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The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

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Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July
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Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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200 guns caught at Hartsfield-Jackson so far this year, most in nation
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The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to rebuild the I-285 interchange at I-20 west of Atlanta.

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Georgia DOT prepares for new I-285 interchange at I-20 west of Atlanta
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House members throw up paper at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House Chamber on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Branden Camp/ For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
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The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

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Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July3h ago
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Judge says prison system should turn over documents to federal investigators
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Justin Ross Harris (left) and Claud "Tex" McIver both had their murder convictions overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court.

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Georgia high court rightly overturned murder convictions, legal experts say
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Rickey Hodges Thomas worked as a barista at Java Monkey, but he was fired three days before the fire, the owner said. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting the fire that shut the coffee shop down.

Credit: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM / DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Arsonist gets 10 years for setting Decatur coffee shop ablaze in 2018
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The Georgia Public Service Commission is pictured in its hearing room. From left: Commissioners Fitz Johnson, Tim Echols, Tricia Pridemore, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald and Jason Shaw.

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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
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Terrence Speer (left) and Antoine Malone, both 20, were indicted for murder Thursday in a Cobb County shooting.

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Pair indicted for murder in shooting at Barrett Parkway restaurant in Cobb
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Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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200 guns caught at Hartsfield-Jackson so far this year, most in nation
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TRAFFIC UPDATE: All lanes open on I-285 in DeKalb after truck fire cleared
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Donald Staley, 80, of Villa Rica, called 911 to confess to shooting his wife, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said.

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Cops: 80-year-old Villa Rica man fatally shoots wife of 55 years
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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
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Georgia’s new education laws take effect July 1
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Delta airplanes are seen on the tarmac at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia on January 16th, 2022 as a winter storm impacts travel.

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Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

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The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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DeKalb school board approves budget with tax increase
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Dr. Helene Gayle, former CARE USA chief executive officer, is Spelman College's new president. Photo contributed.

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Gordon Muir, president of the Varsity, prepares a tray at the Varsity in Midtown Atlanta several years ago when the iconic restaurant was turning 90. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July
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The Georgia Department of Labor was sued in 2021 over allegations that it didn't properly process unemployment claims and appeals, leaving hundreds of thousands of Georgians in the lurch, waiting for payments and unable to reach staffers by phone or email.

Preliminary settlement reached in suit against Ga. Department of Labor
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Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

Ex-Pickens County school superintendent indicted in theft case5h ago
Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Credit: Steve Schaefer

200 guns caught at Hartsfield-Jackson so far this year, most in nation
6h ago
The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

Credit: Natrice Miller / Natrice.Miller@ajc.com

DeKalb school board approves budget with tax increase
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Dr. Helene Gayle, former CARE USA chief executive officer, is Spelman College's new president. Photo contributed.

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Migrant workers harvest and sort Vidalia onions.

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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
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Justin Ross Harris (left) and Claud "Tex" McIver both had their murder convictions overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court.

Credit: AJC file photo

Georgia high court rightly overturned murder convictions, legal experts say
4h ago
Rickey Hodges Thomas worked as a barista at Java Monkey, but he was fired three days before the fire, the owner said. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting the fire that shut the coffee shop down.

Credit: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM / DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Arsonist gets 10 years for setting Decatur coffee shop ablaze in 2018
4h ago
Terrence Speer (left) and Antoine Malone, both 20, were indicted for murder Thursday in a Cobb County shooting.

Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's Office

Pair indicted for murder in shooting at Barrett Parkway restaurant in Cobb
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Credit: John Spink

TRAFFIC UPDATE: All lanes open on I-285 in DeKalb after truck fire cleared
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Wade McEwan is charged with aggravated assault in a road rage shooting Thursday in Cherokee County, authorities said.

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Man arrested, another seriously injured in Cherokee road rage shooting
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Investigators worked to learn who shot a man who crashed his SUV in the front yard of a Gwinnett County home Jan. 27. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

Road shootings still a deadly, dangerous trend in 2022
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Donald Staley, 80, of Villa Rica, called 911 to confess to shooting his wife, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said.

Credit: Carroll County Sheriff's Office

Cops: 80-year-old Villa Rica man fatally shoots wife of 55 years
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Gordon Muir, president of the Varsity, prepares a tray at the Varsity in Midtown Atlanta several years ago when the iconic restaurant was turning 90. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Midtown Atlanta’s iconic Varsity weighing redevelopment options
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The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

Credit: Kelly Yamanouchi

Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July
3h ago
The Georgia Department of Labor was sued in 2021 over allegations that it didn't properly process unemployment claims and appeals, leaving hundreds of thousands of Georgians in the lurch, waiting for payments and unable to reach staffers by phone or email.

Preliminary settlement reached in suit against Ga. Department of Labor
3h ago
AJC file photo

Credit: AJC

Judge says prison system should turn over documents to federal investigators
4h ago
Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Credit: Steve Schaefer

200 guns caught at Hartsfield-Jackson so far this year, most in nation
6h ago
Dr. Helene Gayle, former CARE USA chief executive officer, is Spelman College's new president. Photo contributed.

Credit: Contributed

Helene Gayle era begins at Spelman College
8h ago
Donald Staley, 80, of Villa Rica, called 911 to confess to shooting his wife, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said.

Credit: Carroll County Sheriff's Office

Cops: 80-year-old Villa Rica man fatally shoots wife of 55 years
8h ago
Migrant workers harvest and sort Vidalia onions.

Check your cupboard: Georgia farms recall Vidalia Onions over listeria concerns
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