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Dalai Lama returning to metro Atlanta this week for lectures at Gwinnett Arena and Emory
The Dalai Lama will return to metro Atlanta this week for a series of events at the Arena at Gwinnett Center and at Emory University, where he serves as Presidential Distinguished Professor. He will lecture on “The Pillars of Responsible Citizenship in the 21st Century Global Village” from 9:30 to ...
Louisiana man charged with armed robberies of north Fulton bank and pharmacy
A Louisiana man is in custody, charged with a pair of north Fulton County robberies last week that police said were pulled off by a man wearing a Harley-Davidson T-shirt. Vincent Anthony Baiamonte III was arrested Sunday night in Baton Rouge, La., following tips from the public, according to FBI ...
Heavy rain makes a mess of Monday morning commute
Heavy overnight rain that spilled over into the Monday morning commute tapered off shortly after daybreak, but not before leaving scattered damage and a making a mess of the rush hour. Trees fell on at least two houses in southwest Atlanta during the predawn deluge. Rainfall totals through 7:30 a.m. ...
Bike riders, marathon to block streets in Virginia-Highland, Buckhead and Brookhaven on Sunday
This weekend’s list of interstate road construction zones is slim, but numerous in-town surface streets will be closed Sunday for a bike ride and a road race. The Allstate Life Insurance 13.1 Marathon will affect several roads in Buckhead and Brookhaven, according to Doug Turnbull in the AM750 and 95.5FM ...
Canton man arrested after agents find cache of allegedly illegal guns
When Cherokee County agents searched the Canton home of Joseph Poss on Wednesday, they found no illegal drugs. But the agents didn’t come away empty handed. They seized 46 weapons, at least eight believed to be fully-automatic assault rifles and many of which were “clearly altered illegally,” Cherokee sheriff’s Lt. ...
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 ...
Disabled Fairburn man shot during gunbattle with home invaders
When three masked men crashed through the back door of Dennis Thomas’ home in Fairburn at 4:15 a.m. Thursday demanding cash, Thomas, who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, fought back. Seeing that at least two of the intruders were armed with handguns, Thomas grabbed his own gun and engaged ...
One injured in northwest Atlanta house fire
One person was injured in a predawn fire that heavily damaged a home in northwest Atlanta. The blaze was reported around 4:30 a.m. in a one-story frame house on Blyss Avenue near Chappell Road. “When we arrived, we had a lot of fire in the building,” Atlanta fire Battalion Chief ...
Security guard shot outside Cheshire Bridge club
A security guard was shot and wounded early Wednesday outside a northeast Atlanta nightclub, police said. According to Atlanta police dispatchers, the shooting happened just after 3 a.m. at Club Onyx in the 1800 block of Cheshire Bridge Road. Channel 2 Action News reported that the security guard was breaking ...
$189 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland
Sorry, Georgia Lottery players. A single ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, winning a jackpot estimated at $189 million. The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 7, 10, 30, 37 and 53, and the Mega Ball was 1. If the winner choses the cash ...
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