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An Airbus A320 jetliner, belonging to low-cost Mexican carrier Volaris, lands at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in 2024. The discount airline announced it will launch service to Atlanta starting next month, adding to the competition on flights to Mexico. (Larry MacDougal/AP)

A new discount airline is launching flights to Atlanta

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Death row inmate seeks to avoid execution under new law for abuse survivors

Body found on the roof of Walter's Soul Food Cafe

Man found dead inside Atlanta restaurant vent system

Downtown Atlanta civic group taps prominent nonprofit CEO as next leader

A.M. ATL: Big jobs

Blight tax talk on Midtown’s skeletal tower threatens project, Dewberry says

AJC HER+STORY

Atlanta photographer captures 107 Black women’s ‘becoming era’ in new book

Bessie Akuba Winn was born in Ghana to a Ghanaian mother and a Black American father, who had a passion for street-style photography.

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This 100-year-old Atlanta woman hasn’t given up her Mustang or her zest for life

Barbara Haig reflects on decades of world travel, her white Ford Mustang convertible and driving in Atlanta as a centenarian.

Stockbridge City Council votes to remove mayor from office

Mayor Jayden Williams can now appeal that decision to the Henry County Superior Court.

More Metro News

2 new measles cases tied to metro Atlanta daycare outbreak, officials say

An unidentified metro Atlanta daycare at the center of a measles outbreak is now up to 10 confirmed cases, the Georgia Department of Public Health said late Friday.

Clayton inmate’s death ruled homicide tied to ‘medical neglect,’ examiner says

Scott Clyde Worthy, 57, died last year from complications of a bacterial infection and experienced ‘significant’ deterioration in jail, the medical examiner’s office said.

Stockbridge Mayor Jayden Williams addresses the media after a City Council hearing Aug. 22, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Judge denies Stockbridge mayor’s request to exclude sexual misconduct evidence

The motion also signaled concern that Stockbridge Mayor Jayden Williams’ testimony potentially could incriminate him in a future criminal case.

Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center towers stood after airplanes crashed into both towers on Sept. 11, 2001, causing them to collapse. The Sept. 11 attacks in New York City and Washington killed almost 3,000 people and led to a long war in Afghanistan. (Daniel Hulshizer/AP)

Former AJC reporter recounts the horror of New York after the 9/11 attacks

Former AJC reporter Dan Chapman recounts a day that generations will always remember.

A.M. ATL: Time flies

Your Sept. 11 update: Worker sues feds over Hyundai raid, city council members want Dickens to think twice about Beltline rail, remembering 9/11 and other headlines.

ICE faces $2M claim over unprecedented raid at Hyundai site in Georgia

One of the 475 workers arrested by ICE during an unprecedented raid on a Hyundai factory in Georgia last year has filed a $2 million legal claim against the agency.

Dekalb County District Attorney announces charges on Jamal Toliaferro

DeKalb DA says DNA ties one man to 3 cold cases. Are there more victims?

A man was arrested and charged after officials said DeKalb’s cold case task force linked his DNA to cases dating as far back as 2014.

Pushback against talking about Charlie Kirk troubles teachers a year after his death

Charlie Kirk's killing was a flashpoint in a larger debate over teachers' rights.

Cobb father charged in boy’s death after police say sick child was left alone

A father is facing second-degree murder and child cruelty charges after Cobb County police say he left his sick 2-year-old son alone for about six hours.

No injuries after gunfire prompts ‘robust’ response at Piedmont Park, APD says

UPDATE

19-year-old charged after gunfire incident at Piedmont Park, Atlanta police say

A 19-year-old faces firearm and drug-related charges after reports of gunshots prompted a large police presence at Piedmont Park on Wednesday.