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These metro Atlanta schools will reopen Tuesday after storm closures

Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta and Cobb County are among the school districts that plan to welcome students back to school Tuesday.

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Georgia ice storm: Road conditions, warnings and closures live updates

A menacing storm is bearing down on North Georgia. In metro Atlanta, an ice storm warning went into effect at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Bitter cold will test Georgia’s power grid. Utilities say they’re ready.

Bitter cold will test Georgia’s power grid. Utilities say they’re ready.

Georgia's electric utilities will face a second test of their power grid this week as freezing temperatures could strain power plants and grid infrastructure.

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Snow, extended subfreezing temps to hit Georgia this weekend

The watch starts Friday evening and runs through Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

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Georgia Dems move to end sanctuary city ban, roll back ICE collaborations

The mass protests and deaths of two people in Minnesota are pushing Democratic lawmakers in Georgia to try to curtail immigration enforcement.

Georgia students organize protests against ICE after Minnesota killings

‘A pivotal time’: Minnesota killings set up weekend of protests in Atlanta

Saturday will also feature a rally in support of President Donald Trump and immigration enforcement.

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Herman Wilder with his sisters Clara Odom (left) and Rene Wright in an undated family photo. He was brutally killed in 2001, in a mystery that took 24 years to solve. (Courtesy)

Through twists and turns, Georgia family waits 24 years to find a man’s killer

It took a quarter century of dead ends and strange leads before DNA evidence led a family to the real killer of Herman Wilder of Dahlonega.

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College Park police shared rape victim tapes to YouTuber, lawsuit says

The police department sent the videos to a content creator as part of an apparent response to an open records request, but the videos included sensitive, personal information.

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Cobb police shoot woman who pointed gun at officer outside HQ, GBI says

The GBI has been asked to investigate the incident, which left a 26-year-old Marietta woman in critical condition.

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Cobb police shoot woman who pointed gun at officer outside HQ, GBI says

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800-bed student housing project progresses at Morehouse, Spelman colleges

Runners, walkers and bikers use the Beltline's Eastside Trail, July 7, 2014.  (Ben Gray/AJC file photo)

Council members urge transparency around More MARTA project decisions

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ICE in Georgia: Convicted criminals make up less than a third of all arrests

ICE Protest in Atlanta

ICE opens new satellite field office in College Park

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DeKalb defers ICE resolution as residents condemn violence by agents

Workers who answered the phone Tuesday at Irwin County Hospital, seen here in a file photo from 2020, said the water has been turned back on. (Aileen Perilla/The New York Times)

City shuts off rural Georgia hospital’s water for nonpayment, locals say