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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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Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, former CNN and 11Alive reporter, dies at age 62
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A 30-year-old’s overdose sparked a new law. Now courts are testing how far it can go.
Austin’s Law, passed in 2024, is leading to convictions of fentanyl dealers after a father’s fight for justice following his son’s overdose death.
Jared Curtis isn’t the only Georgia football storyline to watch on signing day
What will National Signing Day look like? It is starting to materialize significant storylines.
Search for inmate who escaped from Grady hospital enters second day
Timothy Shane is accused of stealing an SUV and then crashing it during the getaway, according to authorities.