News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Widow hires Kobe Bryant-linked attorney in Georgia helicopter crash suit
The bride who survived a helicopter crash that killed her new husband on their wedding night has filed a lawsuit against the helicopter charter company and wedding venue.
Atlanta mayor proposes new rules for Flock, surveillance tools
The mayor’s office says it’s possible to have a robust system of the technology while protecting civil rights.
Atlanta 911 restored overnight after ‘technical difficulties,’ police say
Atlanta operators are taking 911 calls as normal again after “technical difficulties” disrupted the city’s ability to receive and dispatch calls Monday evening, police say.
Cumberland Island is a primitive place. A development debate rages on.
Proposed Cumberland Island land swaps between the federal government and descendants of the Carnegie family draw scrutiny. Public comment period goes through Oct. 16.
Atlanta jurors reach $164M verdict in federal sex trafficking trial
The former owner of a Super 8 hotel near Atlanta's airport must pay $164 million to a young woman who says she was sex trafficked there as a minor, a federal jury decided.
Georgia House candidate voted in 2026 primaries in two states, records show
A Democrat running for a Georgia House seat near Savannah appears to have cast ballots in both the Georgia and Nevada primaries in 2026, state voting records show.
Teen now charged with murder in Smyrna dismemberment case; victim identified
The teenager who was arrested after a dismembered body was found this week in Smyrna is now charged with murder amid new discoveries in the case, police say.
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DNA testing ongoing after dismembered body found in Smyrna, police say
No one has been charged in the killing of a woman whose dismembered body was found in Smyrna, police said, though a teen arrested is considered a “person of interest."
After a fight, gunfire left 2 boys dead in DeKalb. A teen is now charged.
An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday, accused in a shooting that left two boys dead and two women injured in DeKalb County days earlier, police say.
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