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• Atlanta councilmember pushes for plan to build 22-mile Beltline light rail loop

  08-09-2026 17:49 via cbsnews.com
  
  A new Atlanta City Council proposal is trying to put the Beltline rail back on track by asking city leaders for a clear plan and timeline to build it.Councilmember Kelsea Bond plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday supporting 22 miles of light rail around the full Atlanta Beltline loop. The trains would run on tracks alongside the popular walking and biking trail and connect with MARTA.The proposal asks Mayor Andre Dickens' administration to work with MARTA, Atlanta Beltline Inc. and city depar
  
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• How A.I. is changing the way students learn

  10-09-2026 23:38 via cbsnews.com
  Technology has long changed the way students learn, and now artificial intelligence is ushering in the next era of learning. While the programs can be helpful, some education experts are worried about possible cheating.
  
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• Decatur considering lowering speed limit to 25 mph on city streets to reduce crashes

  10-09-2026 23:38 via cbsnews.com
  The City of Decatur is considering lowering the speed limit on city-owned streets.On Thursday, officials held the first of several meetings for residents to get information about a speed study currently underway.The meeting took place at the Recreation Center on Sycamore Street. Nicole Banks owns a transportation business called First Trip. She said she considers her riders precious cargo and is open to lowering speed limits in certain areas."We are a non-emergency transport company which transp
  
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• President Trump's midterm payment promise raises questions

  10-09-2026 23:29 via cbsnews.com
  President Trump has vowed to send a $5,000 "dividend" to every American citizen after the midterms, if Republicans hold onto control of the House and Senate, but it's unclear how or even if he can make such a proposal.
  
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• Trending Now: Clayton County Jail death, West Nile virus cases, and more

  10-09-2026 23:26 via cbsnews.com
  
  The Clayton County Jail detainee who died last year had not eaten in days or showered in days and had been forced to urinate and defecate on himself, the medical examiner's investigation revealed.
  
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• Decatur considering lowering speed limits on city streets

  10-09-2026 23:23 via cbsnews.com
  
  The City of Decatur recently launched the Speed Study to determine whether speed limits on city-owned streets should be reduced to 25 miles per hour.
  
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• Kamala Harris to campaign with Jon Ossoff, headline metro Atlanta fundraising event in October

  10-09-2026 23:20 via cbsnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to come to metro Atlanta to campaign for Sen. Jon Ossoff in the weeks before the pivotal midterm election.The Fulton County Democratic Party announced that Harris will be the keynote speaker at its annual fundraising dinner on Oct. 30."Because Fulton County holds a unique position in Georgia politics, our Fulton Forward Dinner focuses on the future: stronger grassroots organizing, greater volunteer involvement, more local participation, and infrastructu
  
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• Kamala Harris to campaign with Jon Ossoff at metro Atlanta fundraising event days before midterms

  10-09-2026 23:20 via cbsnews.com
  
  Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to come to metro Atlanta to campaign for Sen. Jon Ossoff days before the pivotal midterm election.The Fulton County Democratic Party announced that Harris will be the keynote speaker at its annual fundraising dinner on Oct. 30."Because Fulton County holds a unique position in Georgia politics, our Fulton Forward Dinner focuses on the future: stronger grassroots organizing, greater volunteer involvement, more local participation, and infrastructure that
  
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• Hapeville police sergeant resigns after arrest on child cruelty and assault charges, chief says

  10-09-2026 21:58 via cbsnews.com
  
  A Hapeville police sergeant has resigned after she was arrested on child cruelty and assault charges in another Georgia county, the city's chief of police said.Chief of Police Bruce M. Hedley told CBS News Atlanta that Sgt. Shada Canzater was arrested by deputies with the Houston County Sheriff's Office.Canzater is facing charges of first-degree cruelty to children, aggravated assault, and simple assault family violence."Effective today, Canzater resigned from the Hapeville Police Department," H
  
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• Atlanta air traffic controller remembers 9/11 from inside the control tower: "It was an eerie silence"

  10-09-2026 21:16 via cbsnews.com
  
  Smyrna resident David Gibson remembers the silence nearly 25 years ago as if it were yesterday.For an air traffic controller at William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, later renamed to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, that kind of silence was almost unheard of.There was usually a chatter inside the tower. The controllers talked to the pilots and to each other. They joked between calls while keeping one of the nation's busiest airports moving.But on the morning of Se
  
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• Construction begins on Atlanta Beltline's Northwest Trail Segment 3B

  10-09-2026 20:59 via cbsnews.com
  
  Atlanta leaders broke ground Thursday on a nearly one-mile stretch of the Northwest Beltline that will carry people walking and biking over Northside Drive and beneath Interstate 75.Northwest Trail Segment 3B will begin at Northside Drive, where it connects with the completed Segment 3A, and continue toward Tanyard Creek. The project will include a pedestrian bridge over Northside Drive, a path through the Atlanta Technology Center, a passage beneath I-75 and an elevated trail along the Tanyard
  
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• Former soldier from Atlanta sentenced to life for sexually assaulting minors while stationed in Germany

  10-09-2026 19:42 via cbsnews.com
  
  A former soldier from Atlanta has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed in Germany.According to officials, 37-year-old Adam Schlueter was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany, from 2009 until 2013. While he was in Europe, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District say he physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two children under the age of 10.During the trial, one of the victims
  
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• Georgia police searching for intruder accused of playing with rubber duck in hot tub, stealing towels

  10-09-2026 19:23 via cbsnews.com
  
  Police in Chatham County are searching for a man accused of trespassing at a home to take a late-night swim and steal more than $1,000 worth of towels.According to the Chatham County Police Department, surveillance video showed the man entering a property on the 9,000 block of Whitefield Avenue between 2:15 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 1.Officials say the man took a dip in the pool, then made his way to the hot tub, where he spent more than 10 minutes interacting with a rubber duck.The man left t
  
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• West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes trapped at Chastain Park, treatments underway

  10-09-2026 18:44 via cbsnews.com
  
  The city of Atlanta plans to treat Chastain Park after a mosquito trap tested positive for West Nile virus.The Chastain Park Conservancy announced on Wednesday that it had been notified by the city of the positive test and that treatment of the affected area would happen Wednesday and Thursday night, weather permitting. The treatments would occur within a quarter-mile radius of the positive trap's location.Officials say this is not the first time that mosquitoes trapped at the park have tested p
  
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• Georgia death row inmate requests barbecue, pizza and ice cream before scheduled execution

  10-09-2026 18:38 via cbsnews.com
  
  A Georgia inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 16, has made his last meal requests. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, condemned murderer Stacey Humphreys would like to eat barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, a bacon double cheeseburger, french fries, buffalo wings, meat lovers pan pizza, butter pecan ice cream, peach ice cream and two caffeine-free sodas. Humphreys has been on Death Row since he was sentenced in 2003 for the murders of Cyndi Willia
  
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• Rain chances rising in Georgia just in time for the weekend

  10-09-2026 18:28 via cbsnews.com
  
  Clouds are beginning to develop and the added humidity is making scattered showers and other storms a lot more likely on Friday and through the weekend.
  
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• Georgia HVAC companies look ahead to preparing homes for winter

  10-09-2026 18:25 via cbsnews.com
  
  After a summer of record heat levels, some metro Atlanta heating and cooling companies are looking ahead to colder weather.
  
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• Clayton County Jail detainee's death ruled homicide over "uninhabitable living conditions," medical examiner says

  10-09-2026 18:11 via cbsnews.com
  
  The death of a man detained at the Clayton County Jail has been ruled a homicide after officials say his death was due to medical neglect and poor living conditions.The Clayton County Medical Examiner's Office said that 57-year-old Scott Worthy died at Grady Memorial Hospital on Sept. 6, 2025, after he was transported from the jail there a week earlier.According to the medical examiner's report, Worthy's death was caused by complications of Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis, a life-threatening bacte
  
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• "Beyond the Gates" watch party hosts surprised with visit to Atlanta set

  10-09-2026 17:51 via cbsnews.com
  
  "Beyond the Gates" is having a record-setting year, earning 15 Daytime Emmy Award nominations. But the CBS soap opera has also built a devoted fan base beyond the television screen. For more than a year, London and Mashell Reeves have guided fellow Gatekeepers through every twist and turn of the series on social media. The watch party has grown into a global online community, with fans tuning in regularly to share their reactions and connect with the Reeves on TikTok. "I love them
  
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• Cobb County father charged with murder, child cruelty after death of 2-year-old son, police say

  10-09-2026 17:35 via cbsnews.com
  
  A Cobb County father has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 2-year-old son.The Cobb County Police Department said its officers were called to reports of an unresponsive child at the Legacy at West Cobb Apartments on Favor Road on the night of Sept. 3.When officers got to the apartment, they found the 2-year-old boy unresponsive and quickly began rendering aid. The child was rushed to Kennestone Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.During their investigation,
  
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• Search for 3rd suspect in Piedmont Park gunfire continues as police charge 1 man

  10-09-2026 17:26 via cbsnews.com
  
  The search continues for a third suspect after police say shots were fired inside Piedmont Park on Wednesday afternoon.The Atlanta Police Department says that its officers were called to the pavilion in the park situated near the Activity Oval and tennis courts around 3:20 p.m. after receiving reports of shots fired.Officers detained a 21-year-old and a 29-year-old in connection with the gunfire. Chief Darin Schierbaum said that an officer arriving at the scene spotted one of the suspects trying
  
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• Raffensperger, Georgia election officials warn Supreme Court that new mail ballot rules could cause chaos

  10-09-2026 16:53 via cbsnews.com
  
  Georgia election officials say it is too late to change how mail ballots are handled before the November midterm elections.Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and 15 other current and former Georgia election officials joined a filing Wednesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent new Postal Service ballot rules from taking effect for the Nov. 3 election.The Georgia officials are among 38 current and former election administrators from 10 states who signed the brief. They joined in their in
  
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• Chandler Simpson returns home as Rays face Braves at Truist Park

  10-09-2026 14:52 via cbsnews.com
  
  Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson returns to metro Atlanta, where he starred at St.’s St. Pius X and Georgia Tech. The series also reunites Simpson with longtime friend and Braves center fielder Michael Harris II.
  
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• Atlanta man killed at World Trade Center remembered 25 years after 9/11

  10-09-2026 14:27 via cbsnews.com
  
  Sept. 11, 2026, marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people in New York City, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, according to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.Among those killed was Adam White, a 26-year-old Atlanta native who worked at the World Trade Center.For his stepmother, Georgia White, Sept. 11, 2001, remains the day that changed her life forever. She became Adam's stepmother when he was 4 years old."His dad, Shelby White, had custo
  
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• McKenna Grace surprises kids with toys, “PAW Patrol” screening

  10-09-2026 14:11 via cbsnews.com
  
  Actress McKenna Grace signed autographs, handed out toys and joined children for a screening of “PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie.” Grace recently finished filming Netflix’s upcoming “Scooby-Doo” series in Atlanta, where she plays Daphne.
  
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• Atlanta family remembers 9/11 victim Adam White 25 years later

  10-09-2026 14:08 via cbsnews.com
  
  Adam White was 26 when he was killed while working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower. His stepmother, Georgia White, reflects on his life and the memories their family continues to hold close 25 years later.
  
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• Southwest Atlanta businesses want youth programs, not just arrests, to reduce violence

  10-09-2026 13:56 via cbsnews.com
  
  A group of southwest Atlanta business owners says neighborhood violence is driving customers away. They met with police and city leaders Wednesday to discuss immediate and long-term solutions.The business owners met with Atlanta police and City Councilman Wayne Martin to discuss crime near a shopping center along Campbellton Road."We're coming together. We're talking to the local police. We're talking to the local councilman," said John Hendry, who owns a laundromat in the area.The business owne
  
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• “Holy Chicken Sandwich” serves up Atlanta satire at Horizon Theatre

  10-09-2026 13:01 via cbsnews.com
  
  Atlanta playwright Kira Rockwell’s comedy uses the frenzy surrounding a popular chicken sandwich chain to explore corporate loyalty, authenticity and division. “Holy Chicken Sandwich” runs for two more weeks at Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points.
  
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• Atlanta Air Force veteran shares how asking for help changed her life during a mental health crisis

  10-09-2026 12:56 via cbsnews.com
  
  September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Wounded Warrior Project is raising awareness about the higher risk of suicide among veterans.Wounded Warrior Project is a veterans service organization that supports wounded, injured and ill veterans, service members and their families. The organization works with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Emory and other partners to provide mental health programs and services.More than 1 in 4 veterans registered with the organization reported having
  
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• Southwest Atlanta businesses seek solutions to neighborhood violence

  10-09-2026 12:54 via cbsnews.com
  
  Business owners near Campbellton Road met with Atlanta police and Councilman Wayne Martin after several shootings drove customers away. They are seeking more police patrols now and long-term investments that provide young people with activities and opportunities.
  
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