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Atlanta police train for mass casualty

Police, fire officials hold active shooter training at Centennial Olympic Park

Human rights activists applaud the training but hope police make more use of the diversion center for minor offenses.

active shooting midtown

Guilty: Midtown shooter’s insanity defense fails at trial

Raissa Kengne was found guilty but mentally ill at trial Monday in the shooting deaths of two men in Midtown in August 2022. She was sentenced to life in prison.

SCAD fire

‘Very emotional’: SCAD students lose mementos, portfolios in Atlanta dorm fire

An April 27 fire at a SCAD Atlanta dorm caused smoke and water damage, forcing 143 students to relocate and leaving many without portfolios and personal keepsakes.

Susana Morales

ABC’s ‘20/20’ to spotlight killing of Georgia teen tied to ex-Doraville officer

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Father charged in son’s Buckhead death released from jail months after shooting

How to Escape From a Sinking Car

Why is floodwater so dangerous?

VIDEO: Need to know hurricane facts

Everything you need to know about a flash flood

Walter F. George Lake is on the border of Alabama and Georgia near Fort Gaines. (Bob Andres/AJC 2020)

Man accused of fudging water pollution reports, fouling Chattahoochee River

Deborah Leslie

Clayton prosecutor who used AI gets suspended from Georgia Supreme Court

Dekalb AI

Is it AI? DeKalb’s wrong map shows potential pitfalls of government tech use

Atlanta police train for mass casualty

Police, fire officials hold active shooter training at Centennial Olympic Park

active shooting midtown

Guilty: Midtown shooter’s insanity defense fails at trial

SCAD fire

‘Very emotional’: SCAD students lose mementos, portfolios in Atlanta dorm fire