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Chemical cloud moving around Atlanta's suburbs prompts new shelter-in-place alert
Authorities on Tuesday alerted residents of Atlanta’s eastern suburbs to shelter in place again if a chemical cloud moves over their neighborhood.
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Georgia county gets shelter-in-place order after fire at pool cleaning plant
A large chemical plant fire sent chlorine gas into the air in Rockdale County, Georgia.
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Residents told to evacuate or shelter in place due to a chemical plant fire east of Atlanta
Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated and others told to shelter in place after a fire at a chemical plant. Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters that a sprinkler head malfunctioned around 5 a.m. Sunday at the BioLab plant in Conyers.
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WATCH: Robbers drop into check cashing store in Atlanta from ceiling
In the video, one person is seen falling from the ceiling as an employee of the store enters the room.
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Video shows robbers drop into check cashing store from ceiling in $150,000 heist
Atlanta police were searching for three people in connection with the robbery, which they estimated netted $150,000.
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Falcons host the football team from Apalachee High School, where a shooter killed four
The Atlanta Falcons hosted the football team from Apalachee High School a week after a shooting left two students and two teachers dead. The high school players watched practice Friday from the sideline at the Falcons’ training complex in Flowery Branch. Among the victims of the Sept. 4 shooting rampage was a teacher who served as an assistant football coach...
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Advocates call for new panic alarm system nationwide after Ga. school shooting
The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a “much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said.
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Georgia school shooter had been questioned for previous threats
A vigil was held at Apalachee High School in Georgia for the four killed and nine injured in a school shooting. Authorities say the suspected shooter had been previously interviewed after making online threats. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2024.
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Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument
A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.
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Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms) of meth that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.
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Georgia college student shot and killed on Kennesaw State University campus
A female student was shot and killed this weekend at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, the university confirmed.
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California man indicted for allegedly making threats to Georgia prosecutor in Trump election case
A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending death threats to District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
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Georgia plans to put to death a man in the state's first execution in more than 4 years
A Georgia man is scheduled to be put to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years.
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Father of murdered Georgia student fears her death is being exploited in heated immigration debate
The father of Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging, said he’s “angry” her death has been used politically.
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Prosecutor leaves Georgia election case against Trump after relationship with district attorney
A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward.
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DA Fani Willis or special prosecutor must go for Trump case to continue in Georgia, judge rules
A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.
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Fani Willis defends relationship with prosecutor: ‘We'll be friends until the day we die'
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified during a probe of her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade in relation to the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Fani Willis acknowledges a ‘personal relationship' with prosecutor she hired in Trump's Georgia case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove her from the prosecution.
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Fulton County DA defends prosecutor appointed to Trump case amid professional impropriety allegations
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is defending the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
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Escaped Georgia murder suspect caught after month on the run
Authorities say the last of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail in October has been caught.