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• Egg throwing murder: 3 people charged

  11-07-2023 21:13 via cbsnews.com
  
  GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — Three suspected vandals have been charged with murder in Griffin after one of them shot a man who confronted them about throwing eggs at his home, a Georgia sheriff said.The suspects — two 18-year-olds and a 19-year-old — wanted to vandalize Johnathan Gilbert's home about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Atlanta as part of an "ongoing lovers' quarrel," Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said in a news release Friday. The release did not elaborate on the di
  
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• Fulton County grand jury sworn in that could consider Trump election charges

  11-07-2023 20:56 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta grand jury sworn in Tuesday will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his Republican allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating since shortly after Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in early 2021 and suggested the state's top elections official could help him "find 11,780 votes," just enoug
  
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• Atlanta sued over "Stop Cop City" referendum petition

  11-07-2023 18:32 via cbsnews.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (WUPA) – Four DeKalb County residents filed a lawsuit that challenges the limit on residents who can collect signatures for a petition to allow voters to decide whether the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center should be built.The clock is ticking on a petition to get 75,000 signatures for a referendum to put the heated topic on the November ballot. As of now, a city code allows only Atlanta residents to collect the required signatures, but not DeKalb County residents wh
  
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• Student housing's resilience is attracting top investors

  11-07-2023 13:17
  The owner of one of the largest student housing developers in the nation said that enrollment growth has propelled Georgia as a prime location for student housing.
  
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