The Brief from WABE

The Brief from WABE

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  • The Brief for Thursday, October 29, 2026

    More than 30 percent of active voters in Georgia have already cast their ballots ahead of the midterm elections, setting records; Georgia's senators are calling on the federal government to investigate conditions at an ICE detention center in Georgia as a hunger strike continues; and the Atlanta Dream are headed back to California for a final championship-deciding game against the Golden State Valkyries.

     

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 _01

    Suspects arrested for plotting to shoot up Cherokee High School had detailed plans, officials say; Georgians can now buy flood insurance online; and water pressure--the a push to force the city's biggest water defaulters to pay up. 

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Tuesday, October 27, 2026

    More measles. More money. Less music.  

    Georgia continues to see record-setting measles cases. Two of Atlanta's biggest corporations bring in more cash than even they predicted. And 'pressing pause' on VaHi's popular Porchfest.  

     

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Monday, October 26, 2026

    The U.S. Justice Department plans to send election monitors to four Georgia counties... election officials say it's not out of the ordinary; Police have arrested a suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at ICE offices in Atlanta; and Six Flags says it plans to install seatbelts on more rides after a death at its Georgia park.

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    10 min
  • The Brief for Friday, October 23, 2026

    Early voting in Georgia is setting records ahead of the midterm elections; President Trump returns to Georgia for the second rally in less than two weeks to bolster Republican candidates; and WABE's Marlon Hyde takes us inside one Georgia haunted house that's been in business since 1997.

     

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    11 min
  • 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 Atlanta-based Flock Safety; A federal judge in California has stopped the Trump Administration’s investigation into Georgia’s alleged noncitizen voters; and the Dream have taken a lead in the best-of-seven WNBA Finals after a blowout win in Atlanta.

     

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    10 min
  • The 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 downtown ICE office; The Trump administration is changing how it interprets the Endangered Species Act – and that could have an effect on some iconic Georgia species; and the Atlanta Dream host the Golden State Valkyries at State Farm Arena for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

     

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    11 min
  • 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 December; Gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson's campaign says they are no longer running ads that feature an 8-year-old girl killed in 2020; and the High Museum of Art threw itself a 100th birthday party Sunday.

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    11 min
  • 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 continues at Folkston Ice Processing Center, drawing local protesters to demonstrate; and the latest investigative project from the Atlanta Journal Constitution exposes how the state's dropping the ball when it comes to rating day care services in Georgia.

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    11 min
  • 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 Georgians; and The Atlanta Dream make their first WNBA Finals appearance in over a decade.

     

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    10 min

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