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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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ATL Comic & Pop Culture Convention won’t be back in 2026
It's a no go for the ATL Comic & Pop Culture Convention in 2026 after disappointing 2025 attendance.
Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell: My roles ‘opened doors for people with disabilities’
Sugar Hill’s Daryl “Chill” Mitchell met with the AJC to talk about his role on ABC’s Tim Allen comedy “Shifting Gears” and how his post-accident acting career has thrived.
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Two-day effort helps free endangered right whale off Georgia coast
Georgia state officials helped disentangle a North American right whale, one of the most endangered whales on the planet.
Report: Election board member violated conduct code by going to Trump rally
A Georgia Inspector General's report found State Election Board Vice Chair Janice Johnston violated the board's code of conduct by attending a Donald Trump campaign rally.
Waymo cars ignored stopped school buses in Atlanta. What happens now?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation. The autonomous vehicle company has issued a software recall.