The Brief from WABE

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 greatest rappers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 gearing up for another round of voting as primary races where no candidate got more than 50% of the vote head to a runoff on June 18th. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

MARTA continues to have difficulties getting ridership and its workforce up; How Georgia communities are using federal funds to clean up transportation in minority communities; and Donald Trump's influence on the modern day GOP in the state. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden and Trump agree to a Georgia debate; why Memorial Day could be a Metro Mess; and a Georgia Supreme Court case gets way more attention thean it ever before. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimmy Carter's grandson shares an update on how the former president's doing in hospice care; Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is up for re-election and facing challengers, including in the Democratic primary next week; and the race to replace outgoing Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson is one of the few competitive U.S. House races in Georgia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The GBI uses a new law to add heat to a decades-old cold case; another new law makes it easier for third-party candidates to appear on Georgia's ballot; and the Hawks get first pick in this year's ...underwhelming...NBA Draft (que the slow claps). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A GOPer who voted nine times illegally while serving a sentence is voted out of the state party leadership; U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga) is still ticked about your late mail; and meet the young Georgia student who defines success by spelling the word better than you can. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

State GOP leaders want more answers about a special prosecutor's relationship with Fulton County's DA; Are Cobb County's newly-drawn legislative lines in-line with the state Constitution? Eh. SCOGA rules it's a cute question, but one they didn't feel they should answer; and.... the survey SAYS? Emory's president needs to go--although the University administration isn't so certain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump's Georgia trial delayed as SCOGA agrees to hear challenge; Georgia's MTG finds a cold reception from House colleagues as she tries (again) to remove the House speaker; and Music Midtown goes "on hiatus." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Georiga gets a budget; Kemp vetos a dozen provisions; and they City of Atlanta settles a civil rights lawsuit and pays the family of a church deacon tased to death $3.8-million. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"No Patient Left Behind" provision gets Gov. Kemp's signature; the ACLU sues on behalf of Georgia's deaf and hard-of-hearing populations; and the "Rent Is Too Damn..." low? No. Nobody said that ever. But the rent is lower than it was at the height of the pandemic. Sot that's good. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted a California man for making death threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced several key leadership changes in his administration; New legislation in Georgia bans so-called foreign agents from buying certain land in the state. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When it comes to bird flu, nothing to see here folks... keep moving; Climate change is likely to cause lots more people to move to Atlanta--too bad we won't have the infrastructure to support everyone; and an influx of cash means some lead water pipes might be replaced with safer materials. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Florida's stricter abortion ban takes effect, even fewer options exist for Georgians; Georgia could get its first ever national park; and a young athlete cashes in on young athletes cashing in. How name, image and likeness (NIL) is making some young sports stars into millionaires. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.