Braves fire Fredi Gonzalez as manager and other top stories.

• Braves fire Fredi Gonzalez as manager

  

  PITTSBURGH — The Braves fired manager Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday, after one of the worst half-seasons in the franchise’s 140-year history was followed by its worst-ever start to a season. They have a majors-worst 9-28 record.Brian Snitker will move up from his Triple-A Gwinnett managerial position to serve as interim Braves manager. Gonzalez learned he had been fired late Monday, but an announcement wasn’t made until Tuesday afternoon.Braves bench coach Carlos Tosca, a longtime Gonzalez assistant..

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• NBA PLAYOFFS: LeBron, Cavs stay perfect, blow out Raptors in ...

  

  CLEVELAND (AP) — Still unbeaten, still undeniable. The Cavaliers are rolling through the East with ease. LeBron James hardly missed and scored 24 points in three quarters, Kyrie Irving scored 27 and Cleveland picked up where it left off before a long layoff by thumping the Toronto Raptors 115-84 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night. James made his first nine shots — one an arena-rattling powerhouse dunk — and the Cavs, healthy and hungry after losing in the Finals a yea..

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• Agents find $600K-worth of cocaine in beans at Atlanta airport

  

  Authorities say 50-year-old Ronald Mark Clark of Woodstock, Ga. was behind multiple burglaries in the Marietta-area during which he forced open unoccupied homes and took high-end kitchen ranges. Cobb County Police Christopher Florence was named along with the leader of a local sect of the Bloods gang in an indictment for the shooting-death of a 9-month-old baby. DeKalb County Sheriff Kenneth Eric Jackson was indicted for the shooting-death of a 9-month-old baby. DeKalb County..

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• 'The Wire' star Wendell Pierce tweets about Atlanta arrest

  

  'The Wire' star Wendell Pierce tweets about Atlanta arrest Wendell Pierce tweets about Atlanta arrest Kristen Reed, WXIA 9:48 PM. GMT May 17, 2016 ATLANTA - After being arrested for battery following a political conversation at an Atlanta hotel, Wendell Pierce took to Twitter to address the situation.In a series of three tweets, Pierce expressed regret and confidence in the judicial process.  I regret that what started as a civil political discussion escalated to the level that..

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• Activist call for boycott of soon-to-arrive Qatar Airways

  

  by: Aaron Diamant Updated: May 17, 2016 - 6:58 PM ATLANTA — Local and national activists are calling for a boycott of Atlanta's newest airline.   They're part of a growing movement in our area targeting Qatar Airways, one of the world's premier carriers, two weeks before it begins service to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.   Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Aaron Diamant was the only TV reporter to interview Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker one-on-on..

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• Film productions in and around metro Atlanta as of May 2016

  

  Michael King, WXIA 12:40 AM. GMT May 18, 2016 Behind the scenes production from "Captain America: Civil War" during filming in downtown Atlanta. (photo: Marvel Studios) (Photo: WXIA) ATLANTA – Movie and television production is still continuing in and around metro Atlanta, with projects and rumors of projects continuing to surface in and around the area.Some of those yellow production signs around metro Atlanta show signs of the productions in play right now, while oth..

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