The Brief for Thursday, October 22, 2026
Communities are eyeing potential statewide legislation in yet another effort to rein in the use and abuse of license plate readers from Atla...
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The Brief from WABE brings you daily news with context from Atlanta's public media outlet and National Public Radio member station. The Brief from WABE is updated daily before 7pm with a loo...
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20 of 1,331 episodesThe Brief for Wednesday, October 21, 2026
The FBI's Atlanta office is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who threw a Molotov cocktail at a...
The Brief for Tuesday, October 20, 2026
A hearing for the man accused of stabbing and killing 66-year-old Margaret Swan on a MARTA train earlier this year will now take place in De...
The Brief for Monday, October 19, 2026
The man accused of stabbing and killing a 66-year-old woman on a MARTA train in May is due in federal court Tuesday; A hunger strike continu...
The Brief for Friday, October 16, 2026
Immigrants in a Southeast Georgia ICE detention facility are on a hunger strike; Affordability remains one of the top election issues for Ge...
The Brief for Thursday, October 15, 2026
President Donald Trump returns to Georgia Friday to campaign for Republicans on the midterm ballot; Federal defense attorney's are pushing b...
The Brief for Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Georgia ready to distribute grant money for Hurricane Helene losses; ACDC sale could happen as soon as next week; and foster kids in Georgia...
The Brief for Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Mixdown 1
Multiple roller coasters are now offline after man falls to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia; Confirmation of Georgia's 21st case of the...
The Brief for Monday, October 12, 2026
President Donald Trump returns to Georgia on Friday to campaign for Republicans on the midterm ballots; Fulton justice system leaders say th...
The Brief for Friday, October 9th, 2026
All of metro Atlanta will be under a high wind warning and a flood watch this weekend, ahead of the arrival of the outer bands of Hurricane...
The Brief for Thursday, Oct 8, 2026
It's probably gonna rain. A lot. And get windy, too. Maybe a tornado? In other words, Isaias is comin'; After a lot of firings, UPS is hirin...
The Brief for Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Detained immigrants stage a hunger strike at a south Georgia facility; Yesterday, it was a numbered tropical disturbance. Tomorrow, it's lik...
The Brief for Tuesday, October 6, 2026
The family of an 18-year-old killed by a Newnan police officer demands the department release bodycam footage of the shooting; The first, la...
The Brief for Monday, October 5, 2026
A week after Governor Brian Kemp signed a gas tax suspension, high diesel prices continue to impact Georgia's agriculture sector; U.S. Senat...
The Brief for Friday, Oct. 2, 2026
Tybee Island has secured federal funding to replenish its beaches; Georgia is now shouldering even more of the cost to manage the federal fo...
The Brief for Thursday, October 1, 2026
Big promises (but a small delivery) prompt DeKalb County to sue; Twenty years into the project, Atlanta's BeltLine just aquired the land to...
The Brief for Tuesday, September 29, 2026
More back and forth between Fulton County and the City of Atlanta about the city jail; CDC employees who still have a job continue to say cu...
The Brief for Wednesday, September 30, 2026
A federal judge tosses the Trump administration's suit against Georgia seeking private voter info; Measles, anyone? It's spreading, and a Ja...
The Brief for Monday September 28, 2026
To lessen sticker shock at the pump, Georgia is rolling back its gas tax for 30 days; Because why should Atlanta homeowners have all the fun...
The Brief for Friday, September 25, 2026
Georgia elections officials say a new federal voter database won't affect the state's elections... this year; The Atlanta Braves and the Atl...