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• Near-record highs heating up Georgia

  20-11-2025 00:23 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia is seeing a string of days that could bring record high temperatures that are leaving things quite warm and dry.
  
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• Brunswick High School football coach resigns weeks after playoff brawl fallout

  10-12-2025 18:02 via cbsnews.com
  Brunswick High School head football coach Garrett Grady has announced his resignation, just weeks after the team was involved in a major on-field brawl during a playoff game against Gainesville High School.Grady, who spent four years as head coach and five years as an assistant, was a well-respected figure in the Brunswick community. In a statement released Tuesday, the Region 1-AAAAA Coach of the Year reflected on his time leading the program."For the past nine seasons, I have been blessed
  
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• Former Athens-Clarke County police officer indicted on child abuse, bestiality-related charges

  10-12-2025 17:11 via cbsnews.com
  A former Athens-Clarke County police officer has been indicted on multiple charges connected with an investigation into the production of images showing the sexual exploitation of children and animals, officials said.Investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested now-34-year-old Amber Nicole Ferguson in January. Now, officials say they added additional charges as part of the investigation.According to authorities, a family member of the two underage victims reported their suspic
  
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• Georgia man gets probation for flying drone over MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta

  10-12-2025 14:52 via cbsnews.com
  A Decatur man has pleaded guilty to illegally flying a drone over Truist Park during the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It's a federal crime that prosecutors say put fans and aircraft at risk.Mitchell Parsons Hughes, 47, admitted in federal court that he knowingly violated a temporary flight restriction, also known as a No Drone Zone, during the July 15 game. He was sentenced to six months' probation and fined $500 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell Vineyard."Anyone attempting to fly a
  
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• Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler claims upset state House win in historically Republican district

  10-12-2025 14:03 via cbsnews.com
  Democrat Eric Gisler claimed an upset victory Tuesday in a special election in a historically Republican Georgia state House district.Gisler said he was the winner of the contest, in which he was leading Republican Mack "Dutch" Guest by about 200 votes out of more than 11,000 in final unofficial returns.Robert Sinners, a spokesperson with the secretary of state's office, said there could be a few provisional ballots left before the tally is finalized."I think we had the right message for the tim
  
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• Georgia considers rules on when to use hand-marked ballots in election emergencies

  10-12-2025 13:57 via cbsnews.com
  Hand-marked paper ballots are Georgia's backup when touchscreen voting machines can't be used because of an "emergency," and a proposed rule change would list the qualifying circumstances. Supporters say this would make it easier to determine if hand-marked ballots are needed, but critics say the change oversteps the State Election Board's authority.State law says if an "emergency situation" makes using touchscreen voting machines "impossible or impracticable," voters may be given emergency pape
  
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• Georgia father shares daughter's story as state moves to put Narcan in every public school: "It only takes one pill"

  10-12-2025 05:46 via cbsnews.com
  A metro Atlanta father is sharing his daughter's story as Georgia takes a major step to fight the opioid crisis in schools. The state is moving forward with a plan to place Narcan — the fast-acting opioid reversal spray — in every public school by spring of next year.For Andrew Butler, the effort comes just as his family approaches a heartbreaking milestone: nearly five years since his 17-year-old daughter Clara died after unknowingly taking a fentanyl-laced pill.Photograph of 17-yea
  
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• "It only takes one pill": Georgia father shares daughter's story as state moves to put Narcan in every public school

  10-12-2025 05:28 via cbsnews.com
  A metro Atlanta father is sharing his daughter's story as Georgia takes a major step to fight the opioid crisis in schools. The state is moving forward with a plan to place Narcan — the fast-acting opioid reversal spray — in every public school by spring of next year.For Andrew Butler, the effort comes just as his family approaches a heartbreaking milestone: five years since his 17-year-old daughter Clara died after unknowingly taking a fentanyl-laced pill.Photograph of 17-year-old C
  
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• Georgia father shares daughter's story as state moves to put Narcan in every public school

  10-12-2025 05:20 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia is preparing to place Narcan in all public schools by next spring. A Gwinnett County father hopes the lifesaving drug — and his daughter's story — will prevent more teens from dying from fentanyl-laced pills.
  
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• 15-year-old in critical condition after shooting in South Fulton, police say

  10-12-2025 03:36 via cbsnews.com
  South Fulton Police are investigating after a 15-year-old was shot Tuesday evening in a South Fulton neighborhood.According to a media release, officers responded just after 6:23 p.m. to the 4900 block of Delano Road, where they found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and is listed in critical condition, police said.The department's Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Scene Investigators remained at the scene Tuesday night as they worked to determin
  
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• National Center for Civil and Human Rights offers free admission for Universal Human Rights Day

  10-12-2025 03:26 via cbsnews.com
  As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of charge.The one-day offer, sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation, gives guests a chance to experience powerful civil rights and human rights exhibitions that highlight global struggles for dignity, freedom, and equality. Visitors can walk in or reserve timed tickets online.Human Rights Day, r
  
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• Georgia pushes forward with trans sports restrictions, appeals ruling on prison health care

  10-12-2025 01:10 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia is poised to enact two significant policy changes targeting transgender residents: a new statewide restriction on transgender student athletes and an appeal to reinstate a ban on gender-affirming care in prisons. Supporters say the measures protect fairness in sports and maintain security in corrections. Critics argue they are unnecessary, expensive, and harmful to communities already facing disproportionate barriers.Trans sports ban set to take effect in 2026Under a law taking effect Ju
  
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• Half of Georgia State Patrol chases end in crashes, new data reveals as calls grow for reform

  10-12-2025 00:24 via cbsnews.com
  A newly released analysis of five years of Georgia State Patrol pursuit records reveals a startling pattern: GSP engages in high-speed chases almost every day, and more than half end in crashes — often over low-level traffic violations.The report, reviewed by CBS News Atlanta, shows GSP initiated 6,760 pursuits between 2019 and 2023, and 3,428 of them ended in crashes, injuring 1,917 people and killing 63. In 2023 alone, troopers were involved in pursuits on all but 14 days of the year.&nb
  
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• Lows tonight, warmer weather to come

  10-12-2025 00:22 via cbsnews.com
  Next Weather meteorologist Orelon Sidney says the cold front passes tomorrow. Temperatures will be low tonight and tomorrow, with some warmer weather coming a little later in the week.
  
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• Spelman scholar using data to improve how AI represents Black women's hairstyles

  10-12-2025 00:16 via cbsnews.com
  The natural hair movement entered the mainstream during the civil rights movement. It became even more accepted in the 2000s when social media helped drive a resurgence.But when it comes to nascent technologies like artificial intelligence, there isn't enough training data to create accurate representations of Black hair. In Atlanta, a Spelman College researcher is working to change that.This pineapple hairstyle is one of Blanca Burch's signature looks, something she couldn't replicate when she
  
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• New Ronald McDonald House opens in Atlanta

  10-12-2025 00:16 via cbsnews.com
  The new 110-room location expands Ronald McDonald House Atlanta’s capacity by 75%, giving more families a home away from home while their children and siblings are healing.
  
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• Spelman researcher working to improve how AI represents Black women

  10-12-2025 00:11 via cbsnews.com
  A Spelman scholar is determined to improve how Black women are represented in AI, one hairstyle at a time.
  
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• Atlanta families call for safer streets after data shows traffic deaths outpace homicides

  10-12-2025 00:11 via cbsnews.com
  New findings from Propel ATL reveal a sharp and troubling trend: in 2024, more people died in traffic crashes across metro Atlanta's five core counties than were killed in homicides. According to the nonprofit's "The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024" report, 425 people died in vehicle crashes in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties last year — surpassing the region's homicide count. Of those deaths, more than 61% occurred in predominantly Black neighborhoods, though t
  
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• Atlanta among most dangerous cities for deadly traffic crashes

  10-12-2025 00:05 via cbsnews.com
  Last year, more people died in traffic crashes across metro Atlanta's five core counties than were killed in homicides.
  
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• Fulton County orders full recount after poll worker allegedly scanned multiple ballots in runoff election

  09-12-2025 23:08 via cbsnews.com
  Fulton County officials have ordered a full recount of all contests in last week's municipal runoff after a poll worker allegedly scanned multiple ballots — including ballots belonging to family members who were not present at the precinct, according to county leaders and the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. Recount underway after irregularity discoveredFulton County's Board of Registration and Elections voted to conduct a recount under O.C.G.A. 21-2-495(a) after the Dec. 2 incide
  
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• Apalachee High School shooting suspect's case faces more delays with new lawyer, pending medical evaluation

  09-12-2025 21:58 via cbsnews.com
  Colt Gray, the teen accused of the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, appeared in handcuffs Tuesday with a new attorney by his side for his latest status hearing. Attorney Aisha Broderick, who had been appointed to Gray in October, told the judge they are still waiting for a medical evaluation to be completed, a report she said will help determine what additional motions the defense files and will guide the direction of the case moving forward. The evaluation is expected to
  
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• Fani Willis to face Georgia Senate questions about Trump prosecution, despite legal disputes

  09-12-2025 20:32 via cbsnews.com
  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is finally scheduled to appear on Dec. 17 to testify before a special state Senate committee examining her prosecution of President Donald Trump, but lawyers aren't done arguing over lawmakers' power to haul her in.Lawyers for Willis and the state Senate committee appeared Tuesday before the Georgia Supreme Court to contest whether a 2024 subpoena can still compel Willis to testify, even though that version of the Georgia General Assembly dissolved whe
  
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• Weather may push search for missing SMU law professor temporarily, family ramps up search effort

  09-12-2025 19:10 via cbsnews.com
  Thursday will not be just another Thursday for missing Dallas attorney and beloved SMU adjunct law professor Charles Hosch. This week marks a month since he vanished."If Dad were here searching for me, he would still be in it 100%," Julia Hosch-Singh said. "And so, since the roles happen to be reversed, I need to still be here."The 67-year-old is a Georgia native who is also a legal fixture in Dallas, both in private practice, Hosch & Morris, and at the SMU Dedman School of Law. He went miss
  
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• Republican Sen. John F. Kennedy resigning to focus on Georgia lieutenant governor's race

  09-12-2025 18:01 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia state Sen. John F. Kennedy is resigning from his seat effective immediately to focus on his campaign for lieutenant governor.In a press release announcing his resignation, Kennedy, who represents Senate District 18, says that he is hopeful that his timing will allow his constituents to have a senator "who will be entirely focused on their needs and priorities—not a statewide campaign.""When Susan and I decided to announce my campaign for Lt. Governor, we knew this race would take o
  
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• Suspect accused of stealing Shaquille O'Neal's custom Range Rover in Georgia arrested in New York; vehicle still missing

  09-12-2025 17:33 via cbsnews.com
  Lumpkin County authorities say an arrest has been made in the theft of a custom Range Rover belonging to NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, but the high-end SUV is still missing and may have been shipped overseas.Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard confirmed Tuesday that investigators traced the suspect to New York, where he was taken into custody by the Mount Vernon Police Department. The suspect, a 33-year-old man, is currently being held there.Jarrard said the suspect will be brought back to Georg
  
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• Sen. Colton Moore joins crowded field for Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat in Congress

  09-12-2025 17:16 via cbsnews.com
  State Sen. Colton Moore says he is running to fill the seat left empty when Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene steps down early next year.In a video posted to X, the Republican lawmaker touted his support for President Trump and willingness to go against what he called establishment abuses of power."We need a fighter in Washington. I've been a fighter to lower your costs and lower your taxes in Georgia, and I'm ready to take that fight to Washington, D.C. because I want the next generation to k
  
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• Georgia to equip every public school with Narcan by spring 2026

  09-12-2025 15:00 via cbsnews.com
  By spring 2026, every Georgia public school will have opioid overdose reversal kits on hand.The initiative is part of a statewide plan, launched this fall, to curb rising overdose cases in schools."The opioid settlement funds give us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn tragedy into prevention," said DBHDD Commissioner Kevin Tanner in a statement. "Putting overdose reversal kits in every Georgia school is a practical, compassionate use of those dollars. It means we are giving our educators
  
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• Lawyers argue agreement made during pandemic should shield Georgia man from execution

  09-12-2025 14:09 via cbsnews.com
  Lawyers for a man set to be put to death next week in Georgia argue that an agreement entered into by the state and death penalty defense attorneys during the COVID-19 pandemic should shield their client from execution for the time being.A federal judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Stacey Humphreys, who is scheduled to die on Dec. 17. Humphreys, 52, was convicted of malice murder in the 2003 killings of 33-year-old Cyndi Williams and 21-year-old Lori Brown a
  
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