The Brief from WABE

Groundbreaking civil sex trafficking lawsuit against Red Roof Inn comes to an abrupt conclusion as settlement is reached; what Biden and Trump must accomplish to swing votes their way in swing states like Georgia; and we take you to a doula graduation in southwest Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two former Georgia governors, a previous Atlanta mayor and retired U.S. Senator--two Dems and two from the GOP--come together to fight misinformation; more groups join the call for MARTA to pump the brakes on its Five Points renovation; and a conversation with Dr. Bryan Johnson, the next superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta gets ready to host a Presidential debate; SCOTUS declines to hear case on how Georgia PSC is elected; And an update on a first-of-its-kind civil trial seeking to hold motel operators responsible for sex trafficking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Political Action Committee says it will spend millions in Georgia for television ads in support of former President Donald Trump; A new state effort to address gaps in Georgia’s healthcare system is moving forward; The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta has named Jai Ferrel as its new CEO, the first woman of color to hold the position. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia's jobless rate shifts upward; The BeltLine's $100-million-plus budget; and Yellen about Fentanyl. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One more visit from the VP and Atlanta will rename a street for her (maybe); Dad who let son cook to death in a hot car freed from one prison long enough to report to another; and a rock climbing wall survives an attack of the NIMBYs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in two separate cases related to efforts to stop the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center; The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta have named the first woman of color to be CEO of the 100-year-old organization; and WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas breaks down tomorrow's runoff elections in Georgia. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Atlanta officials rolled out a summer safety plan just a day after two, very visible incidents of violence shook Metro Atlanta; Former Democratic Representative Teri Anulewicz responds to the threat of restrictions on IVF in Georgia; and a local resident prepares to release his new card game poking fun at Atlanta traffic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charges filed against Arizona man who planned a mass shootout at an Atlanta concert to spark a 'race war;' Smothered, covered and paid: Waffle House workers eye a possible pay bump; and 3rd party candidate, anyone? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City leaders say two incidents of gun violence, on a bus and at a food court, reflect gaps in the justice system; Federal and international authorities are joining the search for a 12-year-old Hispanic girl from Gainesville who has been missing for more than two weeks; and WABE's Stepannie Stokes looks at why the state isn't taking full advantage of a new federal program that provides funding for...

An off-duty APD officer is hailed as a hero for stopping a shooting at Peachtree Center's food court in downtown Atlanta. Four people, including the suspect, were shot; At least one person is dead after a highjacker absconded on a Gwinnett Transit bus in downtown Atlanta, leading a cache of state troopers on a chase across three counties; and, normally, we'd highlight a third story here to pique y...

Better get that COVID test in if you're so inclined as the state is about to pull the plug on remaining community testing sites; Trump's lawyers want oral arguments in the appeals case to disqualify Fulton DA Fani Willis; and one guess where Atlanta's mayor took the King and Queen of the Netherlands as they begin an official U.S. visit this week. [No? No idea? Not even a guess? You realize you cou...

A Georgia Congressman is urging President Biden to intervene and secure the release of a Suwanee man from wrongful detention in Nigeria; The state's agriculture industry is weighing the pros and cons of an above average year for rain in Georgia; and Rose Scott asks new Atlanta COO LaChandra Butler Burks what lessons the city has learned from the water emergency. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

A Washington state man has pleaded guilty to making 20 false reports of bombs and shootings in Georgia and other states as well as Canada; South Carolina Republican U.S . Senator Tim Scott says he's launching a multi-million dollar campaign in Georgia and other swing states to get out the minority vote for his party; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens continues to face questions and criticism over his in...

The Georgia Court of Appeals has paused proceedings in former president Trump's Georgia criminal case until a decision is made on Fulton DA Fani Willis; Fulton County commissioners are rejecting a measure to pursue a sales tax to fund a replacement for the main jail on Rice Street; and the recent win for unions at electric school bus maker bluebird has energized labor advocates in the South....

Atlanta's mayor treading water over initial handling of infrastructure emergency; APS passes massive budget [Note: WABE's broadcast license is held by the Atlanta Board of Education]; and a former Atlanta TV anchor, fired for being gay, talks about his new memoir and how he found his truth in writing it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Residents in parts of Atlanta growing increasingly impatient as they enter day four of a boil water advisory; the Georgia Court of Appeals has tentatively scheduled October arguments to decide if District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on former President Donald Trump’s Georgia criminal case; and WABE's Chamian Cruz tells how a group of rescue dogs are helping men in Fulton County break the cycle...

The man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the case; Georgians are bracing for possibly worse-than-usual hurricane season, which starts this weekend; and WABE 's "Plugged In" podcast looks at how former President Donald Trump's 34 count conviction in New York might affect the 2024 election in Georgia....

Norfolk-Southern has a new board chair; APSers could see a raise; and what's on Gen Z's minds these days? A lot, apparently. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That's his story and he's sticking to it: a Trump election interference defendant says he can prove the 2020 Presidential election was stolen; Georgia's Secretary of State to Georgia voters: '...about those mail-in ballots. Um. You might not want to, because USPS'; and rara avis wunderkinds they are: two Georgia young people advance to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. &nbs...

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is appealing a judge’s decision to toss six counts in the Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump; workers at Bluebird, one of the nation's biggest school bus makers based in Georgia, voted in favor of their first union contract; and one of the headliners for this year’s Atlanta Jazz Festival is one of Hip-Hop’s greate...

A family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against the city of Atlanta two years after police fatally shot their son at a Buckhead restaurant while he was allegedly in mental distress; Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern railroad and the federal government have reached a $300 million settlement following last year's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; Election officials are now...

A judge approves a settlement in last year's Norfolk-Southern train derailment in Ohio; Georgia's primary saw a few incumbents get the boot; and Atlanta is among 15 cities--three of which are in Georgia--to make the potential host list for the Sundance Film Festival See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Biden asks students for support, offers encouragement at Morehouse College graduation; Atlanta's real estate market sees a bit more inventory come online; and the YSL trial is already the longest in state history, and with no end in sight, the backup is spreading through Fulton County's judicial system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What Morehouse College students are actually saying about President Biden's upcoming commencement visit; The future for Atlanta's pandas, the last two left in the U.S.; and funeral services remembering an Atlanta-born airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.