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Man accused of killing ex arrested at motel week after Hall County shooting

A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend has been arrested a week after the Hall County convenience store shooting.

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Wellstar agrees to pay $4.25 million in privacy class action deal

Wellstar Health System agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a class action accusing the company of disclosing protected health information to third parties.

Philanthropy shaped Atlanta. Here’s how that legacy endures.

Ex-accountant gets 4 years in $5.3M theft scheme against Children’s Healthcare, feds say

A former accountant was convicted on money laundering charges after hacker stole millions from the children’s hospital system in 2023, according to U.S. Attorney’s office.

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Alleged serial rapist pleas XXX in DeKalb. Cases in other counties remain open.

DeKalb DA wants ‘biased’ judge off all criminal cases

DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston says Superior Court Judge Yolanda Parker-Smith has “demonstrated repeated and undeniable prejudice against me and my office.”

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A masked immigration agent asks LaGrange resident Alex Orellana for identification in this screenshot taken from a livestream posted on Facebook on July 7, 2026. (Courtesy of Alex Orellana)

Georgia immigrant communities `on heightened alert’ as ICE arrests increase

Georgia residents say they are filming immigration enforcement to inform their communities. ICE says it’s better to not get involved.

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This Georgia woman made Forbes’ Self-Made 250. Here’s how she did it.

Marcia Taylor has built Bennett into a trucking and logistics giant over half a century.

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Alleged serial rapist pleas XXX in DeKalb. Cases in other counties remain open.

DeKalb DA wants ‘biased’ judge off all criminal cases

DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston says Superior Court Judge Yolanda Parker-Smith has “demonstrated repeated and undeniable prejudice against me and my office.”

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A masked immigration agent asks LaGrange resident Alex Orellana for identification in this screenshot taken from a livestream posted on Facebook on July 7, 2026. (Courtesy of Alex Orellana)

Georgia immigrant communities `on heightened alert’ as ICE arrests increase

Georgia residents say they are filming immigration enforcement to inform their communities. ICE says it’s better to not get involved.

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Colt Gray’s sentencing day 3

Apalachee High School shooter gets life without parole

“You wrote, ‘I want to make history. I want people to remember the pain I caused.’ And there you succeed,” the judge said when delivering Colt Gray’s sentence.

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Former city of Atlanta executive Mitzi Bickers (left), pictured outside federal court in Atlanta in 2022, has had her clemency request denied by President Donald Trump. Bickers was convicted in 2022 of bribery and other charges in a City Hall corruption case. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Trump denies Mitzi Bickers’ clemency bid in Atlanta bribery case

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OpenAI’s $20B data center dominated Georgia headlines. But it wasn’t alone.

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Delta was approached by United about a potential merger, report says

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