Good morning, it's Thursday, January 28th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Transit advocates have a new plan to speed up construction of the Atlanta Beltline. Now they need to persuade everyone from MARTA and the Atlanta City Council to state and federal officials to get on board. The group Beltline Rail Now says its $2.5 billion plan would allow construction of the 22-mile light rail loop in a decade.
Jan 28, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 27th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As the Hank Aaron memorial service concluded at Truist Park on Tuesday afternoon, a fan stood still for a moment outside the right-field gate. “He changed the game in multiple dynamics,” said that spectator, Michael Salanitri, a self-described avid baseball fan who lives near Truist Park and came to pay his respects.
Jan 27, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 26th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Hank Aaron died of natural causes, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office. Aaron, the Braves legend and baseball’s one-time home run king, died on Friday at the age of 86. According to the Braves, he died peacefully in his sleep.
Jan 26, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Monday, January 25th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A man is dead after someone opened fire on his car while he was driving through Buckhead Sunday morning. The victim, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to Atlanta police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant. Investigators said the man had been driving in the 2500 block of Piedmont Road shortly before 3 am.
Jan 25, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Friday, January 22nd. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The need to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations in Georgia is taking on greater urgency amid the third wave of the virus and an increase of cases involving a more infectious strain of the disease. But Georgia already has been shipped almost all of the vaccine doses the state was allocated.
Jan 22, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Thursday, January 21st. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia election officials say they found no evidence that the Public Service Commission race was left off some ballots, and Democrat Daniel Blackman acknowledged Wednesday that he had lost to Republican Lauren “Bubba” McDonald.
Jan 21, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 20th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: It may still be the “World’s Largest 10K” but this year the 52nd Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race will try to be known as the “World’s Safest 10K.
Jan 20, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 19th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Instead of spending the morning in the warmth of their beds, about 40 people from metro Atlanta gathered before 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Impact Church on Sylvan Road in East Point. They were there to walk through the neighborhood and pick up trash. For them, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is a day of service — not relaxation.
Jan 19, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Monday, January 18th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Masses of armed pro-Trump protesters failed to materialize at the Georgia Capitol Sunday, but fear of them turned the state’s symbol of elected government into an armed fortress nonetheless. For much of the day, the scene was quiet but jarring.
Jan 18, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Friday, January 15th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Before Georgia’s runoffs, two Republican legislators tried to expose a gap in absentee ballot security by changing how they wrote their signatures on ballot application forms. Even with the altered signatures, they received absentee ballots.
Jan 15, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Thursday, January 14th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: No Republicans from Georgia supported impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday, insisting that the effort was rushed, politically motivated, and not the way to heal the nation after last week’s violent and deadly riots at the US Capitol. Democrats and 10 GOP representatives from other states disagreed.
Jan 14, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 13th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The acting US attorney for Northern Georgia, who was named after his predecessor reportedly angered President Trump for not finding election fraud, told staffers in a conference call Monday that he dismissed two election fraud cases on his first day.
Jan 13, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 12th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The state on Monday officially opened vaccine eligibility to a huge new slice of Georgians —those 65 and older — and launched a vaccination locator website, touted last week as a new and critical tool. But the Georgia Department of Public Health website led to busy phone numbers, wrong numbers and crashed web forms.
Jan 12, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Monday, January 11th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: US Senator-elect Raphael Warnock returned to his famed pulpit Sunday, trying to reconcile his historic election last week with a mob’s violent assault on the US Capitol one day later.
Jan 11, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Friday, January 8th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump has ended his court challenges to try to reverse his loss to Joe Biden in Georgia. An attorney for Trump filed notice in court Thursday that he is voluntarily dismissing four lawsuits making unsubstantiated allegations about ineligible voters, election equipment problems and fraud.
Jan 08, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Thursday, January 7th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Democrats swept Georgia’s two US senate runoffs on Wednesday to flip control of the chamber, pulling off stunning victories that will shape President-elect Joe Biden’s administration and transform the state’s political landscape.
Jan 07, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 6th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As hospitals struggled with a record surge in hospitalizations Tuesday, Georgia announced its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus strain that has overwhelmed the medical system in the United Kingdom. The Georgia Department of Public Health said the case was discovered in an 18-year-old man with no travel history.
Jan 06, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 5th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: US Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak resigned his position Monday, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Jan 05, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Monday, January 4th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump badgered and berated Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a call Saturday, demanding that he “find” votes to reverse his election defeat in Georgia — the latest example of the extraordinary pressure he’s exerted on state Republican officials ahead of critical runoffs for control of the US Senate.
Jan 04, 2021•5 min
Good morning, it's Friday, January 1st. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Amid the healthcare misery of 2020, lawmakers in both the Georgia Legislature and Congress finally acted to curb surprise medical bills. As of New Year’s Day, state law will protect hundreds of thousands of insured Georgia patients from being stuck with bills after emergency room visits.
Jan 01, 2021•4 min
Good morning, it's Thursday, December 31st. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump demanded that Governor Brian Kemp resign because he refused his demand to illegally overturn election results, his harshest rebuke yet of his fellow Republican days before crucial Georgia runoff votes for control of the US Senate.
Dec 31, 2020•5 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 30th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia again climbed the national rankings in new coronavirus cases, and state officials are racing to reopen a field hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center Thursday as medical centers statewide see record numbers of COVID-19 patients.
Dec 30, 2020•5 min
Good morning, it's Tuesday, December 29th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Doses of coronavirus vaccine started to arrive at senior homes and other long-term care facilities in Georgia on Monday, a watershed moment amid the raging pandemic. For 10 long months, the coronavirus has ripped through long-term care facilities nationwide, leaving behind a trail of serious illness and death. No demographic has been harder hit.
Dec 29, 2020•5 min
Good morning, it's Monday, December 28th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A 7-year-old girl has died days after she was struck by a stray bullet while Christmas shopping with her family in Buckhead, according to reports. Kennedy Maxie died of her injuries Saturday night, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Dec 28, 2020•4 min
Good morning, it's Friday, December 25th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams’ ruling allows voters to continue using drop boxes 24 hours a day under video surveillance until polls close for the U.S. Senate runoffs on Jan. 5. She rejected the case after an online court hearing.
Dec 25, 2020•3 min
Good morning, it's Thursday, December 24th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Atlanta police have identified the 7-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet Monday evening while Christmas shopping with her family in Buckhead. Kennedy Maxie remained at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Dec 24, 2020•4 min
Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 23rd. I’m Natalie Gray and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As Georgia on Tuesday set another daily record of new COVID-19 cases and many hospitals were running out of beds, state officials were racing to keep ahead. Health officials said they hope to quickly get additional COVID-19 vaccine shipments distributed throughout the state, avoiding issues that delayed deliveries last week.
Dec 23, 2020•5 min
Good morning. It's Tuesday, December 22nd. I’m Natalie Gray, and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: With the number of coronavirus infections surging and some hospitals overwhelmed, a second COVID-19 vaccination is due to arrive in Georgia by Wednesday. The state will receive 174,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine over the coming days, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Dec 22, 2020•4 min
Good morning. It's Monday, December 21st. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump will return to Georgia for a runoff eve rally to campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates even as he continues to fume at the state’s GOP leaders for refusing to overturn the election results. The president said on Twitter late Saturday that he would stage a “big Rally” for U.S. Sens.
Dec 21, 2020•4 min
Good morning, it's Friday, December 18th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Coca-Cola is cutting about 500 jobs in metro Atlanta — nearly 10% of its local workforce — and eliminating others around the world, the company said Thursday. The Atlanta-based beverage giant is letting go of about 2,200 employees around the globe, 1,200 of them among its US workforce of 10,400 people.
Dec 18, 2020•5 min
