Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.

Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.

Credit: AP Photo/R.J. Rico

Opponents of a planned public safety training center in Atlanta submitted thousands of petitions for a referendum to City Hall today.

A state judge in Brunswick is ordering a minister to shut down a tent shelter for the homeless.  The city calls it a "public nuisance."

Ceremonies across Georgia remembered the attacks of September 11th.  A retired NYPD police officer spoke in Johns Creek.

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