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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman was shot and is in critical condition after she was hit with celebratory gunfire in DeKalb County on Saturday night, police said. The shooting took place on July Fourth just after 11:30 p.m. in the 7500 block of Clear Creek Drive, police said.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been canceled for Rabun County and nearby areas, per National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg.

A multi-agency effort involving Georgia and North Carolina law enforcement led to the arrests of two women in relation to an alleged drug trafficking operation.

Scattered showers and isolated severe thunderstorms are expected to move across North Georgia and the metro Atlanta region on Sunday. A heat advisory will take effect Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. for central Georgia as heat index values approach 106 degrees. Temperatures are projected to trend downward into the...

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Three people shot in northwest Atlanta, police say.

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“Weapons are not toys in any way shape or form,” Chief Harry Hess of the Avondale Estates Police Department told Atlanta News First. “They should be treated seriously, and don’t shoot.”

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Thousands of metro Atlanta residents woke up Sunday to power outages after storms rolled through the area overnight. More than 7,000 people were without power early Sunday across Fulton, Gwinnett and Gwinnett counties in the 9 a.m. hour, according to Georgia Power’s outage map.