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Fulton County district attorney's office investigator accidentally shoots self in leg at courthouse

Sep. 22, 2023 11:53 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — An investigator with the Fulton County district attorney’s office accidentally shot herself in the leg Friday inside the county courthouse in downtown Atlanta, police said. The investigator is “alert, conscious and breathing,” police said in an email. The...

Packers' Love faces big challenge from a stingy Saints defense in his 1st regular-season home start

Sep. 21, 2023 16:46 PM EDT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love’s first regular-season home start has him attempting something nobody has accomplished over the last 10½ months. The New Orleans Saints (2-0) come to Lambeau Field on Sunday having held each of their last 10...

Police say a man and woman are dead after an apparent murder-suicide inside a Georgia Walmart

Sep. 20, 2023 23:16 PM EDT

HIRAM, Georgia (AP) — A man and woman were shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday inside a Walmart in a Georgia town, police said. The shooting took place at about 7:30 p.m. in the Walmart Super Center in Hiram, a small town about 20 miles (35 kilometers) northwest...

Pirani scores in the 80th minute to help D.C. United tie Atlanta United 1-1

Sep. 20, 2023 22:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gabriel Pirani scored in the 80th minute to help D.C. United tie Atlanta United 1-1 on Wednesday night. D.C. United (9-12-9) and Atlanta (12-8-10) played to a draw for the first time in 16 meetings. Atlanta had won five straight in the series, including a 3-1...

Packers' David Bakhtiari feeling frustrated that his knee issues have cropped up again

Sep. 20, 2023 18:43 PM EDT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers offensive tackle David Bakhtiari was hoping he had gotten past the knee issues that resulted in three separate surgeries and impacted his past two seasons. Now the oldest player on the NFL’s youngest team realizes that’s not the case. ...

West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling

Sep. 19, 2023 18:01 PM EDT

West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions. Students for Fair...

Atlanta to release copies of 'Stop Cop City' petitions, even as referendum is stuck in legal limbo

Sep. 18, 2023 19:17 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's city government will scan and release copies of petitions against a proposed police and firefighter training center, even though the city still isn't verifying voter signatures or otherwise moving forward with the citywide referendum sought by “Stop Cop City”...

A suburban Georgia county could seek tax increase for buses, but won't join Atlanta transit system

Sep. 17, 2023 19:04 PM EDT

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia's second-largest county could ask voters in 2024 to approve a tax increase for transit, but won't seek to join the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Gwinnett County officials tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution they're...

Lionel Messi misses 2nd match this week, doesn't dress for Miami at Atlanta

Sep. 16, 2023 20:12 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Inter Miami star Lionel Messi did not dress for Saturday's match at Atlanta United, the second match he missed this week. Atlanta is among five MLS stadiums with artificial turf surfaces. Messi and defender Jordi Alba did not dress for Atlanta United's 5-2 win. Inter...

6 'Soldiers of Christ' members are in custody after a woman's body was found in a car trunk

Sep. 15, 2023 16:40 PM EDT

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Five adults and a 15-year-old self-described as “Soldiers of Christ” religious group members were in custody Thursday on murder charges after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta's suburbs. Investigators...