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Former High Museum executive gets 1-year sentence for embezzlement

A former High Museum of Art executive was sentenced to 12 months in prison in federal court Monday after stealing over $600,000 from the museum.

2 DeKalb officers shot after ‘domestic incident’ leads to gunfire, police say

Two DeKalb County police officers were shot and injured Sunday night while responding to a domestic incident, officials say.

GRIDLOCK GUY

Automakers, marketers should nudge us more often to slow down on busy roads

Commercials and movies glamorize holding a throttle wide open on the public roads, but drivers could use more cultural nudges to slow down.

Georgia News

Tipster gave cops ‘heads-up’ on 110-kilo stash of meth disguised as cabbage

Mexican man illegally in the U.S. arrested in Georgia as part of alleged drug-smuggling cartel that hid methamphetamine in cabbage leaves, according to federal authorities.

GEORGIANOMICS

Business and Georgia’s blue wave

In a special election edition of Georgianomics, we break down what the results could mean for business.

Georgia man’s $70M verdict may be slashed in landmark toxic gas case

A new trial will determine if a $70 million verdict in a landmark pollution case against the owners of a Covington sterilization facility should be reduced by two thirds.

Crime & Public Safety

Tipster gave cops ‘heads-up’ on 110-kilo stash of meth disguised as cabbage

Mexican man illegally in the U.S. arrested in Georgia as part of alleged drug-smuggling cartel that hid methamphetamine in cabbage leaves, according to federal authorities.

Georgia man’s $70M verdict may be slashed in landmark toxic gas case

A new trial will determine if a $70 million verdict in a landmark pollution case against the owners of a Covington sterilization facility should be reduced by two thirds.

‘It’s a mess’: In flood-ravaged North Georgia town, more devastation

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and Union counties.

More Metro News

Longtime Roswell jewelry store gets multimillion-dollar face-lift

A.M. ATL: A bigger picture

Landmark Buckhead office complex to be transformed with apartments

How a $140M verdict is shaping landlord liability in Georgia

Historic Athens building, home to Magnolias Bar, partly collapses after fatal crash

Detainee escaped from Georgia ICE facility, manhunt still underway

Feel financially trapped? New Atlanta coalition to address economic mobility.

GEORGIANOMICS

What worries Atlanta residents most

A.M. ATL: Blue Wednesday

Walmart beats verdict under Georgia’s new lawsuit rules