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Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera addresses the crowd during the groundbreaking of the Science Square on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Science Square is a development by Trammell Crow Company, High Street Residential, and Georgia Tech. The development will have nearly 365,000 square feet of lab and office space across 13 stories. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Construction begins on massive bio science park for Georgia Tech2h ago

Georgia state school Superintendent Richard Woods, the Republican incumbent, fields questions with challenger Alisha Thomas Searcy, a former Democratic state representative and charter school leader, on Aug. 18, 2022 at Georgia Public Broadcasting. (Ty Tagami / ty.tagami@ajc.com.)

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Superintendent candidates deliver contrasting views of Georgia schools

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Arnita McCoy-Dhaamin (right), recruiting officer, helps a job seeker Maurice Franks during a job fair for bus operators and journeyman bus technicians at MARTA headquarters in July. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia unemployment rate down to another all-time low in July

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Fulton County DA says gang sympathizers are threatening a witness involved in Rapper Young Thug case

Young Thug case: Witness in protective custody after document leak

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Atlantucky Brewing was founded by two members of Southern hip-hop group Nappy Roots. The Northside Drive taproom and lounge opened earlier this year in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood.

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Nappy Roots member kidnapped at gunpoint at Atlanta brewery, shot during escape

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OPINION: Mr. Mayor: Tough talk alone won’t solve crime problem

AJC Editorial Board's View: Reducing violent crime in Atlanta requires a combination of behind-the-scenes action and public presence.

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Book disputes land suburban Atlanta school district in court

A group called Mama Bears of Forsyth County battle with culture war in America's school libraries leads to a lawsuit over the First Amendment

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Local

14 dogs ‘safe’ from euthanization at overcrowded Clayton County shelter

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Falcons’ Troy Andersen hoping to make his debut Monday vs. Jets

Browns QB Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million

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5 observations from Mike Soroka’s rehab start in Rome

Racial disparities revealed in monkeypox vaccination data

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UGA professor: We must stop segregating children with disabilities

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Falcons’ Deion Jones close to returning from PUP list

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Observations from Georgia Tech’s 11th preseason practice

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Nation & State

Lawsuit filed over treatment of Mexican professionals in factories

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A look at the world's skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower

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Woman describes frequent abuse by R Kelly before she was 18

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Dodgers TV reporter injured sliding down Bernie's Chalet

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Finnish PM: No drugs, just lots of dancing at 'wild' party

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B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts

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Saudi doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets

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Husband sentenced to 65 years in Fitbit murder case

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Politics

Gerard Lopez, Rivian's director of workplace and production real estate, speaks at a meeting arranged by the state of Georgia on Wednesday, August 18, 2022 to address community concerns about the company's plant that's expected to break ground near Rutledge later this year. Drew Kann/drew.kann@ajc.com

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As Rivian works to clear permit hurdles, residents want site details 14m ago

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Superintendent candidates deliver contrasting views of Georgia schools

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Georgia would get about $135 million for electric vehicle charging stations under the bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress approved last year. The Georgia Department of Transportation has developed a plan for using the money.

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Korean battery recycler to be latest addition to Georgia EV sector

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State Sen. Burt Jones, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, told Axios this week that he has always supported Georgians being “with who you want to love,” and that he would support a change to the state's constitution to protect same-sex marriages "if we needed to." (Photo: Troy Stolt / Chattanooga Times Free Press)

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GOP’s nominee for lieutenant governor veers from ticket on same-sex marriage7h ago

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (l) and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. AJC file photos.

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The Jolt: Kemp fight with Fulton DA Willis spills into public view

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FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waves while former President Donald Trump points to her while they look over the 16th tee during the second round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 30, 2022. Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Trump against an unprecedented FBI search. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Opinion: Trump muddles the GOP message

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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock took a pay cut in 2021 for his work as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, receiving $120,964.59 in salary and benefits. He received about $200,000 in 2020, the year before he entered the Senate. There are rules about how much senators can earn outside their government salary of $174,000 a year. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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Warnock receives housing allowance from Ebenezer, offsets Senate cap on salary10h ago

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has been critical of federal spending as feeding what he calls "Abrams-Biden inflation” in a slam at his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams, and President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, he has spent billions of dollars in federal largesse on programs that could help his reelection efforts, even though he opposed the legislation that produced it. (staff photos)

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Kemp slammed federal stimulus, but he’s using it now to help win reelection

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Extreme heat belt could be the norm by 2053

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In metro Atlanta, days over 100 degrees to double by 2053, report says

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Neighborhoods

The Duluth Police Department is currently accepting applications for new police officers. Certified officers will be given a $3,000 sign-on bonus. (Courtesy City of Duluth)

Duluth police department looking for new officers

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Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to the City Council on Monday, Aug. 8. (Photo via Atlanta City Council Office of Communications)

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens creates Office of International and Immigrant Affairs

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Brian Marcos is replacing former Fire Chief Roy Acree who officially retired July 31 after 32 years of service with Smyrna Fire Department. Marcos was appointed interim fire chief on June 24. Courtesy city of Smyrna

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Smyrna’s new fire chief rose through the ranks

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Activists protested during the City of Atlanta Council meeting; they support closing the Atlanta City Detention Center, where a vote is expected to lease Atlanta jail beds to Fulton County Jails on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Fulton approves leasing beds at Atlanta’s detention center

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Clayton County changing the site of Friday's match between Morrow High School and Forest Park High School.

Clayton County makes changes to another weekend football game

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About a month after beginning work as principal of Marietta High School, Eric Holland was named the sole finalist for superintendent of Rome City Schools. PHOTO CREDIT: MARIETTA CITY SCHOOLS.

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New Marietta High principal sole finalist for Rome superintendent job

Images of the renovated Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2018. The museum is helping to create exhibits for a new Holocaust memorial center in Sandy Springs, (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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Sandy Springs approves lease for Holocaust memorial center ending debate, for now

The Snellville city council recently approved a $13,063,295 Fiscal Year 2021 balanced budget. (Courtesy City of Snellville)

Snellville officials to ask residents about alcohol sales

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Investigations

Atlanta lawyer Drew Findling, nationally known for representing hip-hop superstars, has joined President Donald Trump's legal team and will defend him before the Fulton County special purpose grand jury. The eighth episode of the AJC's Breakdown podcast introduces Trump's new lawyers. (Alyssa Pointer / 2020 AJC photo)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 8: Trump’s new legal team

Fayetteville Police Investigator Diana Snider testified in Fayette County Magistrate Court Tuesday in a hearing involving charges against two members of the Black Hammer Party. Augustus Romain Jr., the leader of the group, observed the hearing remotely from the county jail. Romain is known in his online persona and in his affiliation with the group as Gazi Kodzo. (Chris Joyner/AJC)

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Feds investigating Black Hammer Party in wide-ranging criminal probe

In the past two and one-half years, nearly 200 Georgia Department of Corrections employees have been arrested on charges involving crimes at state prisons. File photo. JOHN SPINK/ JSPINK@AJC.COM

Georgia prison employees arrested for drug crimes, battery, sexual assault of inmates

Selena Holmes (left) reportedly paid GED instructor DaShawn Melvin (right) $1,000 each time he brought drugs into Pulaski State Prison.

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Blank greeting cards led to arrest of GED instructor at Georgia prison

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Things to Do

Katelyn Monroe Howes is the author of "The Awoken."

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Katelyn Monroe Howes draws from her own life for sci-fi thriller ‘The Awoken’2h ago

Kim Zolciak-Biermann on social media defended her daughter Ariana after she was arrested for a DUI. BRAVO TV

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Reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann said daughter is not guilty after DUI arrest

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Bierfest, dinosaurs and more: 15 things to do this weekend in metro Atlanta

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Country and bluegrass star Vince Gill has spent the better part of five year as a utility man for the rock group the Eagles, but this summer he's begun touring with his own band, to get back to playing his own songs. Photos: John Shearer

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After flying with Eagles, Vince Gill is back on his own home ground

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The Lumineers play State Farm Arena on Aug. 26.

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‘Brightside’ showcases the Lumineers’ creative restlessness

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A&E's "60 Days In" series season 7 features the Henry County jail.

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Henry County jail in the spotlight for the latest A&E ‘60 Days In’ season

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Lee Bains' new album is called "Old-Time Folks." He'll be performing at the EARL on Aug. 27.
(Courtesy of Joe Steinhardt)

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Lee Bains’ new ‘Old-Time Folks’ album proclaims ‘God’s A Working Man’

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Sports

First-year Georgia State coach Jonas Hayes works with his players during summer workouts.

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Georgia State basketball to host Georgia Tech at new arena Nov. 12

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Connecticut's Tina Charles (31) and Stanford's Nnemkadi Ogwumike (30) leap up for the tip off to begin the first half of the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game Tuesday, April 6, 2010, in San Antonio.

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50 years since Title IX, work remains on gender issues in sports

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Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins ran a practice similar to the Thursday practices of the season. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Observations from Georgia Tech’s 11th preseason practice

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Falcons coach Arthur Smith waves to fans during the team's open practice Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)

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Arthur Smith’s narrative for Falcons: ‘Doing things the right way’

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Falcons cornerback Dee Alford pulls away from Lions wide receiver Kalil Pimpleton after making an interception in an exhibition game Friday night in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Falcons’ Timothy Horne, Dee Alford battling for roster spots

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Falcons former Pro Bowl linebacker Deion Jones, who is on the physically-unable-to-perform list, is close to returning.

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Falcons’ Deion Jones close to returning from PUP list

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Things got heated in the third quarter when the Falcons and Rams squared off in 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. When the Falcons take the field to practice against the Jets on Friday, the team is set to enforce a zero-tolerance no-fighting policy.

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Falcons have zero-tolerance fighting policy for joint practices

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Atlanta United's Thiago Almada dribbles the ball during the match against New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Photo by Mitchell Martin/Atlanta United)

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Southern Fried Soccer: Red Bulls 2, Atlanta United 1

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