The Brief from WABE

Cobb County authorities offer new details in the shooting deaths of two deputies; the British Consulate General in Atlanta is inviting the public to sign a book of condolences for Queen Elizabeth II next week; and the University System of Georgia announced it will extend a temporary waiver for SAT and ACT requirements at most public colleges and universities.

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Tributes and condolences pour in from Georgia dignitaries after the death of England's Queen Elizabeth II; Atlanta's Latin American Association says there's been an increase in the number of asylum seekers in recent months; and sales of electric vehicles in the southeast U.S. have doubled in the past year, but still lag behind the rest of the country

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Atlanta city officials are demanding more details on Wellstar Health System's planned closure of the Atlanta Medical Center; Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is isolating in India after testing positive for COVID-19; and a jury has awarded $77 million to the family of a man who died after being dismissed from an addiction treatment facility

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens tests positive for COVID-19; community groups are handing out bottled water after flooding in Northwest Georgia leaves thousands without running water; and more than 100,000 Georgians have requested absentee ballots for the November general election under new rules for mail-in voting.

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We're live from DragonCon 2022 in this Brief, so keep that in mind when you listen. It was really, awesomely cool to see, but it was also really, awesomely loud. We return to our regularly scheduled studio after Labor Day. Godspeed. (No, really, it's worth a listen. I mean it.); Why being pregnant means you can bypass Atlanta traffic jams; and it's an otherwise sleepy weekend in the city this Labor Day. Not. Between the aforementioned DragonCon, Black Gay Pride, and something y'all get all worked up about down in these parts--college football--200k extra bodies are in town. Be safe. Have fun.

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Closure of Atlanta's Wellstar Medical Center becomes a political issue; Try not to as he might, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) will have to testify before a special grand jury in Fulton County; and Delta's pilots up the pressure on the airline to reach a new contract with them.

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Wellstar said to be unloading Atlanta Medical Center; Fights are down in Clayton County Schools; and more Monkeypox vaccine is coming to the area.

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Burning bridge is structurally sound, on first glance anyway; Fulton's DA tells celebrities that keeping their glam off social media might just help them not get robbed; and a Georgia Democratic U.S. Senator aligns with Alabama's GOP representation, but it could be much ado about nothing. 

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A major crash on an Atlanta Interstate and subsequent fire shuts down I-285 for most of the afternoon; Gov. Brian Kemp has to testify before a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, but not before the election; and a local student is diagnosed with monkeypox.

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Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas. Subpoenas.; Maybe it's the clear backpacks? Maybe not. Either way, Clayton County asks its parents not to cuss at home and to give educators a break as brawls early in the school year are up 200%; and better have about $25k if you want to bring a baby into the world. And that's just to get to their first birthday.

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