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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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Local atty gets top job leading major law firm’s big intellectual property department

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.

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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.

How special is Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp? Take it from the scientists

The case for Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp to join the World Heritage List

More than four decades after it was first tabbed as a potential UNESCO World Heritage nominee, the Okefenokee could finally be added to the prestigious list this month.

Crime & Public Safety
Local atty gets top job leading major law firm’s big intellectual property department

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.

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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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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

ACLU news conference about Fulton County Jail conditions

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

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

The Viral Milk That Helped Set Off America's Protein Boom

Coca-Cola suspends U.S. production of billion-dollar brand after cyberattack

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World Cup boosts MARTA ridership by 1.7 million trips

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CBS Atlanta adds noon newscast as it hits one year of operation