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Atlanta News First: Atrium Health and Morehouse School of Medicine say plans are approved to move forward on a teaching hospital at 675 Metropolitan Pkwy SW — 50 beds expandable past 700 — with funding still unresolved after Atlanta asked Fulton for $200 million.
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Atlanta firefighters rescued three people from the second floor of a southwest Atlanta apartment building Saturday evening after a fast-moving fire spread through the Woodlands at Cascade complex. Between eight and 16 units were destroyed, and the Red Cross is helping displaced families.
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A 26-year-old man was shot multiple times in the 2100 block of Campbellton Road SW around 2:15 a.m. Saturday. In a separate incident, a woman was hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting at a DeKalb County apartment complex.
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A CSX freight train struck a semi-truck early Friday morning near Lee Street, sparking a fire and scattering cargo. MARTA rail service was temporarily suspended as safety crews inspected overhead structures.