The scoop on Tuesday, Nov. 17: 5 things to know this morning
1. Deal wants halt to Syrian refugees coming to Georgia
Gov. Nathan Deal joined more than a dozen other Republican governors when he said Monday that he would oppose the Obama administration's efforts to relocate Syrian refugees in Georgia. Read more.
2. Snowpocalypse? Nah: Georgia rolls out new winter storm arsenal
Officials from Georgia's Department of Transportation (GDOT) have been "preparing for the worst and hop[ing] for the best." To avoid any surprises, GDOT has some new tools to brace this year's winter season. Read more.
3. Georgia colleges not changing study-abroad programs
Despite the recent terror attacks in Paris, Georgia colleges and universities with study-abroad programs in Paris said they have no plans to change their policies. Read more.
In this Mark Bradley column, Bradley calls the Andrelton Simmons trade "fearless," but trading Freeman, he says, would be "foolish" in part because the demand for Freeman wouldn't be the same. Read more.
5. More details emerge, motive a mystery in Cobb teen's stabbing death
17-year-old Abbey Hebert was stabbed by her step-cousin, 18-year-old Olivia Smith, after the two had bought some Chick-fil-A, come home and "smoked suspected marijuana," according to police documents obtained Monday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The documents also suggested some kind of "argument" before the tussle. Read more.
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