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Attorney Viraj Parmar, center, managing attorney for the Fulton County Housing Court Assistance Center, speaking with a tenant at the Fulton Housing Court Assistance Center office at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. The CDC's newest order has frozen some evictions, but others continue. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

New CDC ban on evictions leaves most tenants where they were last week

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Delta Air Lines customers check-in at the electric kiosk during an early morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Delta waives fee for many same-day standby flight changes

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Hermeus' Quarterhorse aircraft. Source: Hermeus.

Hypersonic plane startup Hermeus gets $60M contract with Air Force

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The Gwinnett County Police Department is taking applications for its Citizens Police Academy. (Courtesy Gwinnett Police Department)

Gwinnett taking applications for Citizens Police Academy

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1996 Atlanta Olympics

Part of the pageantry and color of Opening Ceremonies Friday night, July 19, 1996. (Cox staff photo/Allen Eyestone) 7/96

On 25th anniversary of Atlanta Olympics, two icons steadfast in how far city has come

The one-word headline said "WHOOOOOOSH!," above this photo in 1996. Wearing golden shoes, Michael Johnson reacts as he realizes he has set a world record in the 200-meter event during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (AJC Staff Photo/Jonathan Newton)

Day 14, Aug 1: Michael Johnson completes historic double | 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Nikki McCray (from left), Lisa Leslie and Venus Lacey, of the U.S., celebrate during the Team USA women's 111-87 victory over Brazil to win the gold medal Sunday, Aug. 4, 1996, at the Georgia Dome at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. (Rick Stewart /Allsport)

Day 17, Aug 4: Women complete mission for U.S. basketball | 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Former UGA star basketball player Teresa Edwards already has four Olympic gold medals and a bronze. Now she joins other legends in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Eyewitness to History: Huge crowd watch women win basketball gold in 1996

American tennis star Andre Agassi celebrates after receiving his gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Leander Paes of India (left) earned the bronze and Sergi Bruguera of Spain (center) took the silver medal. (Photo by Gary M. Prior/Getty Images)

Eyewitness to History: Patriotism highlights Agassi gold medal

Reggie Miller, of the U.S. men's basketball Dream Team, celebrates after the Team U.S. gold medal win Saturday, Aug. 3, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. (Allen Eyestone/Cox)

Day 16, Aug 3: Dream Team gold | 1996 Atlanta Olympics anniversary

Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the U.S. women's track and field team is airborne for jump #2 in Long jump competition at the Olympic stadium Friday, Aug. 2, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. (Karen Waren/AJC)

Day 15, Aug 2, Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s long jump to medal | 1996 Atlanta Olympics

05/21/2021 — East Point, Georgia — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg receives a tour of East Point, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Pete Buttigieg to visit metro Atlanta to support infrastructure bill

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Pandemic relief: Stone Mountain funds 2nd round of rent, utility assistance

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Atlanta area secondary students face pandemic hurdles as school begins

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Bring your pup and sip on cold brews at Outrun Brewing Company

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Fulton County Schools will require masks in nearly all schools when the year starts Monday. AJC FILE PHOTO

Most Fulton County schools to require masks when school opens

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Prosecutors recommend approval of DeKalb’s new sewer consent decree

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Atlanta police sergeant fired after kicking detained woman

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Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill pleads not guilty to new federal charge

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The shootings happened at the Forest Cove apartments and Providence at Cascade apartments.

2 dead after shootings at Atlanta apartment complexes

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Alpharetta adds nearly 25-acre mixed-use development to growing North Point district

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Medical tech company Intuitive to add 1,200 jobs in Gwinnett County

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Spirit Airlines’ flight cancellations frustrate local passengers

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Commissioner Lee Morris (left) questions Michel "Marty" Turpeau IV (foreground), chairman of DAFC, as Commission Chairman Robb Pitts (right) looks during a meeting at the Fulton County government building in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Michel "Marty" Turpeau IV, chairman of the embattled Development Authority of Fulton County (DAFC), announced Monday he will end his dual role as interim executive director, effective Aug. 31. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Fulton commissioners OK development authority per diem amid scandal

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Internal audit finds 10 fixes needed in Fulton elections department

As COVID cases rise, Cobb parents want schools to require masks

Brookhaven moves COVID-19 testing, vaccination site to strip mall

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Murray Brett (father of DaySprings Farms owner Nathan Brett) uses the combine to harvest the wheat after assessing the moisture (dew) content was low enough. DaySpring Farms is an organic certified farm that grows, harvest and mills grains on-site. / (Chris Hunt for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Kathy Poland-Jones plays with her dogs as she sits on the back of her van where she has loaded up boxes for moving out at their home in Canton on Tuesday. Poland-Jones, 65, had lost her full-time job and took part-time work, but she hasn’t been able to keep up her payments. She got an eviction notice in June. “Nobody would rent to me before,” she said. “I have no idea where to go.” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Lee Arrendale State Prison near Alto.

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Charges are anticipated against the horse's rider, officials said.

Driver, granddaughter injured in crash that killed horse, hurt rider

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Two Atlanta police officers were suspended after a video surfaced on social media of one kicking a woman in the face as she lay handcuffed on the ground. Sgt. Marc Theodule was later fired.

Atlanta police sergeant fired after kicking detained woman

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The shootings happened at the Forest Cove apartments and Providence at Cascade apartments.

2 dead after shootings at Atlanta apartment complexes

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Jerrion McKinney (left) faces murder and more than a dozen other charges in the July 4, 2020, death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner.

NEW DETAILS: Gang investigation leads to 2nd arrest in Secoriea Turner’s killing

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Delroy Hall and Murline Gregory-Hall were found dead inside a home in the 1000 block of Barrington Landing Court on Monday.

Roswell police ID homicide victims; son remains ‘person of interest’

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Rideshare drivers should be on the lookout for thieves posing as riders in the Mechanicsville neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, police said.

Lyft, Uber respond to Atlanta police’s warning about thieves posing as customers

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Antowyn Smith is wanted in a shooting on Merrywood Drive.

South Fulton police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect

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