Look up tonight: The Orionids meteor shower peaks as debris from Halley's comet lights up the night sky
The Orionid meteor shower will peak Oct. 21–22, offering sky watchers a chance to see meteors from Halley’s Comet before dawn.
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The Orionid meteor shower will peak Oct. 21–22, offering sky watchers a chance to see meteors from Halley’s Comet before dawn.

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Hundreds of people in Toledo, Ohio, have been forced to leave their homes after a chemical tank incident. Read more trending news The Associated Press reported that some residents said the chemicals irritated their eyes and throats. A sheriff’s deputy at the scene took himself to...
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FOX 5 Atlanta (WAGA) - News · Oct 21, 2026

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Atlanta News First (WANF CBS) - News · Oct 21, 2026

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The Sandy Springs City Council voted unanimously to proceed with land sale negotiations for 5.5 acres of municipal property slated to be redeveloped into City Springs 2.0, just south of Mount Vernon Highway. The Oct. 20 resolution is a project milestone, advancing plans for the n...
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An autographed, game-used road jersey worn by Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani in Japan last year became his most expensive uniform piece sold at a public auction. The jersey, which Ohtani wore during the 2025 Tokyo Series in his return to his native country, ...
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Atlanta sculptor Eileen Braun is 5-foot-1. In “Pumped UP,” her solo exhibition at Gallery 100 , she goes big. The show, on view through Jan. 14, 2027, gathers roughly 20 of Braun’s works, sculpted from dressmaker’s pattern tissue, cones of mill-end fiber, baling twine, constructi...
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