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Comments are requested about development of the 35 acres surrounding MARTA's Kensington Station. (Courtesy of DeKalb County/MARTA)

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Input asked for Kensington Station Master Plan
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An equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon on the Capitol grounds stands watch over the downtown Atlanta skyline. (Chris Hunt / Special to the AJC) [Captions by PETE CORSON / pcorson@ajc.com]

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PHOTOS: Confederate memorials in metro Atlanta
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June 24, 2022 Atlanta - People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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In abortion ruling’s wake, Georgians remain divided, determined
Spicewalla is now open at Ponce City Market.

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Spicewalla opens at Ponce City Market and more dining news from the week
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The shootings were reported around the same time Wednesday at a gas station and a neighborhood a mile apart in the Lithonia area.

3 wanted for questioning in teen’s fatal shooting at DeKalb gas station
Allie Reeser has formed tight bonds with the refugee children living in Willow Branch, an Atlanta-area apartment complex. (Star-C)

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Living and learning among refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’
Abuse and neglect of elderly and at-risk adults is the focus of a new initiative launched by DeKalb County Wednesday. The office of District Attorney Sherry Boston will lead the group of state regulators and law enforcement agencies. AJC file photo.

DeKalb DA says she would not prosecute abortion-related cases
040316 ROSWELL, GA: Names and dates line the voluminous records at the Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center, where people come to research their family's genealogy. Family History Center at 500 Norcross Street in Roswell. For Helen Cauley feature on Geneaology - Family Trees. (Parker C. Smith/Special)

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Scottish genealogist’s work is a gold mine of information
A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens ‘sickened’ by Roe decision; area DAs vow not to prosecute
This is a rendering of the project proposed for New Peachtree Road in Chamblee.

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‘Something else, please’: Chamblee rejects mixed-use project with nearly 300 homes
Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur is reckoning with past racial injustices.

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Columbia students charge discrimination against Black staff, faculty
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A firefighter takes an aerial approach while trying to contain a tractor-trailer fire Thursday morning. The truck burst into flames on North Druid Hills Road after it was involved in a collision and a power pole fell on top of it.

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Tractor-trailer catches on fire, shuts down busy DeKalb road for hours
DeKalb schools to boost safety with more school resource officers
Man charged in slaying of 16-year-old girl outside DeKalb Kroger
Dunwoody HOA plans Fourth of July Parade
This is a photo of the North Metro SWAT Team in Dunwoody, one of the multiple jurisdictions served by the team.

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Chamblee police suit up for North Metro SWAT Team
More record heat grips Georgia, threatening vulnerable populations
DeKalb County residents say city has taken two years and counting to fix road
Avondale Estates holding public hearings
More public hearings are planned for 5:30 p.m. June 29 and 6 p.m. June 30 about the possible increase of Avondale Estates' property tax rate. (Courtesy of Avondale Estates)

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Avondale Estates holding public hearings
C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar to open third location in Brookhaven
Decatur pays $600K to buy land that’s sown division between residents, developers
Head to Buford Highway for this chargrilled meat on a stick
03/23/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — The exterior of Chamblee City Hall, located at 5468 Peachtree Road in Chamblee, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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This metro Atlanta city finished redistricting after population tripled
WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER: Atlanta ties heat record set in 1964
Spears appears to win DeKalb commission runoff
Consultants pitch DeKalb convention center near PDK, Buford Highway
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A billboard along I-95 in Hollywood, Florida, on May 26, 2022, is part of an 80-billboard campaign to combat Florida's new "Parental Rights in Education" law, labeled "Don't say gay" by critics. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)

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Georgia teen: School should be safe haven for students to say and be gay
Renowned musician Helen Kim (in red) leads a group of high school students through an intensive strings session at KSU's summer program.

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KSU summer program promotes the arts
In March, school and school security leaders from around Georgia met with Gov. Brian Kemp at the Governor's Mansion in Buckhead to share their safety concerns. Kemp spoke again about the issue Thursday at the conclusion of a school safety conference in Columbus led by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. (AJC file photo)

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Georgia putting more money into school safety
Fulton County Schools is holding a job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs. (Courtesy of Fulton County Public Schools)

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Fulton schools seeking to hire 700 support employees
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Abortion rights activists marched from the Georgia Capitol to Underground Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abortion ruling could pose risks for Georgia Republicans 6h ago
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Investigative reporters Alan Judd, left, and Willoughby Mariano, right, discuss their "Dangerous Dwellings" series with political reporter Greg Bluestein during a taping of the AJC's "Politically Georgia" podcast. (Jay.Black@ajc.com)

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AJC Podcast: Inside the Dangerous Dwellings investigation
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June 25, 2022 Atlanta - Attendees walk in a conference room during National Right to Life’s 51st convention at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, June 25, 2022.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia activists in abortion debate turn focus to November elections
Pro-life supporters celebrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. - The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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Georgia’s health safety net in spotlight as abortion ban looms
In March, school and school security leaders from around Georgia met with Gov. Brian Kemp at the Governor's Mansion in Buckhead to share their safety concerns. Kemp spoke again about the issue Thursday at the conclusion of a school safety conference in Columbus led by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. (AJC file photo)

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Georgia putting more money into school safety
June 24, 2022 Atlanta - People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia abortion rights advocates join protests after Roe v. Wade overturned
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Steve Sadow, defense attorney, is offering free legal services to anyone who is prosecuted due to abortions.

Atlanta lawyers will rep anyone prosecuted for abortions for free
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Darlene Nicole Brister, 40, was charged with two counts of malice murder and is being held without bond in a Paulding County jail. Her charges stem from a house fire Friday night in which three children died and another was hospitalized with burn wounds, Paulding fire officials confirmed.

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Deputies: 4th child dies after domestic disturbance linked to fire at home
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Atlanta police are investigating three different shootings and stabbings that occurred Saturday morning. Two people were killed and one man was critically injured in the incidents, which are unrelated.

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2 dead, 1 critically injured at 3 unrelated Atlanta crime scenes
A game warden for the Department of Natural Resources scours Lake Lanier searching for a drowning victim this week.

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Man dies at Lake Lanier, marking 3rd drowning in reservoir this week
A 16-year-old girl is accused of trafficking a younger teenager, according to Canton police.

Police: 13-year-old sex trafficking victim rescued during Canton traffic stop
According to law enforcement, game wardens were called by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at about 9 p.m. about a possible triple drowning at the Amity Recreation Area in Lincolnton.

3 siblings drown in Clarks Hill Lake just north of Augusta
The shootings were reported around the same time Wednesday at a gas station and a neighborhood a mile apart in the Lithonia area.

3 wanted for questioning in teen’s fatal shooting at DeKalb gas station
Atlanta police are investigating a person shot call Friday morning at the Alexan Buckhead Village on Pharr Road.

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Police: Man shot by maintenance worker in parking deck of Buckhead apartments
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