Decatur GA

ATLANTA — Atlanta is beaming with pride today as one of its brightest young minds, Aniaba Jean-Baptiste N'guessan, returns home to a hero's welcome. The Morehouse College senior, a triple major in economics, mathematics, and computer science, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar for the West Africa constituency,...

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ATLANTA, Georgia — FBI Director Kash Patel is facing internal scrutiny after directing a SWAT team to protect his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, during her national anthem performance at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention earlier this year. According to reporting from the New York Times,...

Police say he panicked while the plane was taxiing.

(GPB News)-Clean air advocates say unchecked growth in Georgia’s data center industry could harm public health. Especially for people in metro Atlanta where air quality has worsened. More than 4% of all electricity used nationwide powers data centers, according to the Pew Research Center, and AI-optimized hyperscale...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A man is accused of shooting a victim who later died at the hospital after the victim was located hiding on his property on Tuesday morning in Fulton County, according to warrants. Warrants state that Thomas Jackson was checking his property at around 6:50 a.m....

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — A man in Stone Mountain was arrested after trying to extort a cadet from the DeKalb County Police, according to a police report. Officers with the Stone Mountain Police Department were called to townhomes located in the 1100 block of Rankin Street on Nov. 9, around 5:54 p.m., after receiving a...

CONYERS, GEORGIA — The families of three teenagers who were fatally shot during an attempted armed robbery in 2019 have filed a civil lawsuit against the homeowner, arguing that he used excessive force when defending himself and others outside his home. Authorities had previously ruled the shooting a clear act of...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police are looking for the person responsible after a man was shot multiple times in Decatur. It happened on Monday around 8:19 p.m., along the 3700 block of Lavista Road. Investigators said the victim called police and then drove himself to a location where officers were able to...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/Decaturish) — Tire dumping has become a nuisance in DeKalb County, with 42 hot spots for illegally disposing of the material. The county commission is seeking to establish a penalty for this type of littering. Commissioners discussed the legislation during an Employee Relations and...