Metro Atlanta News

UPS rolls out new shipping option for high-value or sensitive deliveries

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Atlanta-based marketing agency joins global company in nine-figure deal

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Witnesses delay, refuse interviews in ex-clerk investigation, OIG says

Buffalo man arrested, accused of threatening to kill Mike Collins, sheriff says

Duracell is powering battery innovation at new $56M Atlanta facility

Tropical Storm Isaias could bring heavy rain, tornadoes to North Georgia

NEDRA RHONE

Nonsexual deepfake images should have real consequences under Georgia law

A.M. ATL: Panda countdown

Morning, y’all. Your Oct. 7 update: A public debut for Zoo Atlanta's newly emigrated pandas, Georgia governor debate analysis, Michelangelo art exhibit in Savannah and more.

INTERACTIVE TIMELINE

Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case

An interactive timeline traces what's happened in the five decades since the tragic crimes back in May 1976.

‘Robots with guns’: Atlanta Council member proposes autonomous weapons ban

An Atlanta council member has proposed a measure that would prohibit police from acquiring AI tools capable of using lethal force without human oversight.

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2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.

Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.

MARTA blew fiscal year budget by nearly 17%, officials say

Overtime, operating costs result in MARTA exceeding fiscal year budget.

At long last: Skydance deal closes, beginning new era for CNN, TNT

This is the fifth deal CNN and the former Turner properties have endured in the last 30 years.

A.M. ATL: Governor hopefuls meet, finally

Here's your Oct. 6 update: midterm election debates, Georgia-bound migrants, SpelHouse and more.

GEORGIANOMICS

A data center upside

Georgianomics brings you updates on the next Costco coming to metro Atlanta, airfare increases and how AI is changing job candidates’ behavior.

The City Council is considering a proposal to sell the Atlanta City Detention Center, seen here in 2019, to Fulton County. (Christina Matacotta/AJC)

Federal prosecutors, defenders ask Dickens to hold detainees in Atlanta jail

Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are asking Atlanta's mayor to allow federal pretrial detainees to fill vacancies in the city's detention center.

‘It’s life-altering’: Mass shooting leaves small Georgia town reeling

A mass shooting in the small South Georgia town of Vienna left two people dead and injured at least 35 early Sunday morning, according to the GBI.

Dekalb County officials hold a press conference addressing youth violence, school safety and the need for coordinated prevention and intervention.

DeKalb school board makes Sauce its permanent superintendent

The DeKalb County School District has been through 10 superintendents since 2010. Sauce was the sole finalist.

A.M. ATL: Hip hop and hashbrowns

Morning, y'all. Here's your Oct. 5 update: Outkast-Waffle House merch, the Braves' Game 2 win, the High Museum of Art's centennial anniversary and more.

New York state Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who pushed for the law that now requires hospitals to care for women in preterm labor, with her son, Daniel, at a health center in New York, June 2, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)

What happens to fertility after 40? Atlanta experts explain.

As celebrity pregnancies after 40 make headlines, Atlanta fertility experts explain what those announcements don't show about fertility, pregnancy and their options.