News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Babysitter faces kidnapping, cruelty charges after girls found, warrant says
Camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of two missing girls from a tow trailer where police say their babysitter "jeopardized their health, safety, and well-being."
Feds say he ran a $165M crypto scam and fled to Fiji. He’s back and facing charges.
Officials say Edward Zimbardi tricked people out of $165 million in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that advertised 25% monthly returns.
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.
Georgia’s biggest companies seek more than $1.5 billion in tariff refunds
Home Depot and UPS account for most of the more than $1.5 billion in tariff refunds identified by an AJC review. Small firms have a harder time getting their money back.
Activists target 5 million Black, working-class voters for midterms
Outreach to Black voters is ramping up in Georgia and beyond ahead of this year's midterm elections.
Georgia high court drops most murder cases in potentially costly move for taxpayers
For the first time in history, the Georgia Supreme Court will no longer take most murder appeals, transferring that work to the lower Georgia Court of Appeals.
Georgia high court drops most murder cases in potentially costly move for taxpayers
For the first time in history, the Georgia Supreme Court will no longer take most murder appeals, transferring that work to the lower Georgia Court of Appeals.
Athens police investigating possible sexual assault of UGA student
Police are investigating a possible sexual assault of a University of Georgia student in downtown Athens.
Man accused in Beltline attack pleaded guilty in prior stabbing, records show
Jonathan Hamby had a history of at least 30 prior arrests, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.
