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She waited years for justice in her son’s death. A guilty but mentally ill plea came.

Just before jury selection, Jalen Ivan Brown pleaded guilty but mentally ill in Zachary Foster’s deadly shooting at the Covington General Mills plant where he worked.

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Raffensperger campaign says threatening ‘manifesto’ received before Macon scare

Bomb disposal crews found a suspicious object but no hazardous device as the Republican candidate for governor campaigns in the final days before the primary.

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Emory takes in 2 passengers from cruise in deadly hantavirus outbreak

One of the cruise passengers showed symptoms of hantavirus and is receiving care in Emory’s biocontainment unit. The other is being monitored.

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Northwest Georgia voters want accountability from ‘forever chemicals’ polluters

Questions about forever chemicals were featured among the slate of high-profile primary contests in Dalton, Georgia, the center of PFAS contamination in the state.

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The Voting Rights Act changed Georgia. Now Black officials fear ‘the worst.’

Georgia state senator calls the gutting of much of what remained of the Voting Rights Act a “wake-up call” requiring return to the political unity of the Civil Rights Movement

Georgia companies accused of federal violations got covid relief loans

Line speeds at poultry plants could surge under Trump, spurring safety concern

Workers at poultry plants suffer some of the highest rates of occupational injury in the U.S., and advocates worry things could get worse.

Crime & Public Safety
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Former Alpharetta officer sentenced to 7 years for child pornography

John Hagen Allen, a former Alpharetta police officer, was indicted in 2024 and pleaded guilty in February.

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Flash flood snarls Atlanta traffic during rush hour

Flash flooding hit the Downtown Connector in downtown Atlanta. Areas near Freedom Parkway, Peachtree Street and the Pine Street exits were impacted by flooding.

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Supreme Court justices defeat election challenges from attorneys

Georgia Supreme Court justices Sarah Hawkins Warren and Charlie Bethel defeated election challenges Tuesday from attorneys Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin in nonpartisan races.

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Supreme Court justices defeat election challenges from attorneys

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Home Depot: Consumer ‘remarkably resilient’ despite rising costs, uncertainty

DeKalb school bus drivers’ concerns: raises, retirement, respect

DeKalb high school student shot at bus stop, police say

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Two DeKalb schools leaders were suspended, demoted. Now they’re suing.

World Cup hotel bookings

We full? What Atlanta hotel bookings for World Cup look like.

Volunteers get ready for the start of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta in 2023. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Volunteers needed for 2026 Peachtree Road Race

What Hermeus’ Atlanta future looks like

How Atlanta fits into hypersonic plane startup Hermeus’ future

GOP urges Kemp to call a special session to redraw maps after court ruling

Supreme Court challengers violated judicial rules, state watchdog alleges

Virginia-Highland retail purchase

Krog Street Market owner targets Virginia-Highland with $17.3M acquisition