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3+ min ago (248+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Missing a payment, even one, will hurt your credit score. One way to improve it is to set up autopay, so you are never 30 days late. But automatic payments require careful monitoring to avoid unexpected credit damage. Setting up autopay for the minimum payment is one way to avoid late fees, but it's not foolproof. An Atlanta News First viewer said she experienced problems after her mortgage lender failed to notify her of partial-payment issues for April and May 2025. The lender reported late payments to the credit monitoring bureaus. The woman and her husband had excellent credit scores, but the late payment dropped their scores 100 points. The woman set up autopay for her monthly payment, but when the lender increased the payment for the couple's escrow account, she did not adjust the autopay. In her…...

29+ min ago (1346+ words) Too many men live with unspoken wounds, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and family trauma that shape their lives but are rarely addressed. Silence and shame have kept brothers from healing for generations. Researchers have found that at least 1 in 6 men have experienced sexual abuse or assault, whether in childhood or as adults. Founder of the'Survivor's Circle'and co-creator of the Brother's Healing Male Trauma Mastermind, Robert "Dr. Rob" Marshall Jr., will be hosting Atlanta's first-ever'Male Trauma Mastermind conversation'on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This three-hour interactive experience will provide men and the women who support them with the tools, truth, and safe space needed to start or strengthen their healing journey. The gathering, Marshall says, is a thought-leadership and healing experience where men, particularly Black and Brown men, will openly share the stories we've often been forced to carry alone: childhood abuse,…...

37+ min ago (641+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Celebrities across the U.S. rave that her food gives them a taste of home. With a reimagined line of her signature seasonings, she's taking the flavor up a notch. Chef Jojo Davis said her love for cooking started when she was 13. "I was bullied in school," Davis said. "So when I came home, what I found was cooking was my safe space. I was seasoning like I was 70." By the time she went to high school, Davis told her mom she no longer wanted to pursue her diploma. "She took me to the Dean and the Dean said, "JoJo, what do you want to do in life?" She wanted to own a restaurant and the Dean challenged her thinking, asking her how she'd accomplish the goal without an education. At 16, Davis dropped out of high school,…...

38+ min ago (202+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Crews are responding to a fire at a troubled South Fulton apartment complex on Friday afternoon. A building at the Camelot Condominiums complex is fully engulfed in flames, according to a spokesperson for the City of South Fulton. Multiple fire units are working to contain the fire. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, the spokesperson said. The fire is the latest in a long line of struggles for the complex. It has long been plagued by crime and complaints of poor housing conditions. Another fire ripped through a building at the complex in March. Man in critical condition after being shot at troubled South Fulton condo complex, police say 1 dead after fatal shooting at College Park condo, police say Fire rips through building at troubled South Fulton condo complex Fire breaks out at…...

46+ min ago (197+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A man wanted in a deadly October shooting in southwest Atlanta was arrested in New York City, according to police. Around 10 p.m. on Oct. 18, Atlanta police said they responded to a person shot near a grocery store on 2070 Alison Court SW. They found a 33-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Atlanta News First is working to learn the victim's identity. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man dies after being shot multiple times on Alison Court, Atlanta police say On Friday, Atlanta police said 19-year-old Ranique Crawford was arrested the previous day in Brooklyn, New York, on charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and conspiracy to commit a felony. He is awaiting extradition to Atlanta. Police said the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the New…...

49+ min ago (340+ words) Everything that could have gone wrong almost did during a skydive over Australia. The event was caught on video. A skydiver was left dangling from the plane's tail when his reserve parachute deployed my mistake and got caught on the aircraft 15,000 feet above the Earth, The New York Times reported. The skydiver was the first of 17 who had planned to do formations on Sept. 20. The person was preparing to jump when the handle of his reserve chute caught the plane's left wing and deployed. That jumper then hit another person into a free fall. It was the initial jumper, however, who got snagged on a horizontal stabilizer on the plane's tail. Luckily, he had a hook knife and was able to cut the 11 lines in less than a minute. "Carrying a hook knife " although it is not a regulatory requirement…...

50+ min ago (454+ words) The Atlanta Falcons pulled off an electric 14-point fourth-quarter comeback to upset the Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football, and Zane Gonzalez was the one who stole the show. The 30-year-old drilled a game-winning 43-yarder to seal the dramatic finish and help Atlanta play spoiler. Gonzalez missed field goals in back-to-back games, but no one remembers that now. Ironically, a kick in this exact same situation against the Bucs was missed by former Falcons' kicker Younghoe Koo back in Week 1, but he made sure history didn't repeat itself. After a seven-play, 60-yard drive that lasted less than a minute, Koo lined up for a 44-yarder to tie the game. With six seconds remaining, the 31-year-old stepped up and drilled the ball roughly 20 feet to the right of the uprights: No good. This brutally failed kick ended his tenure in Atlanta on…...

50+ min ago (259+ words) Hawks fans are on a topsy-turvy rollercoaster of emotions to begin the year, and there appears to be no emergency brake on the ride in sight. In just the last couple of weeks alone, the Hawks took their fans' hopes to the clouds with a dynamic pair of victories against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Cleveland Cavaliers, two serious contenders in the East that Atlanta will no doubt have to navigate on their quest for a title. Amid all this chaos, the head coach is meant to be the calming presence among the raging winds. Instead, Quin Snyder has fallen short, especially in one key category. Being in the same conversation as the Jazz, Bulls, Mavericks, Blazers, Wizards, Nets, Pacers, and Pelicans isn't somewhere you want to be as a team in any category besides lottery odds. The Lakers are just…...

53+ min ago (267+ words) Overall, the airline added 12 flights from Dec. 30 to Jan. 2 to accommodate people flying to and from games in Texas, Florida, California and New Orleans. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " The Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is adding more flights in late December and early January to help fans see College Football Playoff quarterfinal games. Overall, the airline added 12 flights from Dec. 30 to Jan. 2 to accommodate people flying to and from games in Texas, Florida, California and New Orleans. "Bowl season is all about tradition, rivalries and unforgettable moments as teams battle it out for a place in the championship," Amy Martin, Delta's vice president of network planning, said in a statement. "By adding additional flights and building off Delta's well-positioned existing network, we are making sure college football fans can be there to cheer on their team when and where it…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (213+ words) A North Atlanta High School student was taken to a hospital and another faces pending criminal charges after a violent school-day attack involving a pair of scissors, district officials said. The incident happened Friday morning outside the cafeteria at the sprawling high school off Northside Parkway, according to a statement provided by Atlanta Public Schools. deniatsus" lacisyhp" mohw owt eht ,stneduts ",srossics .dias riap eno fo fo gnivlovni devlovni yrujni tcirtsid na "noitacretla a ehT loohcS" ohw detaert ot ot eht eht eht eht stneduts tneduts tnemetats ffats eruces .dias ytefas dednopser edivorp fo lacol si derujni ",latipsoh erusne yltnerruc erac gnieb ta ,aera dna lla a detalosi" erew eht stneduts noitautis dias rehto on .devlovni "tnedicni debircsed sa dna na SPA eht eht s'tneduts stneduts edivorp ro fo ton lacidem derujni noitamrofni yfitnedi rehtie tcirtsid did .noitidnoc tuoba ehT…...