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Lightning strike leaves 5 Marietta apartment units in shambles

MARIETTA, Ga. - A Marietta family is picking up the pieces after a late-night lightning strike triggered a fast-moving fire that damaged multiple apartment units. Marietta firefighters responded to the Rosemont Bentley Apartments close to midnight Saturday night after lightning struck one of the buildings and ignited a
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Family Says 32-Year-Old Shot in Glenwood Road Deal Gone Bad Near Decatur

A 32-year-old man was shot Monday morning in the 4400 block of Glenwood Road in DeKalb County and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, according to family members who spoke with a photojournalist at the scene. Relatives said he was shot in the knee and was alive when he was transported. Police had not released details abo
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Showers and storms moving into metro Atlanta Monday night

Scattered showers and storms are moving into the area through late Monday night.
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Car buyers allege auto broker took thousands for vehicles never delivered

Several metro Atlanta car buyers say they lost thousands of dollars after paying an auto broker for vehicles that either never arrived or arrived with costly mechanical problems.
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2 suspects charged after woman shot by celebratory gunfire, police say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two suspects have been arrested after a woman was shot by what investigators believe was celebratory gunfire over the weekend. Steven Joseph, 34, is charged with aggravated assault and criminal damage in the first degree. Odane Lynch, 42, is charged with reckless conduct and discharg
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Atlanta Cop Who Left a Black Man Paralyzed With a Taser Is Now on...

An Atlanta cop’s split-second decision to deploy a Taser without warning in 2018 changed Jerry Blasingame’s life forever. The fall that followed left him paralyzed, and he died before a federal appeals court ruled that the officer responsible must pay $21 million in damages in a harrowing reminder of how long accountab
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16-year-old found dead days after southwest Atlanta shooting

ATLANTA - A Fourth of July shooting has turned fatal after Atlanta investigators searching the scene discovered a deceased teenager two days later, authorities said. Atlanta police officers initially responded to a report of a person shot near the 900 block of Washington Street SW around 10:07 p.m. Saturday. When...
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Atlanta Public Schools accused of using unqualified staff for student evaluations

A former APS psychologist’s state complaint alleges unqualified staff administered psychological evaluations. APS disputes the allegation. A 12-year-old student’s testing is cited in the complaint as an example of potentially invalid evaluation work. Internal Georgia Department of Education documents show staff flagged
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Atlanta City Council asks mayor to renegotiate ‘More MARTA’ agreement

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Atlanta City Council Monday approved a resolution requesting Mayor Andre Dickens renegotiate the city’s “More MARTA” intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with MARTA, saying the deal should be updated to better reflect current priorities as both sides continue work on transit expansi
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Atlanta police seek help identifying man wanted in armed carjacking

Atlanta police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery and carjacking connected to an online marketplace transaction.

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