Georgia, Elections and Democracy

The Georgia secretary of state investigated 296 complaints about the 2020 election. No evidence of widespread fraud was found. (AJC 2020)

AJC EDITORIAL BOARD

Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud undermine faith in Ga. elections

Voters deserve to go to the polls confident that their votes will count and that results will be accurate.

ANDREW MORSE

Ignore FBI raid noise and focus on the real story: Free and fair elections

More rumors than details emerge about FBI seizure of troves of 2020 records

Winter Weather

James Myers, 7, sleds down a hill as his father, Lee, pushes him at Little Mulberry Park on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Dacula. Snow turned parts of Middle and North Georgia, including metro Atlanta, into a snow globe. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Temperatures plummet with wind chills in single digits

Snow has been steadily falling in North Georgia and has made its way into metro Atlanta. You could even step outside and make a snow angel.

Snow hits the Carolinas as low temps compound power outage woes elsewhere from last weekend's ice

Winter storm threat forces Atlanta cancellations, closures including aquarium

Bitter cold will test Georgia’s power grid. Utilities say they’re ready.

Open drinking in Atlanta? Historic South Downtown could be the first.

City officials are floating the idea of open container districts ahead of the FIFA World Cup to boost economic impact.

Weather postpones nearly all of Saturday’s anti-ICE protests in metro Atlanta

UPDATE

Tap water safe to drink south of Atlanta after airport fuel spill

Georgia’s Gulfstream finds itself in U.S. trade dogfight with Canada

Everyday Black History

(Illustration: Devinne Moses for the AJC)

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Black history at 100: Five years that changed Atlanta

In 100 years of Black history commemoration, there are five consequential years when Atlanta’s Black history shifted course and left lasting marks on the city and the nation.

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Rejoice during Black History Month with these essential reads

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Spelman art exhibit dares to redefine the history of American slavery

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How Trump’s executive order could reshape our history museums

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Herman Wilder with his sisters Clara Odom (left) and Rene Wright in an undated family photo. He was brutally killed in 2001, in a mystery that took 24 years to solve. (Courtesy)

MURDER MYSTERY

Through twists and turns, Georgia family waits 24 years to find a man’s killer

It took a quarter century of dead ends and strange leads before DNA evidence led a family to the real killer of Herman Wilder of Dahlonega.

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