How legacy gets made Wednesday, Nov. 4 — How we create our legacy says as much about us as what we leave behind. Curator Lauren Tate Baeza left Atlanta for Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday. Behind her are the High Museum of Art’s new Nigeria galleries, which she opened Oct. 16 after five years...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Flash flooding was reported in multiple north Georgia counties Wednesday night. Chatsworth, Ellijay and Blue Ridge received flash flood warnings until 7 a.m. Heavy rains battered the region Wednesday night. Around 10:45 p.m., law enforcement re...
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Flooding is impacting parts of north Georgia, particularly Fannin County. The National Weather Service issued a “catastrophic” flash flood warning on Wednesday night, in effect until later Thursday morning. An initial flash flood emergency was in effect until 1:30 a.m . and a fla...
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TOPEKA, Kan. ( WIBW /Gray News) — Tessa Von Fange went into labor after a trip to the Shawnee County Elections Office in Kansas, where she went to vote. Tessa Von Fange is a longtime voter. She said she has missed very few elections. “I don’t think there are too many elections th...
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Emergency crews are responding to widespread flooding in Fannin County, where multiple homes have flooded, residents are being rescued and several electrical fires have been reported. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2 Action News has confirmed ...
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(Gray News) - A single ticket matched all numbers in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing with an estimated jackpot of $847 million. The Nov. 4 winning Powerball numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56 and the red Powerball 21. Powerball officials said a single ticket sold in New Jersey m...
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People who are removed from MARTA trains at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport overnight are being offered rides on an Atlanta police shuttle and dropped off miles away near Metropolitan Parkway. A viewer who works in the area told Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers the drop-o...
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A person has possibly barricaded themselves in a home on Hank Aaron Drive SE, Atlanta police tell Channel 2 Action News Wednesday night. Investigators said officers were flagged down near Hank Aaron Drive SE and Vanira Avenue SE. They discovered a man who had apparently been shot...
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Gwinnett County Police are investigating a homicide along Heather Stone Way in Lawrenceville on Wednesday night.
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Atlanta police are asking for the public's help to identify multiple suspects who are accused of shooting a man twice and breaking into nine cars in northwest Atlanta....
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A new Fulton County transitional housing initiative is opening doors for formerly incarcerated men and women striving to reenter the community and avoid homelessness....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Between cars, bikes, scooters, pedestrians and even driverless Waymos, Atlanta’s streets are getting more hazardous by the day. For those not protected in a car, every trip can turn dangerous in an instant. Riders have described seeing close ca...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Democrats in Georgia rode the blue wave Tuesday as the party swept statewide offices, including wins for governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms and Sen. Jon Ossoff. “We have completed one leg of this journey, and the next leg will be for us to lea...
