For one of Georgia’s most prominent civil rights families, Election Day marked a new generation exercising a right their family helped fight to protect. Yolanda Renee King, the 18-year-old granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, cast her ballot in her first election Tu...
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Voting in Cobb County looked a bit different Tuesday than it did Friday, on the last day of early voting. The lines Tuesday are smooth and quiet. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2’s Cobb County bureau chief Michele Newell reports no major probl...
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(Gray News) — Nicole Taylor, a member of the country music trio Taylor Red that gained fame in 2021, has died, according to her family. She was 35. Taylor died Sept. 28, four years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Taylor and her triplet sisters, Nika and Natalie Taylor...
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The victim of a deadly shooting in DeKalb County on Monday morning was identified. The victim’s son was identified as a suspect and taken into custody on Tuesday. Channel 2 Action News reported on Monday that police were investigating a deadly shooting on Springfair Run in Stonec...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Six Bali myna starling bird hatchlings have been born at Zoo Atlanta this year, the zoo said Tuesday. Bali myna starlings are a critically endangered species native to a small region of Bali. The species nearly went extinct in 2001 after reachi...
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Election Day is here and Georgia’s voter polls are open . If you haven’t cast your ballot yet, you have until 7 p.m. to let your voice be heard. Tonight’s election results will decide multiple statewide races and will help answer who controls U.S. Congress in 2027. Key races to w...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Unusually warm, humid air takes hold through the overnight hours, keeping overnight temperatures exceptionally mild and near record-warm levels. Showers will begin breaking out across northwest Georgia toward daybreak as a moisture-rich storm s...
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A 64-year-old Mexican citizen living in Winder appeared in federal court after being charged with making a false claim of U.S. citizenship to vote in a federal election. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Federal agents arrested Benito Covarrubias Iniguez...
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Fugitive Jacob Allen Morley has been arrested in Missouri, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The agency reported Morley was caught near Kansas City. He escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex du...
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Atlanta Police have arrested a man weeks after a woman was found dead inside the Loews Atlanta Hotel. She had been in Atlanta for a conference when she was found dead, according to an incident report released Tuesday. Police responded to the hotel in midtown Atlanta on Oct. 14. T...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Every degree made a difference. During the month of September, with the ANF 3-Degree Guarantee , each time Chief Meteorologist Jennifer Valdez and the Atlanta News First weather team got the forecast within three degrees, $50 was donated to a l...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia homeowners and association leaders will soon have an opportunity to weigh in on new state rules regulating community associations. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced public hearings will be held Wednesday, Nov. 4, and Thurs...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The television ads have gone silent, the rallies are over, and the voting has begun. Polling precincts opened across Georgia at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning as a record-breaking midterm campaign finally shifted into the hands of everyday voters. Now,...
