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Storeowner in South Fulton shot 8 times, police looking for suspects

Storeowner in South Fulton shot 8 times, police looking for suspects
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Views of Google Atlanta’s office in Midtown on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@ajc.com

Kemp: Google’s new Midtown office is ‘crown jewel’ of city’s tech surge
14h ago
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Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated July 27)
14h ago
The victim, who has not been identified, was walking with another man in the area of Armour Drive near Peachtree Creek when he was struck by a Norfolk Southern train around 11:30 p.m.

Credit: Henri Hollis

Man hit, killed by train in Buckhead while walking on tracks
16h ago
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North Georgia will stay hot and mostly dry Wednesday and Thursday before rain chances increase Friday, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan.

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WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER: With limited rain chances, another 90-degree day on tap23h ago
Fulton County Lab Manager Patrick Person takes a sample of sewage at the Camp Creek Water Reclamation Facility on Tuesday morning, July 26, 2022. The sample is used to test for COVID-19 and monkeypox infections in the community. (Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Credit: Ben Gray

Fulton testing wastewater for COVID-19, monkeypox
Atlanta fire and Grady EMS crews load a shooting victim into an ambulance on Metropolitan Parkway. He was found at a Chevron gas station early Tuesday after being shot at a food mart a block south.

Credit: Ben Hendren

Cops: Woman forces bystanders to help her escape after shooting in SW Atlanta
Atlanta Public Schools will hold its annual back-to-school bash on Saturday. Daniel Varnado/AJC FILE PHOTO

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Atlanta Public Schools to host backpack giveaway Saturday
Bryant Williams -- better known as Chef Baul -- is opening Betty Sue's and Binky's in downtown Atlanta.

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Lil Baby’s personal chef bringing two restaurants to downtown Atlanta
Scattered showers possible in North Georgia

TUESDAY’S WEATHER: Scattered rain most likely north of I-20 this afternoon
210623 Atlanta, Ga: Hibachi Chicken Bowl, from Gekko Sushi & Hibachi. Media tour of the new Politan Row (food hall) at Colony Square, 1197 Peachtree Road, Atlanta Ga. Photos taken Wednesday June 23, 2021. (Chris Hunt for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Sushi, doughnuts coming to Lee + White food hall in West End
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Pizza from the menu of Pizzeria Verdura Sincera.

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Vegan pizzeria seeks ‘to be the standard bearer’ when it opens in former Zesto space
Inside City Hall: Atlanta’s back in the COVID Red Zone
WATCH: Teen leaps 5 stories from Buckhead parking deck in police pursuit
Fulton elections board set to meet Tuesday
Sensu Sushi is set to open at the Trilith development in Fayetteville. / Courtesy of Sensu Sushi

Sensu Sushi opens next week at Trilith and more restaurant news from the week
Trailhead that was part of DeKalb land swap closed; activists cry foul
Georgia universities aim to support freshman class upended by pandemic
Microsoft’s campus in Atlantic Station sold to global investment firm
ELLABELL, GEORGIA - MAY 20, 2022: Hyundai Motor Group President and CEO Jae Hoon Chang speaks to during the announcement that the South Korean automotive giant is building an electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Ga. It is the second major electric vehicle factory announcement in Georgia since December as state economic development officials try to turn the Peach State into an important manufacturing hub for battery-powered automobiles. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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How Georgia’s Korean connections helped fuel Hyundai EV plant deal
Delta testing free Wi-Fi on some flights this summer
2 arrested on murder, armed robbery charges linked to downtown Atlanta shooting
After morning rain, severe storm threat increases for Atlanta
Our Bar hosts karaoke on Sunday nights.

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MAP: Where to do karaoke around metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta’s housing boom to bolster bigger government budgets
Delta had worst cancellation rate among U.S. airlines in May
Cops: Man linked to at least 5 Atlanta burglary, robbery incidents caught on video
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Education
Rick Cox, who has a son in the Cherokee County school system, holds signs outside the school board chambers in Canton before a meeting Thursday night, May 20, 2021. The building reached capacity and the people in line behind Cox were not allowed in for the start of the meeting. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Opinion: Keep leftist dogma out of Georgia civics education
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Heather Rucker, left, principal of Northwood Elementary School, and Martin Neuhaus, principal of Northview High School, are among eight new leaders starting this school year in Fulton County Schools. Courtesy photos

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Fulton County Schools names 8 new principals
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Henry County changes times for the beginning and the end of the school day for elementary and middle school students.

Henry County sets new start times for elementary, middle schools
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Georgia State University has campuses throughout metro Atlanta. An English professor at its Newton County campus was criticized by some for calling campus police on two students in a dispute after they arrived late to class. (Courtesy of Georgia State University)

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Georgia professor pulled from classes after calling police on students
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Politics
Before entering the District 2 Public Service Commission race, Patty Durand worked for information technology firms and led environmental and energy policy non-profits.

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Democrat fights to stay in PSC race amid redistricting controversy14h ago
Marty Daniel, the founder and chief executive of gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, testifies remotely during a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday about the industry's impact on gun violence.

Credit: Screenshot via U.S. House

Daniel Defense CEO says industry bears no blame for mass shootings
14h ago
Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on May 14, 2022. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (Ben Gray /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

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Big Georgia companies keep mum after divisive abortion ruling16h ago
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has proposed, as part of her plan addressing the state's affordable housing crisis, giving code inspectors more authority to hold predatory landlords accountable for keeping families in unsafe living conditions. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abrams’ affordable housing plan targets predatory landlords
21h ago
For the first time in modern Georgia history, voters have nominated two Black candidates for the U.S. Senate: Republican Herschel Walker, left, and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.

Credit: Staff and wire

In Georgia Senate race, a historic faceoff between two Black men 22h ago
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Sen.  Raphael Warnock and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will all face election battles in 2022.

Politically Georgia: The AJC poll shows a split ticket leads the state’s top races
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Crime
Breanna Burgess was a mother of three with one on the way, according to a Facebook post.

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UPDATE: 2 arrested after pregnant woman found stabbed to death in LaGrange
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A Kennesaw man was charged in connection with allegation of impersonating a police officer.

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Cobb County man accused of impersonating ‘HERO’ traffic cop
8h ago
GBI investigators said Hancock County deputies forgot to close the back door of a patrol car after arresting a Sparta woman, who later fell out of the vehicle.

GBI: Deputy forgot to close patrol vehicle’s door, leading to woman’s death
11h ago
Abel Castellanos, 17, was shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Suwanee on July 19.

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Family of teen killed in Suwanee had sought refuge from violence in Venezuela
12h ago
Katie Janness loved writing songs and playing guitar, her friends said. The 40-year-old Atlanta woman was killed in Piedmont Park last year while walking her dog. (Handout)

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It’s been a year. Who killed Katie Janness?
13h ago
What Are Infant Safe Haven Laws?

Georgia Safe Haven law is 20 years old but newly relevant after abortion ruling
15h ago
A 39-year-old man was recently found guilty of shooting two others in the leg during an argument.

Credit: Henri Hollis

Man in Douglas County guilty of shooting 2 others during fight over woman
16h ago
Surveillance footage from homes in the area shows several people breaking into cars along the 400 block of 5th Street on July 17.

Credit: Atlanta Police Department

Police searching for suspects involved in 19 Midtown vehicle break-ins
16h ago
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