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Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns

The cancellation of a major music festival in Atlanta has ignited a new fight over Georgia gun laws

The Independent UK

Fulton County DA seeks to question Lindsey Graham about any coordination with Trump

ATLANTA — Prosecutors with the Fulton County District Attorney’s office, who are leading the special purpose grand jury investigation into Georgia’s 2020 election, are interested in questioning U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham about any coordinated effort there may have been between the South Carolina Republican and officials from the Trump campaign.

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Atlanta rapper Young Thug faces new charges in RICO case

Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and participation in a criminal street gang, is facing six new felony charges along with four others linked to the case

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Sen. Graham fights subpoena in Georgia election probe

Prosecutors in Atlanta say U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham may be able to provide insight into the extent of any coordinated efforts to influence the results of the 2020 general election in Georgia

The Independent UK

Young Thug, other defendants facing new charges in gang indictment

ATLANTA — A new indictment was filed in Fulton County Superior Court last week that includes additional charges against Young Thug and four other defendants as part of a wide-ranging RICO case.

Tribune News Service

Stacey Abrams tests positive for coronavirus

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor, tested positive for COVID-19 a day after she delivered a major economic policy speech at a downtown Atlanta brewery. She has mild symptoms and expects to travel the state to "meet Georgians as soon as possible," her campaign said.

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Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco take down vampires in Netflix’s ‘Day Shift’

ATLANTA — Vampire hunting movies are a special subgenre of vampire films. Even a former U.S. president got into the act in 2012′s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”

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Michael Cunningham: Will Kirby Smart’s Georgia defense remain elite after wave of attrition?

ATLANTA — Nick Saban once famously declared that good defense no longer beats good offense in college football. That’s why Saban hired a series of coordinators to modernize Alabama’s offense and recruited quarterbacks and skill players to make plays. Then Georgia’s great defense beat Alabama’s great offense for the 2021…

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Stacey Abrams: It's time to legalize casino gambling and sports betting

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams backed a plan to legalize casino gambling and sports betting to fund an expansion of the HOPE scholarship and finance a needs-based program as part of a revamped economic platform she hopes will boost her challenge to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

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Atlanta commuter train evacuated over monkeypox scare

ATLANTA — A MARTA commuter train passenger who joked about having monkeypox when they were really suffering from an unrelated allergic reaction caused a stir Monday after the train was evacuated and temporarily removed from service to be cleaned.

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404 Festival postponed a week after Music Midtown, doesn’t cite reason

ATLANTA — Organizers of the 404 Festival at the Pratt Pullman District in Kirkwood — with headliner Big Boi of Outkast fame — has postponed the event just five days before it was set to happen.

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Fulton judge orders Giuliani to testify before grand jury next week

ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge is directing Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney to former President Donald Trump, to appear before a special purpose grand jury next week unless he can provide more detailed medical explanation from his doctor about why he must further delay his testimony.

Tribune News Service

Giuliani must go to Atlanta for election probe, judge says

A judge said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person next week to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia

The Independent UK

Rudy Giuliani must testify before Atlanta 2020 probe next week

An Atlanta judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify in person unless a doctor can explain why Trump's former lawyer cannot.

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Judge could soon decide temporary fate of new Georgia abortion law

ATLANTA — A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Monday heard arguments on whether the Georgia Constitution's right to privacy should stop the state's new abortion law from being enforced.

The Independent UK

Lawyer: Giuliani won't testify Tuesday in Ga. election probe

A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York mayor will not appear as scheduled Tuesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia

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Giuliani seeking to delay Fulton grand jury testimony

ATLANTA — Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is aiming to delay his testimony before a Fulton County special grand jury examining Georgia’s 2020 elections.

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Snoop Dogg starring in football comedy film ‘The Underdoggs’ shooting in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Snoop Dogg, who shot some scenes last year in Gwinnett County for the upcoming Netflix vampire hunter film “Day Shift,” will be back in metro Atlanta soon for a new comedy, “The Underdoggs.”

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Six shot as gunman opens fire in park with one dead and 6-year-old critically injured

A child has been critically injured and a man in his 30s shot dead during an incident in a park in Atlanta, Georgia. The shots were reportedly fired after an argument at a baseball or softball game

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Collier — only 10½ weeks after having a baby — helps Lynx defeat Dream

MINNEAPOLIS — When Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve learned that Aerial Powers' knee would keep her out of Sunday's game with Atlanta at Target Center, plans for Napheesa Collier got moved up.

Newsday

Jacob deGrom retires first 17, K's 12 in Mets' win over Atlanta

NEW YORK — With 53 games and more than eight weeks to go, the NL East is far from won, the annals of baseball history pockmarked enough by comebacks and collapses and other September surprises that, well, as one long-ago Mets manager said, it ain’t over till it’s over.

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Abrams sees Kansas abortion vote as new hope for Georgia Democrats

ATLANTA — The decisive vote in Kansas to protect abortion rights was quickly embraced by Georgia Democrats as evidence that the backlash to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade could alter a midterm election climate that favors the GOP.

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Mark Bradley: Vin Scully: The last of the great radio voices

ATLANTA — It became my postgame ritual. I’d head home after a Braves’ game, and I’d listen to another game on Sirius XM. I became a fan of the Giants’ crew — Jon Miller, Duane Kiper, Mike Krukow and Dave Flemming — but I’d always check the Dodgers’ broadcast first.…

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Sentencing Monday in hate crimes case over Ahmaud Arbery’s murder

ATLANTA — The three men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder will face a federal judge Monday to learn their sentences in the hate crimes case over the 25-year-old’s slaying.

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Rivian likely excluded from new federal EV tax credits

ATLANTA — Rivian may be getting lots of tax incentives from state and local leaders in Georgia to build a massive new factory, but the company's leaders are feeling snubbed by Congress.

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