Local News in Fulton County

Ahead of a $1.7 trillion holiday season, Lenox Square hosts its first retailer hiring event

Before holiday shoppers fill Lenox Square’s stores, retailers need the people who will keep them running. Lenox Square Mall will host its first retailer hiring event Saturday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Dining Pavilion, connecting job seekers with retailers offering…

Report: Key details of Georgia executions are shrouded in secrecy

A ProPublica investigation found the nature of Georgia's lethal injection drugs and the identities of doctors involved in executions are by law kept secret.

Georgia Today: Flock camera rules; West Nile virus death; Get-out-the-vote efforts

On the September 16th edition: Atlanta promises rules on Flock cameras; One Georgian has died of West Nile Virus; And get-out-the-vote efforts are underway ahead of the November midterms.

One day after the Supreme Court weighed in on mail-in voting, ballots ship to Georgians overseas

This week, ballots for November’s midterm elections are being sent to Georgians living overseas, unaffected by a White House executive order to screen mail-in ballots that was shut down by the Supreme Court.

5 takeaways from the Latin Grammy nominations

The list includes veteran hitmakers, a fresh crop of best new artist nominees and a 19-year-old folk prodigy.

Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like

Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.

DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in the U.S.

The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide.

A tumultuous congressional primary season closes with record departures and defeats

Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.

South Fulton Celebrates First Responders and Their Commitment to Service

Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81

Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life.

Kate Atkinson's latest historical escape is to a festival most Americans haven't heard of

The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people's spirits after the devastation of World War II.

Why Steve Bannon sided with Sanders, not Trump, on AI

Where does Steve Bannon fit in the debate over regulating or slowing AI? He tells Morning Edition where he breaks with Trump and what he thinks Washington should do.