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Atlanta’s Halle Bailey goes rom-com in Will Packer’s ‘You, Me & Tuscany’

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New robotic tech at Emory offers alternative to surgeries

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Gucci Mane drops song seemingly dissing Pooh Shiesty amid kidnapping case

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

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

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

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

Spring break travelers make their way through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on on Friday, March 29, 2024, with more than 90,000 passengers passing through security checkpoints. This Friday is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the month for Hartsfield-Jackson, officials say, with some 95,000 people forecast to go through TSA checkpoints. (John Spink/AJC 2024)

What Georgians should know before taking off on spring break trips

Spring Break begins Monday for public schools across metro Atlanta.

Child shot in drive-by at Ashley Cascade apartments

Sleeping 7-year-old boy injured in drive-by shooting, Atlanta police say

The incident happened early Thursday morning at an apartment complex in southwest Atlanta that has been the scene of previous shootings.

Spaghetti Junction was built to fix Atlanta traffic. So, why is it still a nightmare?

Georgia News

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Prominent Georgians make Forbes list of 250 self-made Americans

Among those recognized are Georgians and people with ties to Georgia whose lives represent inspiring stories of surmounting adversity to reach the heights of their fields.

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New robotic tech at Emory offers alternative to surgeries

A joystick-like robot lets Emory doctors guide a tiny wire to blocked blood vessels, offering precise, minimally invasive treatment through a simple pinhole incision.

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Kemp’s gas tax suspension helped - but prices rose anyway

Georgia gas tax suspension helped, but prices rose anyway

Gov. Brian Kemp and the state Legislature’s decision to suspend the gas tax made a difference at the pump, a look at recent prices shows. But prices continue to rise.

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Crime & Public Safety

Gucci Mane drops song seemingly dissing Pooh Shiesty amid kidnapping case

Last week, federal officials said Pooh Shiesty forced the Atlanta rap veteran to release him from the 1017 label.

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

An Alpharetta company that makes medical adhesive products has been hit with a $58 million jury verdict in a yearslong fight with a Stanford professor of emergency medicine.

Metro Atlanta students (from left) Jaylyn Fehr, Jackson Mobley and Charlotte Martin were killed Monday in a car crash in Franklin County, Florida. (Photos from GoFundMe, Horizon Christian Academy Facebook, GoFundme)

‘A piece of my heart left with them’: Metro Atlanta mourns 3 teens killed in crash

Tributes, fundraising help are pouring in to a Cumming community mourning volleyball players Jaylyn Fehr, 17, and Charlotte Martin, 16, and one-liner king Jackson Mobley, 18.

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More Metro News

Nuisance neighbor? Polarizing Atlanta property pro draws scrutiny in Savannah.

Georgia real estate investor Jeff Notrica attracted both praise and scorn in Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods. His business activities are stirring new critics in Savannah.

Metro Atlanta students (from left) Jaylyn Fehr, Jackson Mobley and Charlotte Martin were killed Monday in a Florida car crash. (Photos from GoFundMe, Horizon Christian Academy Facebook, GoFundme)

3 metro Atlanta students killed in Florida spring break crash identified

The water tower in Cumming will be lit in the school colors of Horizon Christian Academy, where the four teens involved in the crash were students.

Downtown Atlanta’s top cheerleader says it’s time to hang up his hat

A.J. Robinson will step down as president and CEO of downtown’s main civic organization, Central Atlanta Progress.

Rapper Lil Tjay arrested in connection with Offset shooting; calls him a ‘rat’

Atlanta’s Offset, of Migos fame, was shot near a Florida casino and remains hospitalized.

Delta expects more than $2 billion in extra jet fuel costs from Iran war

“We’ve seen $100 oil prices in the past, but not within the time horizon we’re seeing here so quickly,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said.

DoorDash launches drone delivery in metro Atlanta

Takeout food can arrive by air in one metro Atlanta city.

The impact of the Iran war on gas prices in metro Atlanta

Gas prices are elevated in metro Atlanta and around Georgia thanks to the conflict in the Middle East.

Atlanta banned data centers in most of the city. One is trying anyway.

The potential data center project raises tensions over how to best use land near transit stops, the Beltline and Atlanta’s urban core.

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To say Kabir Sehgal is a man of many talents is like saying a forest has many trees. The latest inspiration for the Grammy-winning producer is American's 250th anniversary.

Bills awaiting Kemp’s approval could impact protests, police, religious services

During Georgia’s 2026 legislative session, criminal justice and law enforcement measures emerged that could soon become law. Here’s what you need to know.