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13.08.2021 / 23:13

Metro Atlanta church to require vaccination proof for in person services

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A metro Atlanta Pastor and his team have made the decision to require worshipers to show proof of full vaccination status before they can entire worship service.Reverend Doctor William Flippin Sr. is the pastor of The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church and said it’s his way of stopping the spread and keeping his members safe."There are people who foolishly say they are covered under the blood.

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US schools reopen amid COVID-19 surge with masks optional for many

MCDONOUGH, Ga. - As Tussahaw Elementary opened this week for a new school year, teary-eyed mothers led in kindergartners dwarfed by backpacks and buses dropped off fifth graders looking forward to ruling their school. The biggest clue to the lingering COVID-19 crisis was the masks worn by students and teachers — but not all of them.Georgia, like most states, is leaving it up to local schools to decide whether to require face coverings.

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Kanye West Fans Were Offered COVID-19 Vaccines at Second 'Donda' Listening Party

Kanye West is trying to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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Atlanta-area spa shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder in Cherokee County

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - The man accused of murdering eight people including six Asian women at massage parlors in metro Atlanta has pleaded guilty to charges of murder, aggravated assault, and more in a Cherokee County court Tuesday morning.Standing in handcuffs in front of a Cherokee County judge, Robert Long said that he accepted a plea deal with prosecutors that would declare him guilty.Long is accused of killing 49-year-old Xiaojie "Emily" Tan, 44-year-old Daoyou Feng, 33-year-old Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, and 54-year-old Paul Michels at Youngs Asian Massage near Acworth on March 16.

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Firefighter saves flag as flames creep toward it

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga - A fire destroyed a Bartow County business over the weekend. Everything was burned, except the American flag that was flying out front.

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Warrant: Suspect in Cobb country club murders bound victims before killings

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - The warrant for the suspect charged in the deaths of three people found on the 10th hole of Pinetree Country Club’s golf course on Saturday afternoon reveals new allegations about what investigators say he did before committing the murders.The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Chamblee arrested 23-year-old Atlanta resident Bryan Anthony Rhoden around 5:30 p.m.

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Grandmother begs for answers after 19-year-old gunned down at convenience store

DECATUR, Ga. - Police are searching for a gunman in a deadly shooting outside of a DeKalb County food mart Wednesday night.Now the 19-year-old victim's grandmother is speaking out about her loss.Johnnie Jones described her grandson Jakare McKellar as a "loveable kid." The 19-year-old was outside a Food Mart on 3800 block of Flat Shoals Parkway, just outside of Interstate 285, when he was gunned down late that night.Police on the scene didn't say much about the investigation. McKellar's family tells us a car drove up and someone started shooting, killing the young man.

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3 men killed in Cobb County golf course shooting; suspect still at large, police say

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Police say three men were found dead on the tenth hole of Pinetree Country Club’s golf course.The suspect, who is still at large, drove a white pickup truck onto the green, witnesses said. When the course’s golf director Gene Siller confronted the man, he shot him in the head. On Sunday evening, police announced that two more bodies were found in the back of that pickup truck, one of whom was Paul Pierson, the owner of that truck.

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Multi-state shooting spree was racially motived, suspect was targeting White men: report

Justin Tyran Roberts COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Black man accused of wounding five people during three separate shootings in Georgia and Alabama told police he was targeting White men and the attacks were racially motivated, according to a recent report. Justin Tyran Roberts, the accused shooter, told police that White men had picked on him and wronged him for all his life, Columbus, Ga. PoliceDet.

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Sheriff: Cashier fatally shot after dispute with person over a mask

DECATUR, Ga. - DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox said a supermarket cashier was shot over a dispute with a customer about a mask on Monday. A DeKalb County deputy in the supermarket shot at the suspect, Maddox said, and the suspect returned fire and struck the deputy.Authorities said the suspect, currently hospitalized, was arguing about a mask when he shot at a cashier at Big Bear Supermarket in Decatur. A deputy, who was employed part-time for security with the store, intervened and returned fire, a sheriff's office spokesperson said. "That is what he's trained to do, that's part of his 30-year career in law enforcement," Maddox said.

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Teenage girl dies after being struck by lightning on Tybee Island

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. - Tybee Island police said a 15-year-old girl from Alabama died after being struck by lightning while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean Saturday.Authorities said dispatchers received a 911 call around 2;37 p.m.

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'I didn't want to take nobody's kid away from them': Officer recounts being run over by teen driver

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. - Speaking from his hospital bed, College Park Police Officer Ivory Morris recounted the thoughts that raced through his head when he said a teenager driving a stolen car ran him over on Sullivan Road early Saturday morning."You know, I was thinking when I was on top of that car, I had the other hand free to reach for the gun, but I said I don't want to pull it. It wasn't the use of force, I was thinking they was somebody's kids.

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News Scan for Jun 11, 2021

A surveillance study of US children during the first wave of the pandemic found that multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) was a rare complication associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, but incidence was significantly higher in non-White racial and ethnic groups, US researchers reported yesterday in JAMA Network Open.Using enhanced surveillance data collected from seven states

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1 injured, 7 arrested after shootout at Southlake Mall, police say

MORROW, Ga. - A large group fighting outside of a metro Atlanta area mall led to gunfire on Thursday afternoon, police said. One man was injured in the shootout.The Morrow Police Department said more than 20 shots were fired outside Southlake Mall leading to one person being injured.

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Suspect in bloody assault at Augusta Little Caesars arrested

Brittany Kennedy, 25, is wanted for battery in the brutal assault of another woman this week at a Little Caesars restaurant in Augusta.

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Teen saves toddler from drowning at pool party

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - On Mother's Day weekend, Randy Brown's years of swimming lessons saved a toddler's life.The 13-year-old saved a 2-year-old boy, whose body was spotted by the child's mother at the bottom of a pool. "She was screaming at the side of the pool and was like, ‘There’s my son,'" Brown said.Brown said he swam to the bottom of the pool and pulled the boy up to the surface. People performed CPR and revived the boy. The toddler survived the ordeal.

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Shaq helps gift hundreds of new shoes to elementary school students

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - Former NBA star and Atlanta-area resident Shaquille O'Neal has been known to help out his neighbors from time to time, even spontaneously. The NBA Hall-fo-Famer showed generosity Friday in the form of providing kids in Henry County with new shoes. Soles4Souls partnered with The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Reebok to distribute 500 new pairs of shoes to kids.Shaq visited Wesley Lakes Elementary School, a McDonough Title I school, saying he is happy to put a smile on kids' faces at the end of the school year."It's all about the kids," O'Neal said.

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Covid-19: 381 new cases confirmed as quarantine list updated

The Department of Health has been notified of 381 new cases of Covid-19.

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Convictions in baby's death tossed; couple freed from prison

COLUMBUS, Ga. – Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering their newborn daughter. The district attorney walked over and apologized.

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Sheriff: Video shows squirt gun fight turn into real gun battle at Fayette County park

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. - Investigators have released a portion of the surveillance video showing a squirt gun fight that turned into actual gunfire, killing one and injuring another in Fayette County earlier this month.Sean Allen, 20, was taken into custody on Monday for that deadly shooting and charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb shared both still photos and surveillance video with FOX 5 that investigators said showed what happened on May 7 around 5:10 p.m. in Kenwood Park.

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COVID-19 may reduce gray matter volume in brain, small study suggests

Around 15% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 experience neurological complications.

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Damage assessment begins on overturned cargo ship after fire

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A salvage team on Saturday began assessing damage caused by a fire inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast.

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Service at gas pumps should be ‘normal’ by end of weekend after Colonial Pipeline attack, Granholm says

delivery to return to normal. "Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during this start-up period," the company wrote on Twitter. "Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal."The company said those markets include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. RELATED: Colonial Pipeline restores full service, return to normal will take ‘several days’Colonial Pipeline, the operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East

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WATCH LIVE: Plumes of smoke, flames pouring from shipwreck

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A massive ship that capsized in the St. Simons Sound bay in Georgia in 2019 is on fire Friday.

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Judge weighing relevance of Ahmaud Arbery's mental health

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants' neighborhood.

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Colonial Pipeline attack: Fuel transport limits waived for some states as shutdown drags on

The Department of Transportation announced last night that they are allowing overweight transport in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.Government officials are acting swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports, even as they sought to assure the public that there was no cause for alarm. But now, more than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers.The Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on

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Judge asked to OK evidence of Ahmaud Arbery's past troubles

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Attorneys for a white father and son charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a judge to allow evidence of the slain Black man's past problems to be presented when their clients stand trial for murder.

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Young mom gunned down on Mother's Day weekend trying to help friend, police say

SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - South Fulton police are looking for a man who they say shot and killed a young mother when she tried to help a friend.Family members and South Fulton Police tell us 23-year-old Selena Dukes went to the old Sandtown Vista Apartments, now The Slate, to help a friend. They were picking up the friend's baby from the father when police say the parents got in an argument.

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Father says 11-year-old son jumped from school bus to 'escape the situation'

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. - The father of a middle school student who jumped out of a Walton County bus on Wednesday said his son did it to get away from bullies.The 11-year-old boy is recovering from a concussion and a broken elbow. Family said they notified the school of previous incidents and this one pushed the boy too far."Death.

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India among five countries added to hotel quarantine list

India is among five countries that have been added to the list of designated states from which passengers arriving into Ireland must enter Mandatory Hotel Quarantine.

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The Latest: Atlanta Motor Speedway to allow full capacity

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Black cemeteries are reflection of deep segregation history

CHICAGO – As a child, Linda Davis and her mother broke clay pots over the gravesites of their ancestors, allowing the flowers in them to take root.

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Ahmaud Arbery case: 3 men now charged with federal hate crimes, attempted kidnapping in death

Ahmaud Arbery BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery with hate crimes and attempted kidnapping charges.Travis McMichael, 35; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65, and William "Roddie" Bryan, 51, each face one count of interference with rights and with one count of attempted kidnapping. The McMichaels were also charged with one count each of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.

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Column: Matsuyama goes from inspiration to Masters champion

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The idea was to create golfing heroes, not necessarily a Masters champion.

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Masters is a win for Hideki Matsuyama, and for Japan

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The question became inevitable at some of the bigger golf tournaments, whether it was for Jordan Spieth or Tiger Woods. And it had nothing to do with them.

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3 officers injured, 1 suspect dead in Carroll County police chase

CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. - Law enforcement in Carroll County said three officers were injured, a suspect is dead and another is in custody after multiple agencies responded to a shooting incident on Monday morning. Officials said the three officers are wounded in a gunfight with suspects fleeing from a Georgia State Patrol traffic stop. The injured authorities include a Carroll County deputy Jay Repetto, Carrollton Police Department officer Sgt.

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Japan's champion: Matsuyama wins the Masters for his nation

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters. It was a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, disasters that killed thousands and destroyed much of the region he called home in March 2011.

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Zalatoris' Masters debut ends with him a shot back

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Maybe the first hint that Will Zalatoris had what it took came when he was 6, and Ken Venturi went over to him on a driving range to show him a grip that he hasn’t changed since. Or maybe it was at 11, when a pro named David Price said he could be great if he put in the work.

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X-Man's Agony: Another close call in major for Schauffele

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Xander Schauffele stepped up to the 16th tee with all the momentum at the Masters.

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Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all.

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Hideki Matsuyama wins Masters, first Japanese golfer to win major championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 11, 2021 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Jared C.

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Rahm closes with a 66, ends memorable Masters week

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jon Rahm had a great week before even getting to the Masters.

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The Latest: Matsuyama has 4-shot lead on last day at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Latest on the Masters, the first golf major of the year (all times EDT):

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Xander Schauffele, again, right in major mix at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Xander Schauffele is in what has become familiar territory. He’s close to the top of the leaderboard in a major championship.

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A masterpiece from Hideki Matsuyama to take Masters lead

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Hideki Matsuyama showed he could handle Augusta National when he first showed up as a 19-year-old amateur. Ten years later, the Japanese star put himself on the cusp of a green jacket Saturday at the Masters.

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The Latest: Moving day at the Masters, but which direction?

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Latest on the Masters (all times local):

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Rose clings to 1-shot Masters lead as Spieth, Thomas lurk

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Justin Rose was happy enough to still have the lead Friday at the Masters, even if only by a fraction on a day when Augusta National was more forgiving and he had to rally just to shoot par.

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Dustin Johnson's Masters reign ends with missed cut

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dustin Johnson is scheduled to be in Butler Cabin on Sunday evening, draping the green jacket over the shoulders of the Masters champion.

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