The Brief from WABE

The family of a man killed by three Georgia sheriff's deputies wants prosecutors to push for a second trial after a deadlocked jury forced a mistrial. The head of Atlanta's Center's for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on ADULTS to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as federal regulators get closer to authorizing shots for more children. Former Georgia Senator David Perdue may consider a run for governor.

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"Brown" rakes in the green during the previous quarter (just don't expect UPS to drop any of those extra surcharges); the ins-and-outs of using a specialized martial art to train police officers; And bye-bye Golden Ray.

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Week two of jury selection in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial got underway in Brunswick; Georgia reaches a COVID vaccine milestone, albeit it a tad later than just about every other state in the U.S.; and to say it's been a minute since the Braves prepped for a World Series game would be an understatement. Nonetheless, it's been a minute. Or, if you're counting, it's been 11,574,720... ish minutes. Game one against the Astros is tomorrow in Houston.

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Georgia will start offering all three vaccines next Tuesday to those eligible for booster shots, even as less than half of the state’s residents are vaccinated. WABE reporter Lisa Hagen brings us the latest on jury selection in the trial of three men charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick. And Georgia U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux discusses what congress can do to help relieve supply chain troubles.

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Graduation rates for Metro Atlanta high schools are in, and Martha Dalton brings us a summary of the numbers. We check in with our “Did You Wash Your Hands” podcast, featuring a conversation with a doctor at Grady Hospital about her conversations with people who are vaccine hesitant. The Braves try to earn a spot in the World Series and the Hawks kick off their season with a new mural in East Atlanta.

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Cases of Covid-19 are down in Georgia, but the infections that remain are almost all blamed on the delta variant. Money for expanded rental assistance could be at risk in negotiations over the spending plan in Washington D.C., leading Georgia Democrats to sound the alarm. A retired detective who investigated the Atlanta Child Murders in the late 70s and early 80s shares his thoughts on new DNA analysis planned for evidence in the case. 

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A new look at DNA from Atlanta's Child Murders of the late '70s and early '80s will soon take place; we learn what Georgia institutions have been named to this year's "Clean 13"; a Decatur woman fights to stay in the home she's rented for nearly three decades and Atlanta United marks Pride month with a series of billboards in downtown Atlanta.

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It was Day 1 of jury selection in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in 2020. WABE's Lisa Hagen is in Brunswick and recaps the first day. Covid-19 case counts are down in Georgia and across most of the country; a strike by film and TV workers appears to have been averted, and the Braves land in Los Angeles ahead of Game 3 of the NLCS Tuesday.

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Some Atlanta-area businesses may feel the effects of a potential strike by film and tv workers, but it won't have a major impact on the economy overall, says one Kennesaw State professor. Georgia faces an extra hurdle if it wants to keep all the money earmarked for rental assistance during the pandemic. And the CEO of TKE, an Atlanta-based elevator company weighs in on the changing nature of office space.

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The city of Atlanta reveals more details about what a new development at "The Gulch" will look like; community organizers call on the federal government to do more to help women re-join the workforce; and an Atlanta-based non-profit is working to help distribute and administer Covid-19 vaccines across the globe.

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