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News Articles: Atlanta

Cobb County Police search cars as they leave the Edison Apartments in Smyrna, Ga., Wednesday, May 3, 2023, after a shooter killed one person and injured four others in a medical building in Atlanta, then was seen on a traffic camera in the area.

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Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder

Jail records show the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault.

May 04, 2023
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Blowups, barracks and houses of peat help form the mosaic that the Okefenokee presents from overhead. Credit: Justin Taylor

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Georgia’s hedge against climate change: the Okefenokee’s peat

Peat, the foundation of the Okefenokee Swamp and of wetlands around the world, serves as an important global hedge against climate change.

May 04, 2023
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  • Mary Landers
Authorities say a gunman who opened fire, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at an Atlanta medical facility, killing one, stole a vehicle shortly after the shooting in order to flee from police. The vehicle was later found at a Cobb County parking garage, pictured here on Monday, that is part of the Battery, a mixed-use development near the stadium where the Atlanta Braves play.

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Suspect in Atlanta shooting, which killed 1 and injured 4, is now in custody

A 39-year-old woman was killed and four other women were injured after a gunman opened fire in a downtown Atlanta medical office building, police said.

May 03, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Lisa Hagen
Law enforcement officers run near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Atlanta. Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded inside a building in a commercial area with many office towers and high-rise apartments.

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1 dead, 4 hurt in shooting inside Atlanta medical facility

Police say a shooter opened fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical facility, killing one and injuring four others as authorities swarmed the city's bustling midtown neighborhood in search of the 24-year-old suspect. Atlanta police said the shooting occurred inside a Northside Medical building on Wednesday afternoon.

May 03, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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Georgia Today: Shooting in Midtown; Atlanta addresses affordable housing crisis; Macon revelopment

On the Wednesday, May 3 edition of Georgia Today: A shooting in Atlanta puts the busy Midtown area on high alert; The city gets $100 million to address the affordable housing crisis; And Macon celebrates a major milestone in its redevelopment efforts.

May 03, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya ,
  • Jeremy Powell ,
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GPB evening headlines for May 3, 2023

Police continue to search for a suspected gunman following the shooting of five people in Midtown Atlanta this afternoon.

Atlanta’s affordable housing crisis is getting a $200 million infusion of funding to provide more people with safe places to live.

Federal officials say there were no systemic structural issues at Savannah's federal courthouse when part of the building collapsed.

May 03, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Firefighters spray a house in mid-demolition to keep dust down during the destruction of the 500th blighted structure in two years in Macon Tuesday. 

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Officials in Macon-Bibb County celebrate the demolition of 500 derelict houses

Officials in Macon-Bibb County celebrated a trio of milestones Tuesday brought about by the demolition of dilapidated housing. 

May 03, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens leads press conference with multiple agencies to announce that shooting suspect Deion Patterson has been arrested.

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Press conference: suspect arrested after Midtown Atlanta shooting left 1 dead, 4 injured

Police say one person has been fatally shot and at least four others injured in a shooting in a Midtown Atlanta building. The Atlanta Police Department said on Twitter that the active shooter was inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets. No suspect was in custody.

May 03, 2023
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  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff
Mark Riedl and Brian Magerko

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: In conversation with Georgia Tech's experts on AI, ChatGPT and the future

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT is already changing aspects of our daily lives, but what will our future with this technology look like? Host Bill Nigut welcomes Georgia Tech's Mark Riedl and Brian Magerko to explain.

May 03, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday.

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Kemp signs near-total ban on outside money for Georgia elections offices

The further ban comes after DeKalb County received a grant by following new restrictions that changed in 2021.

May 03, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
A firetruck sits outside the historic federal courthouse on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Savannah, Ga., after part of an upper floor collapsed and injured three construction workers. The U.S. government building, which dates to 1899, has been undergoing extensive renovations for more than a year.

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'Insufficient support' blamed for courthouse floor collapse

A federal agency says construction crews had placed "insufficient support" beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the historic federal courthouse in Savannah, Georgia.

May 03, 2023
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  • Associated Press

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Years past deadline, Georgia will submit plan to close loophole in pollution regulations

Under pressure from the federal government, Georgia is rewriting a rule governing industrial air pollution limits to end a loophole that currently exposes communities near coal plants and other facilities to harmful pollutants.

May 03, 2023
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  • Gautama Mehta
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for May 3, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a slew of health care bills at the state capitol Tuesday, including a measure that would create a state-run health insurance exchange. 

Officials in Macon-Bibb County celebrated a trio of milestones Tuesday brought about by the demolition of dilapidated housing.

Georgia farmers can now apply for new federal funding meant to help them transition to organic farming.

May 03, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
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Georgia Power argues new rate hike request this week ahead of summer peak electricity demand

Georgia Power executives predict the nation’s first nuclear plant expansion in over 30 years is just several weeks away from Plant Vogtle’s reactor generating electricity that will meet its customer’s energy demands for decades to come.

May 02, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
 Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to reporters after signing the amended fiscal year 2023 budget in early March. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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GPB evening headlines for May 2, 2023

Governor Brian Kemp signed into law today a bill for Georgia to collect sales taxes on digital downloads, like books and movies.

He also put his signature to a dozen new health care laws, including one to create a state-run health insurance exchange.

One of the state's largest health care providers, Emory University, named Joon Sup Lee the next CEO of Emory Healthcare.

May 02, 2023
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