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Hybrid time: Surging gas prices match surging hybrid compact SUV sales

Owning a car is a long-term proposition with long-term costs, and aside from insurance, one of the highest variable costs of ownership is what you pay at the pump.

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He led NBC News. Now he’s pouring millions into nonprofit news in the South.

The donation in nonprofit journalism comes as local and national news organizations face significant financial pressures.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines

Why have airport lines seemed worse at ATL? The reasons are many.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the backdrop for some of the worst scenes of the ongoing government shutdown’s toll on the nation’s airports.

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Tyler Perry donates $250,000 in gift cards to Atlanta TSA workers

A representative of Tyler Perry said he worked with the Transportation Security Administration to ensure the gifts would be permitted.

Slutty Vegan owner Pinky Cole (center) talks with Arian Simone, founding partner and CEO of the Fearless Fund, at the Marie Claire Power Play summit at the St. Regis in Buckhead. Cole's home was returned to her after being seized in a bankruptcy case. (Ben Gray for the AJC 2025)
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Pinky Cole’s Loganville house returned to her after creditor seized it

A Loganville property owned by Slutty Vegan burger chain founder Aisha "Pinky" Cole has been returned to her after being seized by a creditor amid her ongoing bankruptcy case.

Verite News Deep South Today

He led NBC News. Now he’s pouring millions into nonprofit news in the South.

The donation in nonprofit journalism comes as local and national news organizations face significant financial pressures.

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What’s happening at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

The AJC is monitoring the latest happenings at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Atlanta Airport March 27 2026

TSA pay could be coming, but not quickly. How to help in the meantime.

It could take time for TSA officers to receive their back pay, even if D.C. finds a way to green light their funding.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines

Should the Atlanta airport privatize security? TSA woes raise the question.

The conservative think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute posted that the partial government shutdown woes “show why it is time to privatize TSA.”

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