JEFF MARTIN

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee, right, in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at 4:50 p.m. EDT. Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. (NOAA via AP)
Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms
Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology. It left meteorologists astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.
 
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, National Guardsmen and other first responders gather on a road leading to Keaton Beach and Dark Island, back left, near Fish Creek, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee
In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida, experts say its eye experienced a phenomenon that kept it from further intensifying.
 
FILE - A supermoon passes behind the illuminated windows of a New York City skyscraper, Aug. 1, 2023. A rare blue supermoon could normal raise tides just as Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida’s west coast, exacerbating flooding from the storm. The moon will be closest to the Earth on Wednesday night, Aug. 30, the same day Idalia is expected to make landfall in Florida. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
Supermoon could team up with Hurricane Idalia to raise tides higher just as the storm makes landfall
A rare blue supermoon could be playing a role in worsening the impact of Hurricane Idalia as the storm lashes Florida’s west coast.
 
FILE - Fire destroys homes along the beach on Galveston Island, Texas, as Hurricane Ike approaches, Sept. 12, 2008. Hurricanes beginning with the letter "I" have been among the most destructive to strike the United States, moreso than any other letter of the alphabet. Idalia is on a path to strike Florida's Gulf Coast as a major hurricane to join the long list of catastrophic examples. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Florida prays Idalia won’t join long list of destructive storms with names starting with ‘I’
Floridians pray that when Idalia hits the Gulf Coast it won’t join the long list of destructive Atlantic Ocean storms whose names started with “I.”
 
Rattlesnake roundups take 2 paths, drawing praise and scorn
Animal rights activists praised an annual rattlesnake roundup in south Georgia that recently changed the format of this month’s event to celebrate living snakes without skinning and butchering them.
 
By video and social distance, Atlanta’s archbishop installed
Atlanta’s new archbishop was installed in a Mass that tweaked Catholic traditions to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Some malls reopen in Georgia with precautions in place
Things are still far from normal as some malls reopen in Georgia. Parking spaces were plentiful, many stores remained shuttered and reminders of the coronavirus outbreak were everywhere.
 
Private funeral, public memorial later set for Joseph Lowery
Family members say they’re planning a small, private funeral service for the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery out of concerns about the coronavirus, but a large, public memorial for the civil rights leader will be held this fall.
 
State agrees to ignore law on gay relationships in sex ed
South Carolina education officials have agreed not to enforce part of their own state law that bans sex education teachers from mentioning any relationships other than heterosexual ones — unless the talk involves sexually transmitted diseases.
 
Woman who went to hospital twice tests positive for virus
Health officials say a woman who went to a Georgia emergency center with flu-like symptoms late last month has tested positive for COVID-19 by the state health lab.
 
Filmmaker who wouldn’t sign Georgia’s Israel oath sues state
A documentary filmmaker who refused to sign Georgia’s required oath involving Israel is suing the state, saying the law violates free speech rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
 
Lawsuit: Sewage could pollute Memphis area if deal ends
Mississippi residents living near Memphis say that sewage could pollute the ground and water if the Tennessee city pulls out of a decades-long agreement to treat their sewage.
 
Atlanta councilwoman adds to reward to catch campus shooter
An Atlanta city councilwoman wants police to find the suspected gunman who opened fire on a crowd outside a university library, wounding four college students last week.
 
Dreadful heat, humidity invade South as misery continues
States from Texas to South Carolina were under heat advisories and warnings Tuesday, when it felt like 120 degrees in Clarksdale, Mississippi _ and forecasters said even more scorching conditions were possible by day’s end.
 
Atlanta bans electric scooters at night, after deadly wrecks
During what’s become a deadly summer for riders, Atlanta is banning electric scooters in the nighttime hours. The ban comes as cities across the nation struggle to regulate the companies renting the devices and keep riders safe.
 
Man accused of selling guns to buyers in US and Mexico
Prosecutors are charging an Alabama man with illegal gun sales in a case that involves numerous weapons advertised online at Armslist.com and shipped to buyers in Mexico, New York and California.
 
Atlanta to add context about racism to historic monuments
Lessons about the South’s racist history on markers will soon be placed next to four of Atlanta’s historic monuments. Local officials say the first of the panels could be installed as early as Friday.
 
Sites in 3 states eyed for permanent child detention centers
A government spokesman says President Donald Trump’s administration is evaluating vacant properties near five U.S. cities as potential permanent sites to hold unaccompanied migrant children.
 
Storms bring tornadoes, floods, power outages across the US
Potent thunderstorms have been blamed for two deaths and left more than 200,000 people without power across the southern United States _ and fierce winds walloped parts of several states as new storms formed Thursday.
 
AMC to rethink Georgia filming if abortion law takes effect
The network behind a television show that’s become closely linked to Georgia says it will “reevaluate” its activity in the state if a new abortion law goes into effect.
 
3 people killed, 2 officers hurt in standoff at Georgia home
Authorities in Georgia say a standoff that began when two officers were shot and wounded has ended with a 16-year-old boy and a pregnant woman killed by a gunman who then killed himself.
 
2 Georgia officers shot; police deal with hostage situation
Police say a gunman suspected of shooting two Georgia police officers is holed up in a house with a teenager who is considered a hostage.
 
Police standoff on an Atlanta-area freeway halts traffic
A police standoff brought traffic to a standstill Friday on an Atlanta-area freeway as officers confronted a motorist who they believed was armed.
 
Prosecutor sues Justice Department over man shot 59 times
A Georgia prosecutor is suing the U.S. Department of Justice over its refusal to provide information about how officers shot 59 bullets into a schizophrenic college student.
 
Governor: Norfolk Southern moving headquarters to Atlanta
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says railroad company Norfolk Southern is moving its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to Atlanta.
 
‘Walking Dead’ star trades arc of weapons for arc of story
Actor Andrew Lincoln will no longer evade the arc of a knife, a bullet or a bloody baseball bat wrapped with razor wire on the Georgia set where AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is filmed.
 
Speedways, makeshift shelters offer rest to storm evacuees
Some of the Southerners escaping Hurricane Florence have found refuge in makeshift shelters, including campgrounds at three of the nation’s largest motor speedways.
 
Florida’s voting rights battle goes to federal appeals court
A battle over voting rights in the battleground state of Florida is before a federal appeals court. Three justices at the 11th U.S.
 
Prosecutor won’t seek retrial of ex-soldiers in 1992 killing
A Georgia prosecutor says she will not seek to re-try three former soldiers who spent more than half their lives in jail for a killing their lawyers say they had no role in.
 
Manslaughter charge: Georgia officer shot fleeing black man
A white Georgia police officer who investigators say fatally shot a black man who was running away from him was fired and jailed just one week after alerting a dispatcher to his frantic pursuit.
 
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