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Atlanta faces sharp critiques for extreme heat response

‘Just not good enough’: Critics blast Atlanta’s extreme heat protections

Doctors, homeless services organizations and grassroots groups criticize Atlanta’s response to a heat wave that scorched the city around July Fourth.

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Alan Walden, who managed Otis Redding and Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 83

Georgia music impresario Alan Walden, who had a hand in launching fellow Maconite Otis Redding to superstardom and signed a fledgling Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Thursday. He was 83.

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Grandmother charged after 2-year-old boy’s drowning death at Roswell pool

Axel Delgado's grandmother "failed to provide adequate supervision" at a Roswell apartment complex swimming pool, according to a warrant for the woman's arrest.

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Atlanta becomes first city to offer free smart bassinets to employees

A new city of Atlanta employee benefit is giving parents access to a high-tech bassinet designed to soothe babies and help families get more rest.

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Atlanta attorney lands leading role at prominent national firm

Atlanta patent lawyer Charley Brown has been named chair of the intellectual property department at prominent national law firm Ballard Spahr.

What World Heritage status could mean for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

What World Heritage honor will and won’t mean for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets this month in Busan, South Korea, to decide if the Okefenokee should be a World Heritage site.

Crime & Public Safety
Atlanta attorney Charley Brown

Atlanta attorney lands leading role at prominent national firm

Atlanta patent lawyer Charley Brown has been named chair of the intellectual property department at prominent national law firm Ballard Spahr.

Jayden Williams

Stockbridge mayor faces scrutiny as City Council strips him of access, duties

Jayden Williams, the newly elected mayor of Stockbridge, has been stripped of his access to city property, funds and certain responsibilities by the City Council.

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UPDATE

Deputies ID ex-boyfriend on the run after woman fatally shot in Hall County

Investigators say they believe the suspect is the ex-boyfriend of the woman fatally shot at a Hall County convenience store.

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Flash flood warnings issued in metro Atlanta as rain soaks Friday commute

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After 50 years of love and loss, an Atlanta record store is ready to celebrate

Atlanta faces sharp critiques for extreme heat response

‘Just not good enough’: Critics blast Atlanta’s extreme heat protections

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Another immigrant detainee dies in ICE custody in Georgia

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Why station wagons still make sense — even if Americans ignore them

ACLU news conference about Fulton County Jail conditions

Financing for Fulton’s $1.3B jail project in hands of obscure jail authority

Metro Atlanta governments grapple with exiting executives

Case against Fulton County manager too weak to advance, ethics board finds

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Georgia Rep. Kelley must face suit over friend’s fatal hit-and-run, judges say

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Will Atlanta see a World Cup tourism afterglow?

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Grandmother charged after 2-year-old boy’s drowning death at Roswell pool