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Police officer who wrongfully pulled over undocumented student resigns, city says 2n532g

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The police officer who wrongfully pulled over an undocumented college student has resigned from the job.

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A judge granted 19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, a $1,500 bond Wednesday afternoon.

College student detained by ICE to be released on bond after being wrongfully pulled over w2u4p

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Dorothy Sedovic
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was granted a $1,500 bond Wednesday afternoon.

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College student may not be released from ICE custody despite police dropping traffic violation charges 484667

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
All charges have now been dropped against a 19-year-old woman who was detained by ICE during a traffic stop in Georgia.

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FILE - A woman was arrested after allegedly throwing hot chicken grease on her boyfriend.

Woman accused of severely burning boyfriend with hot chicken grease, police say 2482m

Updated: May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A woman is accused of severely burning her boyfriend with hot chicken grease.

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Woman attends grandmother’s funeral, discovers stranger in casket, lawsuit says 3t666g

Updated: May 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
A woman in Georgia filed a lawsuit against a funeral home after she says someone else was in her grandmother’s casket at her funeral.

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Quila, Kamiya, Kalaya and Rakiya Lee celebrate their graduations.

‘I am so proud’: Mother, 3 daughters graduating together from university on same day 5i3z45

Updated: May 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
A mother, along with her three daughters, will cross the stage on the same day this year in Georgia.

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Krista and Tyler Schindley were sentenced to 40 years in prison and 20 years of probation.

Adoptive parents sentenced to prison after 10-year-old was found wandering neighborhood weighing just 36 pounds 2mw1c

Updated: May 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
A Georgia couple accused of intentionally starving and abusing their adoptive son have taken a non-negotiated plea deal and were sentenced to decades in prison on Thursday.

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Shedeur Sanders looks on at his jersey retirement ceremony during Colorado's NCAA college...

NFL fines Atlanta Falcons, defensive coordinator over son’s prank call to Shedeur Sanders 2x5a43

Updated: Apr. 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Dorothy Sedovic
The team was fined $250,000 and Ulbrich was fined $100,000 for leaking Sanders’ phone number.

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A public water fountain is seen Friday, March 28, 2025, in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.

Mother upset after ‘white only’ and ‘colored only’ signs placed above school water fountains for history lesson 4f4h61

Updated: Apr. 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A mother is raising concerns over an unapproved history lesson at school where "whites only" and "colored only" signs were placed above school water fountains.

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A Delta flight from Orlando to Atlanta caught fire on Monday.

Delta plane catches fire in Orlando, forcing engers to evacuate 4x1s2r

Updated: Apr. 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
A Delta Airlines plane burst into flames on the tarmac in Orlando Monday morning. Video shows smoke and flames billowing from the side of the aircraft.

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A South Fulton and Fulton County police officer were shot Friday and a suspect was killed.

2 Georgia officers shot, suspect killed during gunfire exchange 6tk4

Updated: Apr. 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
Two officers were shot in Fulton County, Georgia Friday and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire at a Budgetel Inn and Suites.

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A toddler has died after being shot in southeast Atlanta, according to police.

‘It’s unsettling...‘: 2-year-old dead after being shot in Atlanta apartment, police say 2c3u37

Updated: Apr. 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
A toddler has died after being shot in southeast Atlanta, according to police.

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Maya Getahun’s family filed the lawsuit against Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville.

2-year-old girl dies after being bitten by fire ants, lawsuit says g3b35

Updated: Apr. 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
A family in Georgia is suing a hospital after their 2-year-old daughter died after being bitten by ants.

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Dead horse left on sidewalk in downtown Atlanta, authorities say e5l5n

Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff, Alani Letang and Andrew McMunn
Officials in Georgia are investigating after a dead horse was left on the sidewalk in downtown Atlanta over Saturday night.

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A group of Muslim women were targeted by a man who hurled insults at them in Georgia.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ex-husband publicly apologizes for harassing Muslim women 3f5e6d

Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
The man who was caught on camera verbally harassing a group of Muslim women at a Georgia shopping center has apologized.

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Deputies say daycare worker Samantha Hertzog was charged with first-degree cruelty to children...

Daycare worker accused of body-slamming 3-year-old child into cot 16c45

Updated: Apr. 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Deputies say the suspect was charged with first-degree cruelty to children.

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Delta faces lawsuit, OSHA fine in 2024 deadly tire explosion 3t314h

Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Delta Air Lines is facing a lawsuit and a hefty fine in a fatal tire explosion at one of its maintenance facilities in 2024.

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Army identifies fourth soldier killed in Lithuania 2d6s2j

Updated: Apr. 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Dorothy Sedovic
The fourth soldier found dead after a training accident in Lithuania has been identified by the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division.

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Authorities discovered Shirley Obert's body at the bottom of a deep well that was surrounded...

67-year-old who went missing after crash found dead at bottom of a well 2s2c2g

Updated: Mar. 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
The body of a 67-year-old woman was found at the bottom of a deep well in Georgia, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

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Hector David Sagastume Rivas faces charges of felony murder and aggravated assault for...

‘Brutally taken’: Undocumented immigrant accused of strangling mom of 5 to death 6q6w28

Updated: Mar. 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
Hector David Sagastume Rivas, 21, faces charges of felony murder and aggravated assault for allegedly killing 52-year-old Camilia Williams.

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Diego Ibarra, 29, was found with the fraudulent document while law enforcement began...

Brother of man who killed Laken Riley sentenced for having fake green card 23205u

Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Diego Ibarra was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found with the fraudulent document while law enforcement began investigating Laken Riley’s death last year.

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FILE - A woman is accused of stabbing at a teenager with a screwdriver in front of police.

Woman accused of stabbing at teenager with screwdriver in front of police 3e321e

Updated: Mar. 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A woman is accused of stabbing at a teenager with a screwdriver in front of police.

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Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, 19, were found shot to death on top of Bell Mountain in Towns County...

Family questions reports about 19-year-old twin brothers found shot to death on mountain 336w3i

Updated: Mar. 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Investigators believe the incident was a murder-suicide, but family say that sounds nothing like the twins.

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Severe weather in Dallas led to a gas station awning to flip over and onto a convenience store...

Gas station uprooted by tornado 5f6h1p

Updated: Mar. 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM CDT
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By Amanda Alvarado and Atlanta News First staff
A gas station was destroyed during severe weather and an EF1 tornado.

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The body of Gary Jones was found a month after he and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, went...

Body of teacher who went missing along with fiancée found in lake after monthlong search 5l6w

Updated: Mar. 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM CDT
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
The teacher and his fiancée went missing in Lake Oconee when an empty boat was found circling on the water. Her body was recovered last month.

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On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina is the latest in a growing number of chain restaurants...

On the Border files for bankruptcy 33253j

Updated: Mar. 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina is the latest in a growing number of chain restaurants to file for bankruptcy.

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FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

About 180 fired CDC employees received emails asking them to come back to work 393a3c

Updated: Mar. 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM CST
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By Dorothy Sedovic and Atlanta News First staff
Several employees previously fired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reportedly been asked to come back.

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Serendipity Park is being sold for nearly $1.8 million.

Nudist resort for sale with $1.8 million price tag 654f32

Updated: Feb. 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A nudist resort is for sale.

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Whataburger employee accused of using customer’s card to pay probation fines 2p3210

Updated: Feb. 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
A Whataburger employee in Georgia is accused of using a customer’s card information to pay her probation fees.

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Walmart employee ing blind daughter receives big surprise 3a6k1o

Updated: Feb. 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Allen Pysher is a 95-year-old Walmart employee who takes care of his daughter who is legally blind.

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K-9 sniffs out suspect hiding in storm drain 3851d

Updated: Feb. 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A K-9 helped sniff out a suspect hiding in a storm drain.

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In this image provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, the wreckage of a Delta...

enger files lawsuit against Delta following Toronto plane crash 3g4z3z

Updated: Feb. 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Dorothy Sedovic
A lawsuit has been filed in Georgia federal court by one of the engers on the Delta Airlines flight that crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

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Video shows engers escape a Delta Air Lines plane that crashed and overturned in Toronto...

All engers on Delta’s overturned flight in Toronto have been released from the hospital 5e1o6m

Updated: Feb. 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
All 21 people who were hospitalized after a Delta Air Lines flight crashed and overturned in Toronto this week have been released from the hospital, the airline said.

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All 80 people on board survived, and those who were hurt had relatively minor injuries,...

2 people remain hospitalized day after Delta jet flips while arriving in Toronto 4p335p

Updated: Feb. 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM CST
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By Sarah Hammond, Dorothy Sedovic and Atlanta News First staff
Nineteen of the people hospitalized after a Delta Air Lines flight flipped upside down while landing at Toronto’s Pearson Airport have been released.

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61-year-old man killed when tree falls on home 43252t

Updated: Feb. 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
A man was killed when a tree fell on his home during severe storms.

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A person was killed when a tree fell onto a home in the Grove Park neighborhood of Atlanta on...

1 person dead after tree falls on home during storm 6q4t2

Updated: Feb. 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
One person has died after a tree fell on a home.

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A van crashed into a Burger King in Lavonia on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Van plowed through dining area of Burger King, police say h4c73

Updated: Feb. 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
A van crashed through a Burger King in northeast Georgia on Thursday.

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NFL wide receiver Kadarius Toney has been arrested on charges that he assaulted a woman and...

NFL wide receiver Kadarius Toney arrested, accused of strangling woman 356r6p

Updated: Feb. 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff, The Associated Press and Debra Worley
Former Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns wide receiver Kadarius Toney was arrested last week after allegedly strangling a woman in Douglas County, police said.

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Colin Gray, at a Tuesday bond hearing, is facing several charges after law enforcement believe...

Bond granted for father of suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting 2n3i64

Updated: Feb. 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
A judge has granted bond for Colin Gray, father of Colt Gray who is the alleged shooter in the deadly September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

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‘Heartbreaking loss’: Police officer shot, killed in line of duty 2a1g45

Updated: Feb. 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
A Georgia police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty just days before going on vacation with his family.

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Vincent Lemark Burrell was arrested in 2022 after deputies discovered 106 dogs at his home in...

Man sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison for dogfighting crimes a172c

Updated: Feb. 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM CST
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By Amanda Alvarado and Atlanta News First staff
A man was sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison for his role in a dogfighting operation.

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There will be a temporary 50 cent surcharge per egg.

Waffle House now adding 50 cent egg surcharge to all menus 694652

Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
Waffle House is now temporarily adding a 50 cent per egg surcharge to all menus.

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Lucrecia Kormassa Koiyan, 19, was arrested and charged with one felony count of exploitation...

Caretaker arrested after video shows her dancing provocatively over disabled patient, police say o11b

Updated: Feb. 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Police say the 19-year-old caretaker was arrested and charged with one felony count of exploitation of a disabled person.

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Ryan O’Hara, the crew chief on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash at Ronald...

Crew chief of Black Hawk helicopter involved in fatal crash is ed fondly 6n1x

Updated: Jan. 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff, Debra Worley and The Associated Press
The crew chief on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash has been identified as Ryan O’Hara by Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.

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Historic Roswell Place will celebrate resident Patricia Jandel's 100th birthday on Thursday,...

Former Coca-Cola model celebrates 100th birthday 2815q

Updated: Jan. 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
A woman in Georgia whose long life has included working as a model for Coca-Cola in the 1940s will celebrate a milestone birthday this week.

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Joshua Armour died inside of a trailer owned by a mattress manufacturer, according to a...

Woman files lawsuit against Sealy Mattress after fiancé dies inside company trailer 596k4e

Updated: Jan. 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff, Sarah Hammond and Akim Powell
A woman in Atlanta filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest mattress manufacturer after her fiance died inside one of the company’s trailers.

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DJ Unk died Friday at 43, but his cause of death was not immediately known.

DJ Unk, ‘Walk It Out’ and ‘2 Step’ rapper dies at 43, reports say 6f4955

Updated: Jan. 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Akim Powell
DJ Unk, an Atlanta rapper known for the hit single “Walk It Out” has died, according to TMZ.

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Chase Chrisley is accused of slapping a bar manager in the face in Atlanta.

Reality TV star Chase Chrisley arrested after allegedly slapping bar manager 3474y

Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
Chase Chrisley is accused of slapping a bar manager.

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Suspected drunken driver beaten, shot by witnesses after crashing into vehicles, police say 204ur

Updated: Dec. 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Andrew McMunn
Police in Georgia said a drunken driver has been hospitalized after he was shot and beaten following a crash.

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Melody Farris was convicted in the 2018 killing of her husband Gary Farris.

Wife of prominent attorney convicted of killing him, burning his body 161058

Updated: Dec. 8, 2024 at 9:51 AM CST
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By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The wife of a prominent attorney was convicted of killing him and burning his body.

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