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FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

Here’s what we know so far about the FBI’s raid of Fulton County election hub

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A piece of Coca-Cola’s Atlanta history now could have a new chapter

800-bed student housing project progresses at Morehouse, Spelman colleges

Runners, walkers and bikers use the Beltline's Eastside Trail, July 7, 2014. (Ben Gray/AJC file photo)

Council members urge transparency around More MARTA project decisions

DeKalb defers ICE resolution as residents condemn violence by agents

Commissioners want to hear from the county attorney before voting on legislation demanding that ICE cease operations in residential areas of DeKalb County.

ICE in Georgia: Convicted criminals make up less than a third of all arrests

During the first nine months of Trump’s second term, Georgia trailed only Florida, Texas and California for most ICE arrests.

ICE opens new satellite field office in College Park

The College Park office will likely play a supporting role to ICE’s existing Atlanta field office, located downtown on Ted Turner Drive.

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Parents question Gwinnett’s plan to enforce school “redshirting” rules

New bill aims to solve the ‘redshirting’ problem in Georgia’s kindergartens

Gwinnett recently announced it would crack down on a state law that requires kindergarten students to be 5 by Sept. 1 to enroll and first graders to be 6 by the same date.

Workers who answered the phone Tuesday at Irwin County Hospital, seen here in a file photo from 2020, said the water has been turned back on. (Aileen Perilla/The New York Times)

City shuts off rural Georgia hospital’s water for nonpayment, locals say

Ocilla Mayor Melvin Harper said the hospital had more than $20,000 in overdue water bills.

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FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

A FBI spokesman confirmed ‘court-ordered activity’ at the county’s elections operation center in south Fulton.

Herschel Bloom, prominent Atlanta attorney, dead at 82

Herschel Bloom, an Atlanta attorney with a passion for baseball, has died. Bloom was a longtime assistant coach of the East Cobb Yankees team for older high school players.

Georgia man accused of shooting at utility workers restoring power from storm

Suspect faces five charges, including aggravated assault, Rabun County sheriff says.

Lawsuit targets exemptions Trump granted to Georgia plants using toxic gas

Environmental groups claim President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, overstepped their legal authority.

Home Depot to cut 800 corporate jobs, require workers back to office full time

Home Depot says it is eliminating about 800 corporate jobs tied to its Vinings headquarters.

She died in a Fulton hospital in November 2024. But no one knows her name.

A woman who died at a Fulton County hospital in 2024 remains unidentified, and Roswell police are asking for the public's help.

Atlanta has to consider World Cup security risks. Does that list include ICE?

Public safety is a paramount concern when hosting events like the World Cup, when hundreds of thousands of international soccer fans are expected to flock to Atlanta.

Ponce de Leon in Druid Hills reopens after large downed tree crushes car

The road was closed in both directions between Springdale Road and Moreland Avenue in the Druid Hills neighborhood. The road reopened just before 9:45 a.m.