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Atlanta Police Department officers stand near the Citgo gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive during a rally against violent crime on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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In rare nuisance hearing, city pushes to close SW Atlanta gas station

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Atlanta is not likely to break out of cloud cover Friday, resulting in much cooler but still muggy weather, according to the forecast from Channel 2 Action News.

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FRIDAY’S WEATHER: Atlanta will be stuck in the clouds and in the 70s today

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Andre Dickens (center) listens as Feilcia Moore speaks during an Anti-Election rally where Peoplestown residents are fighting the city of AtlantaÕs year long attempt to take away their homes. The city is trying to do so in order to improve the flood protection conditions in Peoplestown. The two mayoral runoff candidates say they support the people but one of them will ultimately be on the opposing side come January. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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OPINION: Eye-popping settlements in flood project the ‘Atlanta way’

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Principal Laurie Woodruff (left) and Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney speak with a parent on the first day of school at Sandy Springs Charter Middle School in Sandy Springs on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The school board on Thursday approved midyear raises for employees. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Fulton County Schools to give employees 2% midyear raises

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A police school crossing guard directs traffic at the entrance of Kemp Elementary School on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Cobb County wants to provide raises for its bus drivers. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Cobb school district raises pay for bus drivers amid shortage11h ago

Gerard Lopez, Rivian's director of workplace and production real estate, speaks at a meeting arranged by the state of Georgia on Wednesday, August 18, 2022 to address community concerns about the company's plant that's expected to break ground near Rutledge later this year. Drew Kann/drew.kann@ajc.com

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As Rivian works to clear permit hurdles, residents want site details

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Georgia state school Superintendent Richard Woods, the Republican incumbent, fields questions with challenger Alisha Thomas Searcy, a former Democratic state representative and charter school leader, on Aug. 18, 2022 at Georgia Public Broadcasting. (Ty Tagami / ty.tagami@ajc.com.)

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Superintendent candidates deliver contrasting views of Georgia schools

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Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera addresses the crowd during the groundbreaking of the Science Square on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Science Square is a development by Trammell Crow Company, High Street Residential, and Georgia Tech. The development will have nearly 365,000 square feet of lab and office space across 13 stories. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Construction begins on massive bio science park for Georgia Tech

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Arnita McCoy-Dhaamin (right), recruiting officer, helps a job seeker Maurice Franks during a job fair for bus operators and journeyman bus technicians at MARTA headquarters in July. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia unemployment rate down to another all-time low in July

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DeKalb County authorities respond to a serious crash that shut down the westbound lanes of I-20 at Glenwood Avenue on Thursday morning.

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Serious crash shuts down I-20 in DeKalb County during morning commute

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The Duluth Police Department is currently accepting applications for new police officers. Certified officers will be given a $3,000 sign-on bonus. (Courtesy City of Duluth)

Duluth police department looking for new officers

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Serious crash shuts down I-20 in DeKalb County during morning commute

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Duluth police department looking for new officers

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens creates Office of International and Immigrant Affairs

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Nappy Roots member kidnapped at gunpoint at Atlanta brewery, shot during escape

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Brian Marcos is replacing former Fire Chief Roy Acree who officially retired July 31 after 32 years of service with Smyrna Fire Department. Marcos was appointed interim fire chief on June 24. Courtesy city of Smyrna

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Smyrna’s new fire chief rose through the ranks

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Korean battery recycler to be latest addition to Georgia EV sector

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Fulton approves leasing beds at Atlanta’s detention center

Clayton County makes changes to another weekend football game

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Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to the City Council on Monday, Aug. 8. (Photo via Atlanta City Council Office of Communications)

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens creates Office of International and Immigrant Affairs

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Atlanta receives $33M in HUD funding to preserve 284 affordable homes

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens names new Human Resources commissioner

$3.5 million grant program now open for Atlanta’s small businesses

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Atlantucky Brewing was founded by two members of Southern hip-hop group Nappy Roots. The Northside Drive taproom and lounge opened earlier this year in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood.

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Nappy Roots member kidnapped at gunpoint at Atlanta brewery, shot during escape

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Georgia would get about $135 million for electric vehicle charging stations under the bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress approved last year. The Georgia Department of Transportation has developed a plan for using the money.

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Korean battery recycler to be latest addition to Georgia EV sector

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Atlanta's projected high is 83 degrees Thursday and showers and storms are 40% likely.

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THURSDAY’S WEATHER: Muggy and cloudy with a chance of scattered rain

081522 Cumming, Ga.: Alison Hair, left, and Cindy Martin stand in front of the Forsyth County Schools building Monday, August 15, 2022, in Cumming, Ga. Hair and Martin are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that contends their constitutional free speech rights were violated when the Forsyth school board refused to allow them to read aloud from school library books during public meetings. Hair and Martin wore shirts that read, “Protect Our Kids! Education Not Indoctrination.” (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Fulton County Schools to give employees 2% midyear raises

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Cobb school district raises pay for bus drivers amid shortage

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Alpharetta recently approved the annual replacement of information technology equipment including approximately 154 PCs, 80 iPhones and 65 iPads. (Wikimedia)

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Alpharetta to refresh IT equipment

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Construction begins on massive bio science park for Georgia Tech

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Crime

Atlanta police Lt. Z. Kramer looks over the latest defacing of the rainbow crossing at 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue early Friday morning.

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Another swastika, anti-gay slur appear on Midtown’s rainbow crosswalk

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In rare nuisance hearing, city pushes to close SW Atlanta gas station

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Verdict reached in 2020 shooting death of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie

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Dunwoody police have identified an alleged serial rapist and are trying to capture the man.

Search on for man accused of raping, beating two women in Dunwoody

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Jimmy Alexander Mendoza-Orellana, 17, Alexis Lopez, 17, and a 16-year-old boy were charged after a botched drug deal left a teen shot and injured July 31 at Arbor Place mall, police said.

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Police: 3 teens charged after 16-year-old shot at Douglasville mall during drug deal

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The ninth season of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Breakdown" podcast examines Fulton County's special grand jury probe into whether President Donald Trump and his allies tried to illegally interfere in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Listen to Season 9 of the AJC’s ‘Breakdown’ podcast

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Fulton County DA says gang sympathizers are threatening a witness involved in Rapper Young Thug case

Young Thug case: Witness in protective custody after document leak

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GBI agents investigate a scene in LaGrange at the request of the police department after officers shot and injured Reginald Saffold, who they say hit his wife with his car.

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GBI investigates 2 police shootings after unrelated domestic incidents

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