News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Extreme heat prompts Georgia schools to rearrange operations and activities
The extremely hot weather is causing disruptions in some metro Atlanta schools, knocking out HVACs and prompting virtual learning where possible.
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.
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.
Man accused in Beltline attack pleaded guilty in prior stabbing, records show
Johnathan Hamby had a history of at least 30 prior arrests, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says.
Reality TV star denied bond on child molestation charges in Fulton
Sidney “Starr” Favors was arrested earlier this month at a hotel in Hapeville and will remain in jail on pending child molestation charges.
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.
