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• AAA forecasts over 2.3 million Georgians will travel over this Thanksgiving holiday

  17-11-2025 22:27 via cbsnews.com
  In just seven days, the busiest travel period of the year will begin, which is why AAA is sharing its Thanksgiving forecast.  AAA's 2025 Thanksgiving travel forecast predicts 2.3 million travelers from Georgia will be hitting the road or taking to the skies during the busy holiday season - a 1.4% increase from last year - and 81.8 million Americans traveling nationally, a 1.6% rise from 2024. In Georgia, 95% of travelers will drive, with rental car rates down 15% and gas prices stable
  
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• Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. headed to injured reserve, will miss at least 4 games with left knee injury

  17-11-2025 21:30 via cbsnews.com
  Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will be placed on injured reserve and will miss at least four games with a left knee injury, leaving Kirk Cousins as the starter.Penix suffered the injury in Sunday's 30-27 overtime loss to Carolina, extending the Falcons' losing streak to five games. Cousins will make his second start of the season when the Falcons (3-7) play at New Orleans on Sunday.Penix left in the third quarter with Atlanta leading 21-16. Penix missed the Falcons' 34-10 loss to
  
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• Sandy Springs woman arrested after 11-year-old daughter found dead during wellness check, police say

  17-11-2025 19:41 via cbsnews.com
  Sandy Springs police have charged a woman with murder after her 11-year-old daughter was found dead in her condominium, officials say.The Sandy Springs Police Department says officers responded to the Laurel Grove Condominiums on Carpenter Drive on Saturday morning after a concerned family member requested they do a wellness check.During the check, authorities say they found "Shannon Grimes in her residence with her deceased 11-year-old daughter."Investigators have not shared any details about t
  
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• U.S. airman killed in hit-and-run on Georgia highway; driver still on the run, officials say

  17-11-2025 18:25 via cbsnews.com
  Authorities are still searching for the driver who killed a U.S. airman in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month. The collision happened on Nov. 2 in Dade County, Georgia, along I-24 westbound near mile marker 2. Investigators with the Georgia Department of Public Safety say 21-year-old Demetrius Norwood III had pulled over to change a tire. As he knelt on the driver's side of his vehicle, a passing truck swerved, and the trailer it was towing struck him.Demetrius Norwood III, 21, of Hunts
  
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• Trial begins for man accused of killing firefighter and wife in their Cobb County home

  17-11-2025 17:26 via cbsnews.com
  The trial of a Georgia man accused of killing his new neighbors in 2021 began Monday morning in Cobb County.Matthew Scott Lanz is accused of shooting Cherokee County firefighter Timothy Justin Hicks and Amber Hicks in their home and leaving the couple's toddler unharmed but alone in the house for half a day.In court, prosecutors shared surveillance footage they say showed Lanz leaving the Hicks' home before driving to his apartment in Athens. The next morning, officers arrived at the home after
  
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• Search continues for Texas professor who was last seen on North Georgia trail: "Time is critical"

  17-11-2025 16:25 via cbsnews.com
  A desperate search continues for a Texas law professor who disappeared while hiking on a trail in North Georgia.It's been nearly a week since anyone has seen 67-year-old Charles Hosch, authorities say.According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, the Southern Methodist University was last seen on Nov. 11 on the Byron Herbert Reece Trail near Blood Mountain in Union County. "We have several agencies, K-9s, and aviation searching for him, and this has been ongoing for a few days now," the a
  
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• Atlanta police search for gunman who shot tow truck driver's daughters near downtown gas station

  17-11-2025 15:31 via cbsnews.com
  A late-night dispute at a BP gas station on Piedmont Road erupted into gunfire Monday, leaving two sisters wounded and a suspect on the run.Atlanta police said the violence began around the former RaceTrac station, now a BP, when a man got into an argument with a tow truck driver who was in the process of towing his vehicle. The confrontation turned physical, and the man left the scene.About half a block away, investigators say the same man confronted two women — the tow truck driver's dau
  
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• Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blames Trump for hoax pizza harassment, pipe bomb threats: "I am not a traitor"

  17-11-2025 14:44 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday night that she and her family have been targeted with hoax pizza deliveries and a pipe bomb threat, blaming what she called President Donald Trump's "vicious attacks" for escalating the danger against her.Greene, who was once one of Trump's earliest and most vocal supporters in Congress, posted on X that the incidents occurred shortly after Trump began publicly calling her a "traitor" amid their growing political feud. She said the former pres
  
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• What happens next in Georgia's election interference case? Legal experts break down the path forward

  17-11-2025 13:00 via cbsnews.com
  The last remaining criminal case against President Donald Trump survived what could have been a knockout blow, but it's coming out of the corner looking very different.On the same day Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee officially dropped three charges in Georgia's 2020 election interference case, a new prosecutor stepped in, inheriting a sprawling indictment, a politically radioactive file, and some hard choices about what comes next. Legal experts say the future of the rackete
  
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• Family of Rev. Jesse Jackson gives update on his condition

  17-11-2025 06:35 via cbsnews.com
  The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson provided an update on Sunday afternoon about the condition of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder. Jackson was admitted to the hospital last week.  The family in a statement said that Jackson's condition is stabilized and he is breathing without the assistance of machines."In fact, today he called for 2,000 churches to prepare 2,000 baskets of food to prevent malnutrition during the holiday season," said his son, Yusef Jackson.They said he remains un
  
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• Delta says it saw "zero cancellations" as federal shutdown disruption ends

  17-11-2025 04:29 via cbsnews.com
  Despite widespread travel concerns tied to the federal government shutdown, Delta Air Lines says its weekend operations moved forward without disruption.A spokesperson for the airline told CBS Atlanta they recorded "zero cancellations" on Saturday and Sunday linked to the shutdown's ripple effects on air travel.Federal officials previously warned that staffing shortages, delayed inspections, and reduced administrative functions could create bottlenecks for airlines nationwide. But Delta said its
  
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• 17 residents displaced after overnight fire at Roswell apartment complex, officials say

  17-11-2025 02:35 via cbsnews.com
  Seventeen residents were forced from their homes early Sunday after a fire moved through multiple units at a Roswell apartment complex, according to city fire officials.Roswell Fire Department crews were called to The Atlantic Newtown Apartment Homes on Ashley Forest Drive shortly after midnight. Firefighters arrived to find light smoke but quickly uncovered a "hidden fire moving through concealed wall spaces between several adjoining units," the department said.Crews spent hours opening walls,
  
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