Scene cleared in Gainesville after bomb threat, hospital returns to normal
Police are investigating a bomb threat reported near Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Tuesday.
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Police are investigating a bomb threat reported near Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Tuesday.

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A day after destructive flooding hit McCaysville in far north Georgia, residents are left to start picking up the pieces on Friday. “Everybody that I know is down helping or is coming to help. Because this is ours,” resident Betty McCarty said....
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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is leaving the White House. Read more trending news He wrote that Stephen Miller will replace Wiles, effective Nov. 9. The president said Wiles will work with the Trump Political Operation going forw...
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BATON ROUGE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - An eighth-grader was shot and killed in Louisiana, according to authorities. Officers were called around 11:39 p.m. when they located 13-year-old Madison Harris. Harris was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries. Investig...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - A longstanding outdoor theatre tradition is returning to DeKalb County with a refreshed evening format, an expanded artistic partnership, and free admission for the community. Evolving from its previous run as A Shakespeare Happening, the newly renamed S...
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Matt Damon says his wife had a brain aneurysm and had surgery a week before the Oscars ceremony in 2024. Read more trending news Because of the health issue, he said the couple skipped the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, where “Oppenheimer” was nominated for several awards, but the...
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Atlanta police are disputing claims on social media being made by a former officer. They say the former officer is making posts online that are “misleading” and “lack context and are not supported by departmental records.” Department leaders have not commented on the content of a...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A shooting involving an officer happened Friday in Lumpkin County, according to the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting incident happened on Emory Stephens Road. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office said the Hall County Sheriff’s Offic...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Newly voted in as Georgia’s governor-elect, Keisha Lance Bottoms shared more about her transition into the role on Friday. On Tuesday, Bottoms, a Democrat, defeated Republican Rick Jackson by 54.3% to 45.7%, according to the Associated Press. T...
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A person was taken to the hospital following a shooting involving law enforcement in eastern Lumpkin County.
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One person is in the hospital after a shooting involving Georgia deputies. Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard says the shooting happened in his jurisdiction, but involved Hall County deputies. The shooting happened at Mincie Mountain Road and Emory Stephens Road on Friday morni...
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Police arrested a man Thursday night after he called dispatchers from a local motel and confessed to killing his mother, according to the Holly Springs Police Department....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman died in a single-car crash in unincorporated Lithonia on Friday morning, DeKalb County police say. At around 1:11 a.m., officers were called to the accident at the intersection of S Deshon Road and Alford Road. Officers believe the car ...
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