News for Metro Atlanta and Region

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Hurricane Isaias strengthens in Gulf; Georgia braces for rain, floods, tornadoes

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Atlanta attorneys for Secoriea Turners family call on Rick Jackson to stop using her likeness.

‘Take it down’: Secoriea Turner’s family condemns new Rick Jackson ad

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Target to hire thousands of seasonal workers in metro Atlanta

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Atlanta family’s landmark case against FBI revived by federal judges

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Hyundai expanding West Point factory, adding 320 jobs

Sandy Springs residents return to homes after gas leak, police say

A.M. ATL: Stormy weather

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.

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.

Georgia News

UPDATE

Hurricane Isaias strengthens in Gulf; Georgia braces for rain, floods, tornadoes

A tropical storm watch is in effect for parts of western Georgia, while Atlanta is under a flood and high wind watch.

9m ago

S. Georgia community worries as its second largest employer faces closure

Lawsuit vs. US Marshals: Federal detainees’ legal mail destroyed, abandoned

Civil complaint by Georgia Federal Defender Program alleges U.S. Marshals moving federal pretrial detainees to distant Irwin County violates detainees’ constitutional rights.

2h ago

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.

Crime & Public Safety

‘Take it down’: Secoriea Turner’s family condemns new Rick Jackson ad

The ad from the Republican nominee for governor in Georgia targets Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and features an anguished 911 call from Secoriea Turner's mother.

34m ago

Atlanta family’s landmark case against FBI revived by federal judges

An Atlanta family's landmark case against an FBI agent who mistakenly led an armed SWAT team into their home can proceed to trial, federal judges said Wednesday.

2h ago

Sandy Springs residents return to homes after gas leak, police say

A gas leak on Wednesday closed a road in Sandy Springs and required some residents to temporarily evacuate.

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Education

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Business

Target to hire thousands of seasonal workers in metro Atlanta

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Hyundai expanding West Point factory, adding 320 jobs

State fines companies for ‘pop-up’ power plants for data center

Politics

Democratic nominee for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) and Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson. (Abbey Cutrer for the AJC; Hyosub Shin/AJC)

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Post-debate ad war heats up between Bottoms and Jackson

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Nation & World

Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company

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New US indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture

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NFL urges the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets

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More Metro News

Atlanta-based marketing agency joins global company in nine-figure deal

Get Engaged, the company behind viral campaigns with Post Malone and Alix Earle, is joining forces with Madrid-based SAMY. It will keep its home base in Atlanta.

Buffalo man arrested, accused of threatening to kill Mike Collins, sheriff says

Georgia officials traveled to New York on Friday and arrested a man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican Senate nominee, and his son-in-law.

Duracell is powering battery innovation at new $56M Atlanta facility

Duracell, one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, has opened a $56 million global research and development headquarters at Science Square.

A.M. ATL: Panda countdown

Morning, y’all. Your Oct. 7 update: A public debut for Zoo Atlanta's newly emigrated pandas, Georgia governor debate analysis, Michelangelo art exhibit in Savannah and more.

INTERACTIVE TIMELINE

Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case

An interactive timeline traces what's happened in the five decades since the tragic crimes back in May 1976.

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

An Atlanta council member has proposed a measure that would prohibit police from acquiring AI tools capable of using lethal force without human oversight.

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Georgia breast cancer care: How mobile mammography expands access

Breast cancer care can be harder to access for rural, Black and underserved Georgians. Here's what experts and community groups are doing to close the gaps.

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.

MARTA blew fiscal year budget by nearly 17%, officials say

Overtime, operating costs result in MARTA exceeding fiscal year budget.

Decatur Book Festival ends relationship with store amid racism allegations

An attendee of the festival made a Threads post warning others to avoid Kiss and Tale Romance Bookshop, after they “spoke and acknowledged everyone but the Black shoppers."