37 jurors in pool so far for Andrea Sneiderman trial

DECATUR, Ga. -- After the second day of jury selection, 37 potential jurors had been chosen by the lawyers in the trial of Andrea Sneiderman.  They are choosing a pool of about 40 before selecting the final 12 and three alternate jurors.  That...

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Alleged attempted robber arrested in Morgan County

BETHLEHEM, Ga. -- Accused attempted robber, Kaleb Moss is being held at the Morgan County Adult Detention Center without bond after he led authorities on a chase through multiple counties on Monday afternoon.  According to the Morgan County authorities,...

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Owner subdues would-be robber at Alpharetta store

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Authorities are investigating a robbery that happened at the Sabri Guven Fine Jewelry Store Tuesday evening.  According to Alpharetta Police, authorities arrived at the scene on Haynes Bridge Road to discover a store owner...

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Brenda Wood follows local group through Ethiopia

Photo Credit: Steven Boissy WXIA -- Trachoma is one of the oldest infectious diseases known to mankind, according to the World Health Organization. The disease affects about 320 million people, worldwide.  Ethiopia has the highest rate...

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Andrea Sneiderman trial begins Monday

Andrea Sneiderman exits the DeKalb County courthouse DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Andrea Sneiderman heads to court Monday for the start of her trial, days after prosecutors dropped murder charges.  Sneiderman's husband was gunned down outside...

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Spain train driver arrested

A train passes the scene of the Wednesday train crash near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (Photo: Miguel Riopa, AFP/Getty Images) Police on Friday arrested the driver of the train that crashed in northwest Spain and killed 78 passengers...

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Weekend road work likely to cause heavy delays

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Transportation will be working on a few major roadways in and around Atlanta over the weekend. The projects will likely cause traffic congestion and delays. "I-85 around 400 would be the place to avoid," GDOT Metro...

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Three dead in Indianapolis bus crash

Firefighters work to extricate people from a bus crash Saturday in Indianapolis. (Photo: Michelle Pemberton, Indianapolis Star) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Fire Department says three people were killed when a bus carrying...

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Teresa Heinz Kerry released from hospital

Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images file (NBC NEWS) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to the ketchup company fortune, was released Saturday from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where she...

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Brenda Wood follows local group through Ethiopia

Photo Credit: Steven Boissy WXIA -- Trachoma is one of the oldest infectious diseases known to mankind, according to the World Health Organization. The disease affects about 320 million people, worldwide.  Ethiopia has the highest rate...

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Spain train driver arrested

A train passes the scene of the Wednesday train crash near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (Photo: Miguel Riopa, AFP/Getty Images) Police on Friday arrested the driver of the train that crashed in northwest Spain and killed 78 passengers...

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Husband of missing hiker searches, hopes

(WXIA-TV) -- A woman who lived for many years in Norcross, GA, who dreamed of hiking the entire Appalachian Trail, disappeared last week while hiking the trail. Geraldine Largay had made it almost all the way, she was in Maine. Now dozens of searchers...

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Braves Pitcher Tim Hudson now in Atlanta hospital with broken fibula

ATLANTA / NEW YORK -- Braves Pitcher Tim Hudson came back to Atlanta with the team Thursday night, one night after his season-ending ankle injury during the Mets game in New York.An ambulance took Hudson straight from Atlanta's airport to Piedmont...

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A burglary that could not be prevented

Suspect caught on surveillance video ATLANTA -- Sometimes you can do everything possible to prevent yourself from being a victim of a crime and it still isn't enough. That's the frustration an Atlanta man feels after his home was burglarized....

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Home Depot recalls Soleil portable heaters

Atlanta Business Chronicle ATLANTA -- Home Depot issued a recall on Soleil portable fan heaters because they can melt, deform and catch fire during use, causing a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported Thursday....

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Cherokee Co. School Board to hear ethics complaints against Kelly Marlow

CANTON, Ga. -- The Cherokee County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to investigate one of the school board members, Kelly Marlow, on ethics complaints. Marlow, herself, voted with the others in favor of the investigation, which would include...

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Spain passenger train derails, killing 77

UPDATE:  A Spanish court official says 77 people were killed when a passenger train derailed on a curvy stretch of track in northwestern Spain in what was one of the country's worst rail accidents in decades.Maria Pardo Rios, spokeswoman for the...

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Two arrested in shooting 13-year-old boy in Forest Park

The memorial outside Steven Diaz's home grows as police search for suspects. FOREST PARK, Ga. -- Clayton County Police have arrested two suspects  in the shooting death of 13-year-old boy Steven Diaz. Police say 18-year-old Gilberto...

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CIA Investigates Car Rental Safety

ATLANTA -- Who's looking out for you and your safety on the road?Our investigation may make you think twice the next time you rent a car. "The check engine light is on," Edwidge Mondesir said, as she showed us the problems with her rental car,"it's...

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13-year-old boy dies in Forest Park shooting

FOREST PARK, Ga. -- Clayton County Police are investigating a shooting in Forest Park that left a 13-year-old boy dead. The shooting happened shortly before 11 p.m. Monday at the Bradford Ridge Apartments on Sylvia Drive. RELATED | Atlanta teen shot...

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Stone Mountain hikers injured in fall saved by Technical Rescue team

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Risky, treacherous, difficult: that was the rescue mission facing the specially-trained firefighters who rushed to Stone Mountain on Tuesday to extract two, injured hikers. The hikers had slid and fallen down a steep slope. |...

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Flash Flood Warnings issued until 4:14 a.m.

WXIA -- The National Weather Service has issued Flash Flood Warnings for Banks, Jackson and Madison counties until 4:14 a.m. Earlier, the NWS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hall County until 10:45 p.m. Check out the 11Alive interactive...

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Royal baby arrives: It's a boy!

(Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) LONDON -- Get ready for a 62-gun salute, let the fireworks and street parties commence: The royal baby has arrived, and it's a boy. Prince William and Duchess Kate's first baby, a future monarch, was born...

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Former DA says Sneiderman murder charge may be dropped

DECATUR, Ga. -- Prosecutors say Andrea Sneiderman conspired with Hemy Neuman to kill her husband Rusty outside a Dunwoody day care in November 2010. But the case against her is circumstantial and weak, says former Dougherty County district attorney Ken...

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Task Force arrests triple shooting suspect

Timothy Jody Chambley mugshot POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. -- The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Timothy Chambley in Powder Springs Saturday night. The task force was contacted and asked to assist in locating...

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Rep. Lewis touts his graphic novel at ComicCon

An image from "March," the graphic novel by Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia). ATLANTA, GA-- With nearly a half century of hindsight, the images are very familiar: The 1965 Selma, Alabama march known as Bloody Sunday was a civil rights movement...

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Texas roller coaster can't reopen until it's reinspected

An aerial photo of the Texas Giant is shown, a day after a woman fell to her death from the roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, July 20, 2013. (Brandon Wade/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images) ...

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Flights delayed at Hartsfield due to storms

ATLANTA -- The FAA reports the strong storms passing through metro Atlanta have forced the diversion of many inbound flights to other airports in the Southeast to Hartsfield International Airport.  The diversions could mean up to two hour delays...

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Thousands attend Atlanta's "Justice for Trayvon rally"

ATLANTA -- Atlanta's "Justice for Trayvon Martin" rally drew what appeared to be a crowd of thousands Saturday, even when a rainstorm covered the downtown area. The rally was organized as a part of 100 rallies across the country taking place at noon...

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Flooding in Hall County

HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- C. Rogers Road, in northern Hall County was washed out by localized flooding due to heavy rains, isolating approximately 100 families around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Hall County public safety agencies, including the Sheriff's Office,...

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Report: Anna Benson was charged with murder in 1996

(USA Today) -- Anna Benson, the former wife of big league pitcher Kris Benson, was charged with murder in 1996 and then part of a national manhunt, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Benson, then known as Anna Warren, was charged, along...

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Possible HAZMAT situation at Russell Federal Building

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Fire crews are on the scene of a possible HAZMAT situation at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Downtown Atlanta.  According to Atlanta Fire, a package containing a white powdery substance was found several hours ago...

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Many support, many oppose, Saturday's 'Justice for Trayvon' Rallies

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, telling reporters he supports keeping the state's Stand Your Ground law as it is. ATLANTA -- More than 100 "Justice for Trayvon" rallies are scheduled to take place on Saturday across the country, including in downtown...

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14-year-old runaway located

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police are have located a missing teenager who may have run away after fighting with her parents. Atlanta Police announced Thursday night that they found 14-year-old Beverly Knepper shortly before a prayer vigil for her was scheduled...

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Mayor foils metal thieves

Robert Wiggins (L) and Pamela Wiggins (R) CLARKSTON, Ga. -- Criminals better beware if they're up to no good in the City of Clarkston. The mayor may be watching. Two metal thieves are behind bars Thursday night because of Clarkston...

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Thieves steal cancer survivor's iPad

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Lindsay Simmons has battled cancer half her life -- a disease that's stolen her health, her hair and any hopes of a normal, carefree childhood. But she's never felt like a victim until Wednesday night. "I went to the door and I saw...

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Flash Food Warnings until 3:15 a.m.

WXIA -- Flash Flood Warnings remain active in Lumpkin and Union counties until 2:45 p.m. And for Newton County until 3:15 a.m.  RADAR | View Interactive Radar Here WEATHER ALERTS | Sign up for severe weather alerts for your county When safe to...

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T'storms roar through metro area

Photo submitted by Stephanie Ray ATLANTA -- Late Wednesday afternoon, a line of storms roared through the area residents people without electricity, homes damaged and many commuters stuck in nightmarish traffic.  PHOTOS | July...

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Two people run into burning apartment, save two-year-old child, babysitter

Johnny Smith, Milko Reese, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in front of the unit where they saved two people from a fire on Monday. ATLANTA -- Two people jumped into the fire -- literally -- on Monday to save a two-year-old boy and his 70-year-old...

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Person rescued from house fire in NW Atlanta

ATLANTA -- One person was rescued from a burning house in NW Atlanta on Tuesday night.  According to Atlanta Fire, the fire broke out on the 1300 block of Northwest Drive in Atlanta shortly before 10:30 p.m.  Crews pulled one person from...

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Man fatally shot in NW Atlanta

ATLANTA -- Authorities are on the scene of a fatal shooting on the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in northwest Atlanta.  According to Atlanta Police, a male and a female were shot around 10 a.m. on Tuesday evening.  The male was...

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Zimmerman verdict sparks kitchen table conversations

ATLANTA -- The George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict has sparked countless kitchen table conversations across the country about self-defense, the criminal justice system and race. But nowhere have those conversations been more pointed than in African-American...

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Panel recommends suspension of Ellis

ATLANTA -- A special three-person panel made a unanimous recommendation Monday that DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis be suspended from office. The final decision is now up to Governor Nathan Deal. Earlier in the day, Ellis appeared before the panel...

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Federal agents arrest 255 suspected on-line predators of children

Brock Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, Atlanta, in his office, Monday, July 15, 2013 ATLANTA, Ga. -- Federal agents announced Monday they arrested 255 people -- three of them in the Atlanta area, and three...

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Authorities search for missing Cherokee Co. woman

WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Cherokee County Sheriff's Office deputies have been searching for a missing female since 9:30 p.m. Monday. The boyfriend of 25-year-old Starla Holloway Triplett of Canton told deputies the couple  was arguing in a car at the entrance...

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Friday storms result in more damage

ATLANTA -- It's a story everyone around metro Atlanta is tired of hearing about - thunderstorms causing property damage. Even though the storms lasted only a short while in some cases, their presence could still be felt.  Friday night's storms...

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Tripp Halstead to move into donated home on Saturday

JEFFERSON, Ga. -- Tripp Halstead and his parents will move into their new home on Saturday, thanks to countless donors from around the world who have been following Tripp's progress on social media. "Saturday afternoon's going to be a tremendously emotional...

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Country, Atlantans eagerly await Zimmerman verdict

Atlanta -- More than a hundred people attended a rally in support of Trayvon Martin and his family as jurors began to decide the fate of the man responsible for the Florida teen's death. For many, Trayvon Martin's death and the trial of George Zimmerman...

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