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DeKalb County issues alert as flu-related 911 calls spike 60%

The 2025-2026 flu season is likely going to get worse, officials say.

As Atlanta expands AP classes, more students earn college credit

Atlanta Public Schools is making a concerted effort, like others nationally, to get more historically underrepresented students into Advanced Placement classes.

AJC ePaper will continue familiar format for subscribers

The AJC will continue to deliver its popular e-Paper, the ritual of the newspaper experience, to digital subscribers every day of the week, straight to your inboxes.

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RaceTrac called Carl Bolch Jr. “the visionary leader who laid the long-term foundation of RaceTrac as a convenience store leader.” (Courtesy of RaceTrac)

Former RaceTrac CEO Carl Bolch Jr. dies at 82

Gwinnett police OIS

Man shot by Gwinnett police after allegedly ramming patrol vehicle identified

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Atlanta officer accused of killing girlfriend after Christmas party

Torpy at Large: Welcome to the (vanishing) neighborhood

Reflections on a life in print: My four-decade journey with the AJC

Sanctioned Mansion

The feds, a flipper and a Russian’s decaying mansion: An Atlanta real estate saga

Kemp taps first Black chairman of Stone Mountain Memorial Association

Stone Mountain Park ‘truth-telling’ exhibits damaged by water leak

The Beltline's Eastside Trail and the development that has bloomed around it stands in front of the downtown skyline on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Atlanta bet on the Beltline 20 years ago. The city will never be the same.

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At a strange year’s end, a search for hope on Peachtree Street

Buddhist Monks

Decatur gives peace-promoting Buddhist monks ‘rock star’ treatment