News for Metro Atlanta and Region
A.M. ATL: Fire queen
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I-285 shutdown: Another round of construction scheduled for SW Atlanta
Interstate will close in both directions between Exit 7 (Cascade Road) and Exit 9 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive).
Atlanta’s Equifax to pay $100M after miscalculating credit scores
The settlement is “by far the largest class-action settlement ever achieved under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” and provides compensation for around 4 million people.
Inside the online realm where the Apalachee school shooter spent his time
How parents and teachers can identify children who may be developing an unhealthy obsession with mass killers, like the Apalachee school shooter.
Battery storage company to build $141M manufacturing hub east of Atlanta
Korean battery storage firm DeltaX announced Friday it will invest $141 million to establish its North American manufacturing headquarters in Walton County.
At Georgia Square Mall, back to square one after major redevelopment fizzles
Athens-Clarke County weighs rezoning to help developer in wake of stalled $660 million project to revitalize struggling Georgia Square Mall.
Georgia Power deal to serve $20B OpenAI data center goes under the microscope
Georgia Power’s deal to power an OpenAI campus near Savannah is drawing scrutiny and reviving debates about how to keep residential customers safe from data center costs.
‘Stop Cop City’ activist mired in federal case after airport encounter
Authorities say Sam Tunick gave Customs officers a passcode that deleted his phone’s contents when they asked to search it. He now faces a felony charge.
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2 missing girls kidnapped by babysitter found safe, Atlanta police say
The girls, ages 4 and 11 months, were abducted by their babysitter, and found in a private trailer in southwest Atlanta, Monday afternoon.
Officer injured while responding to mental health crisis call, Atlanta police say
A police officer is expected to recover after he was shot while exchanging gunfire with a man having a mental crisis in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood, officials say.
