fur were announced on Good Morning ...
Big Boi’s wife files for divorce
The wife of Atlanta hip hop star Big Boi filed for divorce on Wednesday, according to court documents. Antwon A. Patton, one half of the Grammy Award-winning duo OutKast, married Sherlita M. Patton in February 2002, and the two are currently separated, according to court documents. The divorce complaint, filed ...
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