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Metro police on alert for Halloween Flock vandalism amid more misuse claims

Metro agencies are on alert over online calls to disable Flock cameras on Oct. 31 as the technology continues to draw criticism and more officers face misuse allegations.

Security guard accused in 90-year-old man’s Buckhead stabbing goes to trial

Family sues security guard acquitted of murder at Buckhead senior home

The daughters of the 90-year-old victim are suing after a jury found security guard Janet Denise Williams not guilty after just over an hour of deliberations.

STRIDE program graduation dekalb

He faced felony charges. Now, DeKalb is giving him a second chance.

Fifteen young people celebrated their completion of the STRIDE program, which stands for “Stopping Trends of Repeat Incarceration with Diversion and Education,” on Monday.

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Tropical Storm Isaias could bring heavy rain, tornadoes to North Georgia

Tropical Storm Isaias, expected to become a hurricane by Thursday, could bring severe weather to North and Middle Georgia over the weekend.

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Georgia Party Shooting

New details in Georgia mass shooting: 10 of 35 injured had no gunshot wounds

Ten of the 35 injured at Georgia mass shooting in Vienna suffered non-gunshot wounds as some were hit by cars while fleeing, others were trampled and one ran into tree limb.

Death Row

2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.

Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.

Crime & Public Safety
Sandy Springs Gas Leak

Gas leak prompts road closure, evacuation in Sandy Springs, police say

Residents are being evacuated from their homes Wednesday afternoon after a gas main was struck on Johnson Ferry Road, according to the Sandy Springs Police Department.

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DeKalb DA announces indictment in a 2011 cold-case sexual assaults by an ex-police officer

DNA from federal arrest ties ex-DeKalb officer to cold case rape, DA says

Two women waited for 15 years for an arrest after reporting as teens they were sexually assaulted. On Wednesday, officials said a former DeKalb officer had been indicted.

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Georgia Party Shooting

New details in Georgia mass shooting: 10 of 35 injured had no gunshot wounds

Ten of the 35 injured at Georgia mass shooting in Vienna suffered non-gunshot wounds as some were hit by cars while fleeing, others were trampled and one ran into tree limb.

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Death Row

2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.

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‘Robots with guns’: Atlanta Council member proposes autonomous weapons ban

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Georgia breast cancer care: How mobile mammography expands access

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Decatur Book Festival ends relationship with store amid racism allegations

Turner Merger

At long last: Skydance deal closes, beginning new era for CNN, TNT

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A.M. ATL: Governor hopefuls meet, finally

The City Council is considering a proposal to sell the Atlanta City Detention Center, seen here in 2019, to Fulton County. (Christina Matacotta/AJC)

Federal prosecutors, defenders ask Dickens to hold detainees in Atlanta jail

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A data center upside

Georgia Party Shooting

‘It’s life-altering’: Mass shooting leaves small Georgia town reeling

Dekalb County officials hold a press conference addressing youth violence, school safety and the need for coordinated prevention and intervention.

DeKalb school board makes Sauce its permanent superintendent