ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Braves are running out of wiggle room.Their NL East lead has dwindled from double digits to 3.5 games entering Tuesday’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals, and there’s a plethora of questions and concerns surrounding the team as it nears...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Braves are opening a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, and the game will be broadcast live on Gray Media.Left-hander Martin Perez is starting for Atlanta.Follow along for live updates:2nd inningMartin Perez got the Cardin...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Fans of the Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team are excited ahead of Wednesday’s match against England in Atlanta. Atlanta resident Paul said it was a special feeling to see the team’s bus. “I came out and saw the Congolese team and I said, ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman possibly linked to an NFL player was found dead in a Buckhead home Tuesday afternoon, and a man has been detained in her death, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Shortly after 12:36 p.m., officers responded to a welfare call at the Brownstones...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — As the U.S. Supreme Court nears the end of its current term, they issued this week a number of consequential decisions that will impact Georgians. Perhaps most notably, in a 6-3 decision, the justices upheld birthright citizenship, a tenet of the 14th Amendment...
A man who spent more than two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit is free.He shared his story exclusively with Channel 2’s Susan Hendricks. Marquez Powell was convicted in 2008 at the Fulton County Courthouse. Nearly 21 years later, he walked out of prison after the Georgia Innocence...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — General admission tickets to FIFA Fan Festival Atlanta are sold out as temperatures hover in the 90s, with organizers urging attendees to prepare for the heat ahead of a packed Wednesday schedule.Three matches are lined up Wednesday, including a U.S. Men’s Nati...
More than three years after a Georgia State University student was gunned down near campus, police have made two arrests.Joshua Igbinijesu, 24, was shot and killed in December 2022 at a Racetrac gas station on Piedmont Avenue.On Tuesday, police arrested D’Angelo Broughton, 26, and Andrekco Hender...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia lawmakers launched a new House study committee to examine children’s online safety, after witnesses warned that popular platforms can expose kids to predators, graphic content and manipulation.The committee’s first meeting at the state Capitol focused o...
A Mexican drug supplier pleaded guilty to federal charges for importing over 170 pounds of cocaine from Mexico to metro Atlanta.Orfael Macedo Bustos, 52, was extradited from Mexico to the United States in November 2025 and has remained in federal custody since then.Macedo Bustos, of Guerrero, Mex...
Five people face federal charges following an Athens gun trafficking investigation linking weapons from Georgia to gang violence in Chicago.
A Duluth man is recovering after a large dog attacked him while he was walking his small dog in his neighborhood one evening last week.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]He says he noticed a woman near him who was having difficulty restraining a large dog, which he describe...
A Florida man who shot and seriously injured a Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy after stealing a car and leading officers on a high-speed chase was sentenced to 110 years.
Police shut down a road in southwest Atlanta after a CSX train crashed into a tractor-trailer.Just a few days ago, an Amazon truck was hit by a CSX train in Atlanta’s westside. The crash happened early Tuesday morning on the train tracks on Brownlee Road. You can see where the train sliced the bi...
Officers are investigating after a man was shot at an apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon.Cobb County police were called to the Stratford Ridge Apartments on Delk Road near Collingwood Drive just before 2:45 p.m.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]When they arrived, they ...
A new study found responders with PTSD who were dispatched to the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, showed signs of faster biological aging and a higher risk of chronic disease.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — There are a number of ways to beat the heat across the metro, like in Atlanta where the city has six different splash pads open to the public to help cool people off and keep them safe.Jasmine Dash spent Tuesday afternoon with her 5-year-old son, Gabriel, at th...
U.S. customs officers are being celebrated for saving the life of a toddler who was suffering a seizure at a Baltimore airport and started choking.
A welfare check at a Buckhead home spiraled into a homicide investigation Tuesday afternoon after police discovered a woman dead and detained her barricaded son following a forced entry.
A Gwinnett County police helicopter helped officers track down two burglary suspects after investigators say one of the men pointed a gun at witnesses during a break-in at a business.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Police say the break-in happened just after midnight on ...
Police said a 71-year-old woman was found dead at a home in Buckhead on Tuesday, and a man believed to be her son has been taken into custodyOfficers went to the townhome on Roswell Road around 12:35 p.m. when another family member requested a wellness check. Channel 2’s Cory James reports invest...
An investigation reveals that technology from U.S. organizations is being used to fuel a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in global fraud.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Braves are running out of wiggle room.Their NL East lead has dwindled from double digits to 3.5 games entering Tuesday’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals, and there’s a plethora of questions and concerns surrounding the team as it nears...
Authorities are searching for a group of males who ambushed a young mother and robbed her at gunpoint outside a southwest Atlanta apartment complex.
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - From skin to haircare, are you looking to try new products that’ll help you glow up this season?Lifestyle Expert Yesi De Avila shares her summer finds enhancing our beauty and lifestyle routines: Olay Super Serum Body Wash & NEW Olay Super Serum Body Lotion Secret Clinic...
MARIETTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The first major heat wave of the summer has brought dangerous temperatures across north Georgia, and HVAC technicians are fielding a wave of service calls as a result.Douglas Davis, a technician with Coolray Heating and Air Conditioning, said the timing is a p...
A routine traffic stop on Interstate 85 escalated into a fatal shootout Monday after a motorist drew a hidden weapon and fired at law enforcement officers, prompting state detectives to launch an independent investigation.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Stratford Ridge Apartments on Delk Road.
Cobb County police rescued a dog from a dangerously hot car outside Town Center Mall after temperatures inside the vehicle climbed to 148 degrees, according to investigators.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]The rescue happened Monday afternoon after a concerned shopper ca...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that campaign finance limits on political parties violate the First Amendment, a decision expected to increase the flow of money into the midterm elections.In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the justices struck down coordinated spendi...
A new Georgia state committee warns that youth are entirely too vulnerable to online predators on popular platforms.
The FBI Atlanta SWAT team arrested a North Carolina shooting suspect, Marques Fleming, during a federal operation in Loganville.
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (Gray News) - Pennsylvania authorities say a 10-year-old boy is facing charges after stabbing a Dollar Tree employee while attempting to rob the store.According to the Swatara Township Police Department, the child was taken into custody after officers responded to an armed rob...
A family says home surveillance video captured the final moments of a 58-year-old woman’s life.Relatives of Janice Frazier shared the video with Channel 2 Action News, saying they hope it helps investigators determine what happened during the early morning hours of June 21.“The cameras told the e...
In this investigation:A man is accused of operating alleged group homes for vulnerable adults in Henry and Clayton counties for more than a decade. Government records show multiple investigations, police reports, citations and complaints connected to Charles Pruitt at nine different homes since 2...
Gwinnett County police detectives arrested two teens and a juvenile following an armed robbery investigation.
State law enforcement teams are flooding roadways this week to handle a massive wave of holiday drivers and crack down on dangerous highway behavior.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A high level drug trafficker extradited from Mexico last year pleaded guilty to importing large quantities of cocaine to metro Atlanta. On Tuesday, Orfael Macedo Bustos, 52, of Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Ma...
An Atlanta police investigation is underway after a CSX freight train slammed into a stranded semi-truck early Tuesday morning.
Exactly 90 years ago, on June 30, 1936, the iconic “Gone with the Wind” was first published.Margaret Mitchell‘s more than 1,000-page novel was written and takes place in Atlanta, depicting the city during the Civil War.It tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara, the daughter of wealthy plantation owne...
A man stabbed and slashed three strangers in or near their cars at a Gwinnett County intersection before bystanders pulled him off with a pole, police say, in an attack his family blames on an untreated mental health crisis.Eddie Bradberry, 40, faces more than a dozen charges after police say he ...
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