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A.M. ATL: Coast-to-coast trains
Morning, y'all! Your July 30 update: A consequential merger, charitable bail limits and more.
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Atlanta’s Black Writers Weekend offers a platform for stories that need to be told
The 2025 Black Writers Weekend is a celebration of literature, filmmaking, publishing and social media pitched to Black creatives.
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Meet the former pop stars on a mission to delouse heads across Atlanta
Atlanta’s Lice Ladies, owned by two former pop singers, helps metro Atlanta families fight lice with clinics and school visits.
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Atlanta Streetcar service to pause after Labor Day for construction
Shuttle vans wrapped to look like streetcars will run the 2.7-mile loop for three to four months while Georgia Power and the city of Atlanta make utility and sewer repairs.
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Young Cobb football standout begins road to recovery after devastating crash
The 6-foot, 230-pound seventh grader faces a daunting task after being hit by van near his home in June.
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Georgia wants to limit charitable bail. Federal judges are skeptical.
Georgia’s new bail law, which limits the practice of paying bail for cash-strapped defendants, faces skepticism from federal judges who questioned its constitutionality.
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Inside this Atlanta area film studio, a new pro tennis league has risen
For six weeks this summer, Electric Owl Studios in Decatur is the home base of Intennse, a new team-based professional tennis league bending the rules of the sport.
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Georgia’s childhood vaccination rates have dropped. Doctors are worried.
Georgia's MMR vaccination rates for kindergarteners have fallen from 93.6% in 2019-20 to 88.4% in 2023-24, pushing children further from the 95% rate needed for herd immunity.
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Georgia educators wait and see how federal cuts will hit schools
In first six months, Trump administration has issued sweeping cuts and directives that affect K-12 education across the country.