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Atlanta Cop’s Paycheck Will be Garnished Every Month Until He Pays $21 Million in...

It took eight years, but an Atlanta cop who tased a panhandling homeless man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down before he died five […] Atlanta Cop’s Paycheck Will be Garnished Every Month Until He Pays $21 Million in Damages for Paralyzing Unarmed, Elderly Black Man
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Triple shooting in northwest Atlanta

Three people shot in northwest Atlanta, police say.
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America at 250: Heat doesn’t deter fireworks watchers at metro Atlanta show

Families in Woodstock braved the heat Saturday for the 30th annual Fourth of July.
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The automobile in Cobb County: The history of the Dixie Highway

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia as we discover them]. Each year the Marietta History Center participates in the Dixie Highway Yard Sale, and there are rem
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Storms snap trees, knock out power across metro Atlanta

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.
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Metro Atlanta city targets blighted properties with $250,000 grant

The Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment awarded the city grant money to help eliminate blighted properties.
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Massive crowds pack 57th annual Peachtree Road Race on Fourth of July

Over 56,000 runners braved the heat this Fourth of July to race in one of Atlanta's most iconic traditions. The world's largest 10K took over the streets of Atlanta for Independence Day. This year, more than 56,000 runners and walkers navigated a grueling 6.2-mile course from Buckhead to Midtown under...
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Fallen trees block lanes of metro Atlanta interstate, causing traffic backup

The aftereffects of a strong summer storm is complicating travel on Interstate 285 North at around Chamblee Tucker Road.
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Metro Atlanta driver ticketed for dangerous driving overturns vehicle less than an hour later

A driver is fortunate to be alive after a serious crash in Chattahoochee Hills that happened less than an hour after being stopped and cited for dangerous driving, according to police.
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Ground stop issued at Atlanta airport due to thunderstorms

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A ground stop was issued at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday afternoon due to severe thunderstorms. The ground stop was lifted at 7:30 p.m.

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