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Carl Lewis wins the long jump

Looking back: 30 years since the Olympics in Atlanta

Thirty years ago, Atlanta hosted the Olympics. Here's a look back at those days.

The Rufus M. Rose House, built circa 1901, is one of the last remaining Victorian mansions on Peachtree Street. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Wanted: Buyer for long-vacant historic downtown mansion

The circa-1901 Victorian mansion has sat vacant for at least two decades along Peachtree Street in the shadow of the Southeast’s tallest skyscraper, Bank of America Plaza.

City council directs Atlanta to craft extreme heat safety plan

Under fire, City Council tells mayor’s office to craft extreme heat plan

City Council unanimously passed the resolution Monday, which calls on Mayor Andre Dickens' office and other city departments to craft a multi-pronged heat safety plan.

Georgia Media and Entertainment News

Black Girls Code class
AJC HER+STORY

At Black Girls Code camp in Atlanta, girls learn to see themselves in tech

Founded in 2011, Black Girls Code has spent more than a decade trying to change who gets a seat at the table in tech.

Mr. & Mrs. Ambien

Paramount murder mystery ‘Diarra from Detroit’ shoots Season 2 in Atlanta

It was a long wait but "Diarra from Detroit" has returned for Season 2 and on Paramount+ instead of BET+. Plus, it moved production from New Jersey to Atlanta.

021925 production road closures

Georgia film and TV production spending slips to $2B, a 10-year low

Film and television projects spent about $2 billion in Georgia in the 12 months that ended June 30, according to numbers from the Georgia Film Office.

Airport News

Fuel spill at Atlanta airport goes  into the Flint river

Environmental groups threaten to sue Atlanta airport over spills into river

The Southern Environmental Law Center and the Flint Riverkeeper threaten to sue the Atlanta aiport over spills of fuel, sewage and other substances into the Flint River.

Delta SkyPicks

Delta adds sports prediction offering to in-flight entertainment

The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.

Delta DASH

2 Delta planes have close call at Atlanta airport

A Delta flight departing from the Atlanta airport to Rochester, New York, crossed in front of a flight arriving from Pittsburgh.

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Let Me Put U On: The Decatur trivia night that turned strangers into family

City council directs Atlanta to craft extreme heat safety plan

Under fire, City Council tells mayor’s office to craft extreme heat plan

A view of the Terry R. Hicks Water Production Plant in Jonesboro on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Clayton County officials said Monday they experienced a temporary water service disruption last week, which could be part of a string of suspected cyberattacks that have struck municipal water systems across the country. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Metro Atlanta water system hit by cyberattack possibly linked to Iran

Fairlife Cyberattack Coca-Cola

Hackers hit Coca-Cola and Chick-fil-A. Now come the data breach lawsuits.

Digital Payments Check

Georgia is a digital payments hub. Is anyone still using checks?

021925 production road closures

Georgia film and TV production spending slips to $2B, a 10-year low

FBI seized many 2020 election records, but agents didn’t take them all

Atlanta warehouses boomed after COVID, then cooled. They’re hot again.

Your car might be more capable than you think
THE STEERING COLUMN

Your car is more capable than you think

Nuclear politics: Kemp, Granholm host dueling victory parties at Vogtle
GUEST COLUMN

Data centers raise electric prices and lower reliability, but not in Georgia

Hennessy Lexus of Atlanta

Atlanta auto giant Hennessy sold in deal valued at $1.3 billion

Nuclear politics: Kemp, Granholm host dueling victory parties at Vogtle

Southern Company’s data center pipeline keeps filling up