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First Alert Forecast: Summer heat and storms start the week; cooler air arrives Wednesday
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Unseasonably hot conditions will continue into the beginning of the work week with heat index values in the upper 90s. Scattered thunderstorms will return Monday and Tuesday with more seasonable temperatures arriving Wednesday. Tonight: Isolate...
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Downed trees leave metro Atlanta community without power for hours
A number of trees falling across power lines and poles had residents without power on Sunday. The Norwood Road community in southeast Atlanta, near Dobbs Elementary School, was without power for hours. Georgia Power told Channel 2 Action News that several trees had fallen and not...
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Two young boys die in DeKalb County shooting
DeKalb County Police confirmed Sunday night that two boys died and two women were wounded in a shooting. Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter will have the latest on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. Officers responded to 1075 N. Hairston Road in Stone Mountain on Sunday. Police said officers fo...
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Man breaks McDonald’s employee’s arm after being asked to leave for making female worker uncomfortable
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - A man was arrested after police said he broke an employee’s arm during a dispute at a McDonald’s restaurant in Nashville. According to an arrest affidavit, Metro Nashville Police first encountered Javaunn Brown at a bus stop near the Eighth A...
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Atlanta Beltline light rail proposal heads to city council Monday
City council members are set to vote Monday on a resolution that could push Atlanta one step closer to building a multi-billion dollar light rail system along the Beltline....
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2 children killed, 2 women injured in DeKalb County shooting
An 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy died after a shooting on North Hairston Road that DeKalb County investigators suspect stemmed from an earlier argument....
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Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’ able to host drones and snipers
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts...
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Exclusive: Canvas Companies acquires century-old North Highridge Apartments in Poncey-Highland
An aging apartment complex in the historic Poncey-Highland neighborhood has been acquired by a locally owned real estate firm that promises to maintain its legacy. Covering nearly a city block, four gray buildings make up the century-old North Highridge Apartments at the corner o...
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Police: 2 children killed, 2 women injured in shooting at DeKalb apartment complex
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police said two children were killed and two women were injured in a shooting at a Stone Mountain apartment complex on Sunday. Officers responded to a report of multiple people shot at a complex located at 1075 North Hairston Road...
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‘Unimaginable loss’: 2 boys die, 2 women hurt in shooting
DeKalb County PD confirmed Sunday night that two boys died and two women were wounded in a shooting. Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter will have the latest on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. Officers responded to 1075 N. Hairston Road in Stone Mountain on Sunday. Police said officers found ...
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Grandmother killed, family members injured after crash while changing tire on freeway
MESA, Ariz. ( AZFamily /Gray News) — An 82-year-old grandmother is dead and three of her family members were injured after troopers said a suspected impaired driver slammed into their vehicles on an Arizona freeway. The crash happened early Wednesday morning on U.S. 60 near Higle...
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14-time felon sentenced for possessing stolen gun
Terrance Banks, a 14-time convicted felon described by authorities as a “gun-wielding predator” with a violent history, received a prison sentence Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia reported. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as ne...