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Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates has agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle federal civil allegations that it took kickbacks and billed Medicare and other insurers for pathology testing that prosecutors say patients did not always need. The deal, announced Friday, focuses on a relationship with an Arkansas...

Officials say police recovered about 119 sections of cable along with tools commonly used in cable thefts.

DeKalb County Police are investigating a shooting at the Mall of Stonecrest that left one person hospitalized and triggered a massive, multi-hour lockdown on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Witnesses described a scene of terror as shoppers fled for cover. While several people have been detained, questions remain about the...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Cobb County police said they’ve arrested two more teenagers following a chaotic “takeover” event at The Battery Atlanta last weekend. The two 17-year-old boys were booked into the Cobb County Jail on a riot charge Wednesday. They have since been...

Shots Fired at Atlanta Mall During Jordan Launch Sneaker releases are meant to be exciting. For many fans, they are […] The post One person shot in Atlanta during release of Air Jordan 5 “Wolf Grey” sneakers at Mall At Stonecrest appeared first on Hip Hop Vibe .

A 61-year-old man with two previous convictions for attempted murder drove all the way from Georgia to help kill a man on Chicago’s West Side last summer, prosecutors say. Donnell Simmons faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Navell Morris, 28, who was shot multiple times on August 17, 2025, at the...

Lil Jon’s son, Nathan Smith, died from accidental drowning, an autopsy report from the Fulton County Medical Examiner revealed weeks after the body of the 27-year-old was pulled from a Georgia pond . Smith, who made music under the name DJ Young Slade, was found dead February 6 in a pond north of Atlanta, just three...

After last weekend’s “teen takeover” in Cobb County, law enforcement was out in full force Saturday night.

An Atlanta couple is accused of pulling off a graveyard heist that police say stripped Crest Lawn Memorial Park of dozens of memorial pieces worth about $130,000. Investigators allege Emanuel Pena, 43, and Allison Pena, 39, stole bronze vases, bronze plaques and granite slabs last August. Both were arrested, booked...

Popular gathering spots across metro Atlanta saw heightened law enforcement presence Saturday night following rumors of potential “teen takeovers.”