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News Articles: Atlanta

The Savannah-Chatham Metro Police mobile command vehicle parked in Daffin Park at the SPD Back to School Bash. Credit: Jeffery M. Glover/ The Current

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Drastic decline in Savannah murder statistics

The city's police department reports only one homicide this year as of May 27.

June 01, 2023
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  • Jake Shore

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GPB evening headlines for June 1, 2023

The City of Rome has reached an agreement to settle a long-running legal battle over toxic chemicals in the Oostanaula River.

As pools open for the summer, many Georgia cities are offering incentives to hire lifeguards, amid a national lifeguard shortage.

As hurricane season begins, Tybee Island is preparing by building a large hurricane shelter.  But it's not meant for everyone.

June 01, 2023
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Georgia Today: Protest after "Cop City" bail fund arrests; Hurricane season; Lifeguard shortage

On the Thursday, June 1st edition of Georgia Today: Arrests have been made in connection to the protests surrounding the proposed police training facility; Tybee Island makes preparations for hurricane season; and Georgia is facing a lifeguard shortage.  

June 01, 2023
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  • Peter Biello ,
  • Jeremy Powell ,
  • and 1 more
Roger Moss, board president of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, speaks at a press conference outside school district offices in downtown Savannah on May 31, 2023.

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Savannah-Chatham County school board names Texas administrator as sole finalist for superintendent

School board president Roger Moss said the board won't consider public comment ahead of an expected vote in June.

June 01, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Damage from the crane

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UPDATE: Residents allowed to return to Midtown apartments after crane collapse

Around 1,000 residents of the Tens on West apartment complex can go home again after an evacuation order was lifted Tuesday.

June 01, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby and
  • Collin Kelley
A House

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Georgia Trust to host open house at third affordable home in West Atlanta Preservation Initiative

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will host an open house this Saturday, June 3, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., as construction nears completion on an affordable single-family home in Southwest Atlanta.

June 01, 2023
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of R-Calif., speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R.La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listen at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Political Rewind: House passes debt bill to Senate; Police arrest 'Cop City' bail organizers

Thursday on Political Rewind: The House sent a debt ceiling bill to the Senate, though four of Georgia’s representatives voted against it. Meanwhile, the GBI and APD arrested three protestors who were raising bail funds for anti-“Cop City” activists. And election denier Kari Lake leads Georgia’s GOP convention. 

June 01, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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This house in Atlanta's Edgewood neighborhood is where police on Wednesday arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed public safety training center. The three are officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has bailed out people arrested during protests against the project.

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3 Atlanta activists are arrested after their fund bailed out protesters of 'Cop City'

The three leaders of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed police and fire training center. They were charged with money laundering and charity fraud.

June 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A line of voters

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Kemp’s leadership committee funding voter contact campaign

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp won’t be on the ballot next year, but his leadership committee will be hard at work.

June 01, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Hurricane Ian gained strength as it headed over warm waters off Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022. Image via NOAA

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GPB morning headlines for June 1, 2023

Hurricane season officially begins today.

Five state university professors have lost their challenge to a Georgia law allowing weapons on campus.

The Savannah Chatham County school board Wednesday announced a single finalist in their national search for the district's next superintendent.

June 01, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
In this image taken from police body camera video provided by the Lowndes County, Ga., Sheriff's Office, a vehicle goes airborne after driving up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck on a Georgia highway, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Lowndes County, Ga. The Nissan Altima was launched 120 feet (37 meters) down the highway, according to a police report. The driver, a 21-year-old woman from Florida, was taken to South Georgia Medical Center with serious injuries.

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Real-life 'Fast and Furious': Car sent flying over tow truck in Georgia, video shows

It looks like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. A sedan drives up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck and rockets into the air on a Georgia highway. The Georgia State Patrol says the spectacular wreck happened May 24 in Lowndes County.

June 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press

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Georgia Supreme Court strikes down professors' challenge to campus gun laws

Five state university professors have lost their challenge to a Georgia law allowing weapons on campus.

May 31, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
In this screenshot taken from Camden County Detention Center surveillance video provided by attorney Harry Daniels, jailers beat detainee Jarrett Hobbs at the facility, in Georgia, on Sept. 3, 2022.

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Justice Department should investigate beatings at Georgia jail, attorney says

A civil rights attorney and a local NAACP president are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what they're calling the systemic abuse of detainees at a county jail in Georgia.

May 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A pregnant woman stands next to a crib.

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Georgia Supreme Court rules on lactation consultant licenses

In a decision released Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Georgia decided for the second time that a 2016 law mandating licensing and regulation requirements for lactation consultants is unconstitutional. 

May 31, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Sarah Kallis

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GPB evening headlines for May 31, 2023

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against five state university professors in a challenge to a law allowing weapons on campus.

The Savannah-Chatham County school board today announced a sole finalist in their search for the district's next superintendent.

Three people have been arrested on financial crimes charges stemming from protests at the site of a planned police training center.

May 31, 2023
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