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Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, offers a picturesque setting for walking tours or bike rides, June 5, 2024. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)
GRIDLOCK GUY

A surprise trip to a small European country yields new lessons about traffic

Atlanta traffic could benefit from Slovenia’s commitment to multiple modes of travel, and to keeping its pathways clean and maintained.

Interstate 285

I-285 to remain open this weekend after construction closure plans halted

The GDOT’s plans to close part of I-285 in Atlanta were canceled after weather forecasts raised concerns the work couldn’t be finished before Monday morning.

Cape Verde Hantavirus Ship

Hantavirus is rare. Here’s why Georgia health officials are watching it.

Two Georgia residents were on board a cruise ship where hantavirus killed three people, and health officials are monitoring the situation.

Georgia News
Interstate 285

I-285 weekend closure sends traffic detouring through Atlanta

A normally busy section of I-285 is closed for roadwork, detouring metro Atlanta motorists and leaving a westside stretch of the Perimeter eerily empty this weekend.

Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade
GEORGIA DISPATCH

Bring extra towels: At Tybee Beach Bum Parade, water hits from all sides

The Tybee Beach Bum Parade on the Georgia coast is a 3-mile squirt gun battle where spectators and float riders trade blasts to kick off tourist season ahead of Memorial Day.

Shorebirds eating horseshoe crab eggs
WILD GEORGIA

Going to the beach in Georgia? So are hungry birds and nesting sea turtles.

Georgia beaches are not just vacation hotspots. Also heading there now are multitudes of migrating shorebirds, seabirds and sea turtles.

Crime & Public Safety
Beltline stabbing

Man charged with murder in Beltline stabbing has criminal history, records show

Officials on Friday identified the 23-year-old woman killed in a Thursday stabbing on the Atlanta Beltline.

McDonoughPolice

Henry County employee found dead with woman, infant

The bodies of a man who worked for Henry County, a woman and an infant were discovered in a McDonough home Tuesday night.

A man walks outside of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Atlanta in 2016. A federal judge in Atlanta has denied interim relief to at least 265 immigrants legally in the United States for a limited time who are applying to lawfully remain in the country. (Branden Camp for the AJC 2016)

Atlanta judge keeps Trump’s halt on immigration applications, for now

An Atlanta judge won't lift an indefinite hold on immigration applications by people from countries President Donald Trump deems high risk, but says he might in future.

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One of Atlanta’s tallest towers snags tenant after being empty for years

Ted Turner’s apartment

Inside Ted Turner’s CNN Center apartment, a time capsule being restored

Anti-ICE protesters gather on Social Circle Parkway in the city of Social Circle to voice opposition to potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility

Social Circle sues Trump administration to stop warehouse conversion

Maternity bracelets-Cauthen family

How birth alert bracelets are improving maternal care in Georgia

Fulton seeks state millions for mental health

HOA beefs, online name-calling spill into ethics complaints against official

75 years later, spirit of CARE Packages also soothes those in U.S.
AJC HER+STORY

CARE packages have fed the hungry abroad. Now some go to Atlanta’s needy.

A man walks outside of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Atlanta in 2016. A federal judge in Atlanta has denied interim relief to at least 265 immigrants legally in the United States for a limited time who are applying to lawfully remain in the country. (Branden Camp for the AJC 2016)

Atlanta judge keeps Trump’s halt on immigration applications, for now

Smith State Prison

Warden hired to guard a Georgia prison indicted in contraband operation

NBA on Amazon Prime

Sportscaster Taylor Rooks relieves $2.1M in medical debt for Gwinnett residents

Gulfstream G700

How Gulfstream turned a decades-long gamble into a new era of growth