Wednesday on Political Rewind: A shocking string of violence in metro Atlanta raises questions of racial hatred and bigotry. How does Tuesday night's deadly shooting spree fit into this concerning trend?

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden faces a crisis at the country’s southern border less than 2 months into his presidency.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock told officials he had "a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate," Capt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

In this morning's headlines, eight people are dead after shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area. Most of the victims were Asian women.

As Cherokee County residents reacted to the unusual crime — the sheriff’s office investigated only one homicide in both 2020 and 2019 — some insisted the solution is more guns.

Among this evening's headlines, there's a potential for tornadoes over the next couple days.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been captured hours after eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors.

Gov. Brian Kemp added judges and courthouse staff to the list of Georgians currently eligible for vaccination, which includes anyone in a high-risk category such as cancer survivors, people with asthma and those considered obese.

Georgia’s court system could face an “avalanche of demands” that would “overwhelm” it following the yearlong shutdown because of the pandemic.

Missing an alligator in any swamp is dangerous, but the 438,000-acre Okefenokee is far from average, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: a pandemic year in review as we looked back at the devastating track of the coronavirus in Georgia. The pandemic dramatically shifted many lives in our state. But can we see the light at the end of the tunnel? Yesterday, eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine appointments were expanded to include a majority of Georgia adults.

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, would send state dollars currently earmarked for building shelters and short-term housing to be used instead on so-called “structured camping facilities” for a city or county’s homeless population.

Voting rights protesters gathered Monday outside the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta and some threatened a boycott if the beverage giant does not speak out more forcefully against sweeping voting restrictions being considered in the Georgia Legislature.

In this morning's headlines, Democratic lawmakers say the COVID Relief Plan could provide the funds for expanding Medicaid in Georgia.

Legislation adding new protections for patients being sedated for certain medical and dental procedures in outpatient settings cleared the Georgia House of Representatives Monday.

The Biden administration has shaken up the health care arithmetic nationally, and that could reverberate here in Georgia. For one thing, the incentives for a state to expand Medicaid have become much more enticing.