Sunday, July 24, 2016

Police: Woman killed in crossfire during shooting at NE Atlanta bar and other top stories.

  • Police: Woman killed in crossfire during shooting at NE Atlanta bar

    Police: Woman killed in crossfire during shooting at NE Atlanta bar
    Police: Woman killed in crossfire during shooting at NE Atlanta bar Woman shot and killed outside local bar Adrianne Haney, WXIA 2:41 AM. EDT July 24, 2016 ATLANTA -- Police are investigating after a woman was found shot in the parking lot of a northeast Atlanta club Saturday morning.They now believe she was killed after getting caught in crossfire as two groups of men shot at each other.Police said it all started around 5 a.m. at the Anchor Down Grille & Lounge in the 2500 blo..
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  • Atlanta's pin fever returns with 2016 Olympics

    by: BO EMERSON, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Updated: Jul 23, 2016 - 11:19 AM ATLANTA (AP) — Penny Heyns, the South African swimmer who had just won gold in the 100 meter and the 200 meter breaststroke, was standing around the Georgia Tech natatorium, her hair still wet, when Scott Reed struck up a conversation. Soon they were exchanging gifts. If you wonder how a mild-mannered Atlanta banker is able to meet an international celebrity..
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  • Wings vs Dream final score: Atlanta heads into break with 93-88 win

    Wings vs Dream final score: Atlanta heads into break with 93-88 win
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Dream end first half on a good note. Reshanda Gray turned in a career-best performance as the Atlanta Dream closed out the first half of the WNBA season with a 93-88 win over the Dallas Wings. The Dream used a 19-5 run in the third quarter to turn a two point deficit into a 10 point advantage heading to the fourth. The Wings came roaring back but Angel McCoughtry scored five straight points to put Atlanta up 88-83 with 1:16 remaining. Layshia Clarend..
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  • ATLANTA BRAVES: Braves give up 2 homers in road loss to Rockies

    ATLANTA BRAVES: Braves give up 2 homers in road loss to Rockies
    DENVER (AP) — Trevor Story hit two home runs to set an NL rookie record for shortstops and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Saturday night. Story had four hits including his 25th and 26th homers to pass his mentor, Troy Tulowitzki, who had 24 for the Rockies in 2007. Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox set the major league record for shortstops with 30 in 1997. Story, who set career highs in both hits and in RBIs with five, is two behind Wilin Rosario for the franchise ..
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  • 5-year-old suburban Atlanta girl abducted, sexually assaulted

    5-year-old suburban Atlanta girl abducted, sexually assaulted
    TUCKER, Ga. | Police say a 5-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted in suburban Atlanta. DeKalb police spokesman Maj. Stephen Fore says officers responded to a report Friday afternoon of a child wandering alone at the Value Mall in Stone Mountain. The child says she had been picked up by a male she didn't know and later dropped off. Fore says the child was taken to hospital for evaluation, where it was discovered she had been sexually assaulted. Fore says while officers were out with..
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  • Georgia news anchor died in waterfall accident

    Georgia news anchor died in waterfall accident
    The middle Georgia news anchor who died Thursday — the day before her 25th birthday — fell from the top of a North Carolina waterfall, The Telegraph of Macon reported.Initial reports surrounding the death of Taylor Terrell, who grew up in metro Atlanta and was morning anchor for 41NBC News in Macon, referred only to an “accident.”The Telegraph later reported that Terrell and a friend were visiting Rainbow Falls, a 150-foot waterfall in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, when she slipped an..
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  • Wells Done! Former Lost Boy of Sudan completes water project

    Wells Done! Former Lost Boy of Sudan completes water project
    The Atlanta based nonprofit's first well was drilled last year in Majok's home village, Bill-ing Daldier. “Villagers grow green crops during the dry season,” Marier ...
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  • Mason Massey wins racing title at Atlanta Motor Speedway

    Mason Massey wins racing title at Atlanta Motor Speedway
    HAMPTON - Mason Massey was one of six drivers that was crowned champion of the Thunder Ring in the season finale of the Thursday Thunder Legends Racing Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Thursday night.The Douglasville native won the Pro Division in one of the tightens battles at the weekly racing series.Will Martin, also a Douglasville native, finished runner-up by 15 points as the 10-week racing series ended after a rain delay. Massey, a two-time winner this summer, finished with 843 points ..
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  • 'The Rap Game' Season 2 premiere feat. Jermaine Dupri, LHHATL's ...

    'The Rap Game' Season 2 premiere feat. Jermaine Dupri, LHHATL's ...
    Photos by Terry Shropshire for Atlanta Daily World and Real Times Media. ATLANTA — Music impresario Jermaine Dupri attracted a misfit mass of media minions in one corner of the Suite Lounge in downtown Atlanta that often became a herd of unruly, uncouth mob that threatened to stampede over the proceedings. Former ‘Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” star Erica Dixon blessed the proceedings with her presence. But this speaks to the enormous popularity of “The Rap Game,” the reality TV sensation that comple..
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  • Housing Justice League Hosts Public Hearing on Renter's State of ...

    Housing Justice League Hosts Public Hearing on Renter's State of ...
    (APN) ATLANTA — The Housing Justice League presented “Renter’s State of Emergency,” its report on the struggle of low-income workers to pay their rent, to the public and to various elected officials in a public hearing held on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.   Advocates presented their research report to assist the Atlanta City Council with policy decisions going forward.   In attendance were Chairman Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large) of the Community Development/Human Resources Committee; and Councilmem..
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