So much rain has fallen in Houston, the National Weather Service has had to add two extra shades of purple to its precipitation charts:
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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
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Donor leaves WABE $3 million, largest individual gift in station’s history
An Atlanta resident has bequeathed WABE a $3 million donation, the largest one-time individual donation in the nonprofit media operation’s 76-year history.
Usher sues business partners over failed Buckhead restaurant plan
Atlanta singer Usher wants his money back after loaning $1.7 million to music producer Bryan-Michael Cox and others to buy a Buckhead restaurant property for $6.3 million.
Braves’ original ‘Freeze’ is retired. But you probably still can’t catch him.
As the Atlanta Braves prepare to find their next sprinting mascot, Nigel Talton is enjoying his new career coaching high school athletes at McEachern High.


