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BREAKING: Police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy

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Hartsfield-Jackson contracting for new concessions on Concourse T

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Multiple vehicles were damaged by bullets Sunday night when gunfire rang out in the parking lot of Loca Luna on Amsterdam Avenue. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Owners terminate Loca Luna’s lease after latest gunfire incident

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Atlanta filmmakers’ ‘Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul’ premieres at Sundance

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Win Gastrobar in Buckhead serves chicken and egg pillows, a form of the common Indonesian street food martabak. Henri Hollis/henri.hollis@ajc.com

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Warm up your winter with a taste of Indonesia in Atlanta4h ago

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Locally owned coffee shop temporarily closes in SE Atlanta after robbery

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14 families displaced by fire that destroyed several homes in SE Atlanta

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Zillow data shows Atlanta among best cities for online home buyers

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Fact vs. fiction: Official sources for coronavirus news

Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Jan. 24)

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Nakato’s Tatami Rooms were created by a Japan-based architectural firm in the exact specifications of traditional Tatami Rooms that are found throughout Japan. Although Nakato’s Tatami Rooms have been closed during Covid, guests could enjoy a multi-course dinner uniquely prepared for their group by the Executive Chef.
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Atlanta Classics: Atlanta’s oldest Japanese restaurant turns 50

Inside City Hall: ‘Pavement posse’? How Andre Dickens wants to make the city work better

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Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Jan. 24)

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Atlanta Classics: Atlanta’s oldest Japanese restaurant turns 50

Inside City Hall: ‘Pavement posse’? How Andre Dickens wants to make the city work better

Fulton to give away free smart thermostats

Atlanta's projected high is 56 degrees Monday, and Tuesday could be even warmer with a projected high of 57, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Eboni Deon. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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MONDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Sunshine to boost temperatures into the mid-50s

3 years later, family of man killed by Atlanta officer questions DA’s priorities

Gluten-free restaurant KarmaFarm relocating and more dining news from the week

Edward Irons: a dean emeritus at Clark Atlanta University, dies at 98

The 1-year-old girl was shot Jan. 12 at a home on Harwell Road in northwest Atlanta and died three days later in a hospital. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

Credit: Channel 2 Action News

Woman arrested after 1-year-old daughter shot by child with unsecured gun

Hotels, convention business still recovering from COVID impact

3 tractor-trailers jackknife in Union City, cause hours of delays on I-85

Truist sign to be added to second-tallest building

FRIDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Freezing cold with a slight chance of wintry mix

2 drivers arrested after child, 5, grazed by stray bullet in SW Atlanta

Passengers stranded as COVID forces metro Atlanta transit services to cancel trips

How Crispy Express to open its long-awaited Summerhill restaurant next week

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Education

Clarkdale Elementary School wait at a social distance as they prepare to board their school buses after school in Austell in 2020. Coronavirus cases in metro Atlanta school districts remain high even as overall counts across Georgia are down from the record numbers posted in early January. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows

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Students arrive at Norcross Elementary School on Jan. 10, 2022. Masks are required in Gwinnett County Public Schools. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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COVID and masks: Some metro Atlanta school districts are relaxing rules

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Fayette County Schools lifted its mask mandate in buildings on Tuesday, but maintained the face coverings requirement on buses.

Fayette County making masks optional in schools, mandatory on buses

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The long-standing pencil and paper SAT college admissions exam will shift online in 2024 when students will take both the SAT and PSAT on computers or tablets. (File photo)

High school students soon won’t need pencils any longer for the SAT

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Politics

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has supported a change in rules that has allowed U.S. representatives to vote remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sued to end the practice, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Supreme Court upholds House remote voting decried by GOP but used by all11m ago

Legislation filed Monday in the Georgia Senate would require pregnant women to see a doctor in person before being able to obtain the abortion pill mifepristone.

GOP senator files bill that would ban mailing of abortion pill

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A panel of Fulton County judges on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe20h ago

Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue speaks via video monitor during a rally ahead of a Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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David Perdue in quarantine after testing positive for COVID

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Former DeKalb Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton walks toward DeKalb County Courthouse for a hearing by Judge Asha Jackson in February 2017. Sutton has filed a lawsuit alleging that the DeKalb Board of Ethics is unconstitutional because some of its members are appointed by community organizations instead of by elected officials. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Ex-DeKalb commissioner’s criminal trial rescheduled again

Georgia Senate Pro Tem Butch Miller proposed a constitution amendment that would have prevented noncitizens from voting in the state. The measure did not receive the two-thirds majority vote in the state Senate that it would need to be placed on a ballot. State law already prevents noncitizens from voting, and it rarely happens. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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Constitutional ban on noncitizen voting falls short in Georgia Senate

Crime

BREAKING: Police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy

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Owners terminate Loca Luna’s lease after latest gunfire incident

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A Vienna mother has been charged with murder after the discovery of human remains in Cordele, according to the GBI. Keara Cotton, 27, also was charged with concealing the death of another and cruelty to children in the second degree, the GBI said in a news release. Jayceon Mathis, her son, reportedly has been missing for months. (GBI)

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Georgia mom charged with murder after human remains found; son missing

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Atlanta police found multiple spent shell casings near a popular downtown restaurant and hookah lounge Tuesday morning. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Police investigating shooting near downtown Atlanta lounge

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Police said the child was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in northwest Atlanta. He was identified by his family as Grayson Matthew Fleming-Gray of Cumming. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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‘This one hurts’: Mayor, chief frustrated after 6-month-old shot dead in NW Atlanta

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Fingerprint technician William Boyd inspects fingerprints and potential fingerprint matches at the Georgia Crime Information Center, a division of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, in Decatur Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The system is usually automated, but it will flag certain prints with anomalies so they can be looked at with a human eye. More employers, both private and public, are using background checks to screen potential job candidates.

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Key information missing from Georgia’s criminal records database

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The man was killed on a busy section of Washington Road, flanked on one side by a gas station and Piggly Wiggly, and on the other side by an apartment complex.

Man shot, killed in front of East Point grocery store

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Tevin McDonald, 29, of Smyrna, was taken into custody Friday on multiple counts of aggravated assault and weapons charges related to a series of shootings targeting a townhome in Marietta. (Credit: Marietta Police Department)

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Alleged Marietta townhome shooter was charged in 2016 psychiatric facility incident

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