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"Atlanta" finally goes home again

Along rekindling its humor in its final season, the show proves that money doesn’t necessarily bring more power

Salon

Takeoff shooting: Atlanta mayor says guns, not hip-hop, are the problem

ATLANTA — It’s not hip-hop music leading to violence, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said this week. But there are too many guns ending up in the wrong hands, he said.

Tribune News Service

Delta Air Lines flight makes emergency landing after smoke fills the cabin

The Boeing 757 flying from Atlanta to LA landed in New Mexico

The Independent UK

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Georgia’s US Senate race on pace to be the nation’s costliest this year

ATLANTA — Less than two years after donors poured record amounts of money into Georgia to capture a pair of U.S. Senate seats, the state is again leading the nation in the race for political cash.

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Patricia Murphy: Abortion hasn’t changed the game for Georgia Democrats, yet

ATLANTA — On the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year, I, like a lot of political watchers, assumed that the issue of abortion would change the electoral fortunes of Democrats in Georgia.

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Chargers might not have Keenan Allen back after all; Joshua Palmer also questionable

LOS ANGELES — The Chargers likely will be without wide receiver Keenan Allen on Sunday when they play at Atlanta.

Los Angeles Times

Impact of Georgia voting law debated ahead of its biggest test

ATLANTA — For the first time in a general election, voters are casting ballots under new rules created by Georgia’s voting law for absentee ballots, weekend voting and challenges to voter eligibility.

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Falcons earn mixed grades for trade deadline deals

The #Falcons received mixed grades for their three trades ahead of Tuesday's deadline.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pence rallies with Kemp while Trump goes missing in Georgia

ATLANTA — About midway through his speech in Atlanta’s northern exurbs, former Vice President Mike Pence brought up an issue that’s both a point of pride for Gov. Brian Kemp and a reminder of a break with his former boss that could shape the 2024 race.

Tribune News Service

Migos' Takeoff had already changed the sound of hip-hop. He was just getting started on a new chapter

Hip-hop wouldn't sound the same without Migos.

Los Angeles Times

Stone Mountain Park leaders to choose truth-telling exhibit creator

ATLANTA — A year-and-a-half after its creation was approved, leaders at Stone Mountain Park may finally choose a company to build a new museum exhibit aimed at “telling the truth” about the park’s ties to the Confederacy and white supremacy.

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Migos’s record label rails at ‘senseless violence’ that killed rapper Takeoff

Atlanta-based Quality Control issues statement speaking of ‘monumental loss’, as Houston police appeal for any of 40 people at scene to come forward

The Guardian - UK

‘Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story’ chronicles the power of Atlanta hip-hop and trap music

For the first two decades of rap history, the focal points were New York and Los Angeles. When Atlanta’s OutKast won best new artist at the 1995 Source Awards, they were audibly booed.

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Houston police urge witnesses to help in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff

Rap stars including Dave, Kid Cudi and Khalid have paid tribute to Takeoff, who was part of the Atlanta-based group alongside Quavo and Offset.

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Pence backs GOP's Kemp as Democrat Abrams hits on Medicaid

Former Vice President Mike Pence is supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as he makes his closing argument Tuesday for a second term over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams

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Sherri Shepherd hopes her cheerful persona equals daytime talk-show magic

ATLANTA — Sherri Shepherd has fashioned herself as a multi-hyphenate in Hollywood, which is almost a necessity in 2022: actress, author, stand-up comic, podcaster. Her latest venture: talk show host using one name only: “Sherri.”

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Fulton County election workers’ defamation suit against Giuliani can advance, judge rules

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected Rudy Giuliani’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Fulton County election workers who say their lives were upended by false claims of voting fraud.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court: Graham can testify in Georgia Trump probe

ATLANTA — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury later this month.

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Supreme Court: Graham must testify in Georgia Trump probe

ATLANTA — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury later this month.

Los Angeles Times

Young son of Atlanta-born Afrobeat star Davido drowns in family pool in Nigeria

Afro-pop star Davido’s young son has died a week after turning 3.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Community Trust names its first Latina president and CEO

Andrea Sáenz succeeds Dr. Helene Gayle, who resigned in June to become president of Spelman College in Atlanta.

WEKU

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper, part of Migos, the Atlanta group that was hugely commercially popular and both formally and culturally influential, was reportedly shot and killed in Houston on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

‘Not over’: Stacey Abrams faces an uphill fight in last week of race

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams remains an elite fundraiser who commands national attention and attracts large crowds. In the span of a week, she campaigned with Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington and Latto. She can book appearances on “The View,” MSNBC and even Fox News at the seeming snap of a finger.

Tribune News Service

Herschel Walker accuser says she felt 'threatened' after revealing pregnancy

ATLANTA — A woman who accused Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have an abortion nearly three decades ago showed her face for the first time in an interview with "Good Morning America" and said she felt “threatened” by the football star after she revealed to him…

WEKU

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

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