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Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting
Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community’s efforts to cope with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from a teacher who was there. Brooke Lewis-Slamkova, who...
Fields steps in for Wilson, Boswell boots 6 field goals to lead Steelers past Falcons 18-10
ATLANTA (AP) — With all eyes on the quarterbacks, Chris Boswell's strong right leg stole the spotlight in the season opener. Boswell booted six field goals, three of them longer than 50 yards, to account for all of Pittsburgh's scoring as Justin Fields and the Steelers grinded out...
Atlanta Falcons wear T-shirts honoring school shooting victims before season opener
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before their season opener Sunday, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting. Four people were killed and nine injured last week at the school in...
Hill wins again at Atlanta to sweep Xfinity Series season at home track
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Austin Hill swept the Xfinity Series season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track, as the Georgia native continued to excel under the venue reconfiguration. Since moving to the drafting track configuration in 2022, Hill has won three of the five Xfinity...
Suarez returns to the site of the closest finish in NASCAR history looking for a playoff payoff
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — The best year of Daniel Suarez’s life began in February when he won the NASCAR Mexico race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, an event essentially staged with Suarez as the star. Later that month came the closest finish in NASCAR history, a photo-finish...
Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber homer to help Phillies overpower Marlins 16-2
MIAMI (AP) — Trea Turner was a triple shy of the cycle, Kyle Schwarber hit his 33rd homer and Bryce Harper had three hits to help the Philadelphia Phillies overpower the Miami Marlins 16-2 on Friday night. Johan Rojas added a career-high three doubles, and Kody Clemens also had...
Rhyne Howard becomes the first Dream player since 2013 to score 30-plus in consecutive games
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored a season-high 33 points to become the first Atlanta player since 2013 to put up consecutive 30-point performances and the Dream beat the Dallas Wings 107-96 in overtime on Friday night. Howard, who was coming off a 31-point game against...
Steelers QB Russell Wilson is questionable for opener at Atlanta with a calf injury
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers thought they settled their quarterback competition when coach Mike Tomlin anointed Russell Wilson the starter for Sunday's opener in Atlanta. Turns out, maybe not. The Steelers listed Wilson as “questionable” for Week 1...
Autopsy performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but cause not yet revealed
ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy was performed Friday on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but his cause of death won't be given until further tests are completed, officials said. Georgia's Fulton County medical examiner said the examination had been completed a day after Quan, whose legal name is...
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper known for trap jams like 'Type of Way,' dies at 33
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream fame through the trap singles “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has died. He was 33. Quan, whose legal name is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at an Atlanta hospital, the Fulton County...
