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AJC HER+STORY

This entrepreneur is helping create a brain trust for Atlanta women founders

Sherry Deutschmann went from being a maid to building a $40 million business. Now, she’s taking her hard-learned lessons to help other female entrepreneurs.

2 charged in toddler’s fatal shooting at Atlanta apartment

The victim, 3-year-old Armani Lyons, was left with a babysitter while his parent worked, police said.

OPINION

Is traffic worse during a full moon? A recent rush hour tests that theory.

Studies are largely inconclusive on the effect full moons may have on traffic, but the commute preceding the most recent one April 1 was memorable in a bad way.

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Qualeisha Barnes

Pregnant woman killed in Atlanta hours before flight to see sister, family says

Lake Lanier

75-year-old angler dies after snagging lure in Lake Lanier, officials say

Emory Robotic Tech-controller

New robotic tech at Emory offers alternative to surgeries

Kia K4
THE STEERING COLUMN

Will the next generation of drivers buck SUVs?

High Museum Heist
GUEST COLUMN

$600K alleged theft at the High Museum of Art: Where was the accountability?

Mayor State of City
GUEST COLUMN

Atlanta is two cities at a crossroads. We can’t blow it — we must succeed.

Jurors in Fulton County awarded $58 million Wednesday to a Stanford professor of emergency medicine in his yearslong legal battle with Chemence, an Alpharetta company that makes medical adhesive products, over a 2014 arrest. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Alpharetta company hit with $58M verdict in fight over consultant’s arrest

16-year-old girl killed, another teen injured in Piedmont Park shooting
BILL TORPY

404 fest not at fault for deadly mayhem? Residents beg to differ.

Olu Brown answers a question during a forum for Democratic candidates for governor hosted by The Center for Strong Public Schools Action Fund at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Wed., April 8, 2026. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is on the left. Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is on the right. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Georgia’s Democratic candidates for governor debate school issues

Edible Brands opens its first THC retail store along Atlanta Beltline

Edible Brands opens its first THC retail store along Atlanta Beltline