News for Metro Atlanta and Region

‘Losing one of your own’: Funeral set for Georgia officer killed in line of duty

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Possible third season of Netflix’s ‘Hunting Wives’ might move to Georgia

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Delta’s newest employee benefit: $1,000 to help seed eligible Trump Accounts

Gas South Arena begins $175M renovation, but don’t expect it to shut down

Grady cuts pandemic-era pay bump for nurses

Busy Labor Day weekend brings sizzling heat as Atlanta hosts football, Dragon Con

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Subtlety is a superpower at new Virginia-Highland restaurant So. Fox

Georgia farm owner wants justice after pet donkey killed by police

The incident caused uproar on social media, and a GoFundMe started to help pay for legal fees to “get justice for HeeHaw” raised over $80,000 in 24 hours as of Monday evening.

5 arrested in fight at high school football game, officials say

A fight broke out at a high school football game Friday night, leading to the arrest of five people and the recovery of a stolen gun, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said.

Pedestrian hit and killed on Downtown Connector

GRIDLOCK GUY

Behind the scenes on a tragic morning of gridlocked Atlanta traffic

A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday, leading to an hourslong shutdown on I-75/I-85 northbound that caused reverberating delays around the city.

Georgia News

‘Losing one of your own’: Funeral set for Georgia officer killed in line of duty

The Warm Springs police chief described Sgt. Chris Fisher as a dedicated officer and father. Fisher's funeral is set for Tuesday in Fayetteville.

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Kemp designates school shooting anniversary as ‘Apalachee Remembrance Day’

Victims, families and Barrow County officials joined Gov. Brian Kemp at the state Capitol to commemorate the second anniversary of the Apalachee High School shooting.

PruittHealth hit with $23.6M verdict in retired coach’s death

PruittHealth hit with $23M verdict in Georgia nursing home death

A jury found PruittHealth liable for the death of a Georgia nursing home patient allegedly given unprescribed medication, awarding $23.6 million to his sons.

Crime & Public Safety

‘Losing one of your own’: Funeral set for Georgia officer killed in line of duty

The Warm Springs police chief described Sgt. Chris Fisher as a dedicated officer and father. Fisher's funeral is set for Tuesday in Fayetteville.

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PruittHealth hit with $23M verdict in Georgia nursing home death

A jury found PruittHealth liable for the death of a Georgia nursing home patient allegedly given unprescribed medication, awarding $23.6 million to his sons.

ACLU news conference about Fulton County Jail conditions

Fulton Commission approves $4.4M contract to modernize elevators in county jail

Fulton Sheriff Patrick Labat, Commissioner Dana Barrett say the project has moved far too slowly, while others say it’s not among the county's highest priorities.

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A view of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in Decatur on July 27, 2026. The college accreditor is changing its name to The Commission on Colleges and Universities. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Business

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Delta’s newest employee benefit: $1,000 to help seed eligible Trump Accounts

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Politics

GOP nominee for governor Rick Jackson released his plan to fight human trafficking at a news conference on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Nation & World

Pac-12 football returns 4 years after exodus nearly sent the conference to extinction

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Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

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Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming

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More Metro News

Former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak joins Delta as general counsel

Former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak clashed with Donald Trump over allegations of widespread voter fraud in Georgia in 2020.

GBI: Suspect dead, located in South Carolina after Georgia officer fatally shot

Warm Springs police officer Chris Fisher was killed late Tuesday, leading to a massive search for the suspect that ended Wednesday morning, the GBI says.

Georgia has no peers for data center construction. It now leads the US.

No other place in the United States currently has as much data center space under construction as the Atlanta area, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.

With Trump’s backing, a federal film incentive gains ground in Georgia

The general consensus is that it will enhance regional incentives that turned states like Georgia into production powerhouses.

UPDATE

Father who spent decades in prison for baby’s death released, waiting new trial

Danyel Smith got to go home for the first time in more than two decades after a judge on Tuesday granted him bond ahead of a new trial.

A.M. ATL: A roundabout way

Morning, y'all. In your Sept. 2 update: GDOT goes all in on roundabouts, Georgia families sue Meta over water controversy, Alpharetta's hockey hopes and more.

More roundabouts - and even the first traffic peanut - popping up across Georgia

GDOT is opting for roundabouts over traffic lights at hundreds of interstate interchanges and other high-traffic intersections across the state.

MARTA hosted federal officials investigating safety during two-day site visit

The Federal Transit Administration is investigating MARTA after several high-profile violent incidents.

Atlanta mayor reduces asking price for city jail, but there’s a catch

Mayor Andre Dickens is offering to sell the city jail to the county for around $68 million, but he also wants $200 million for a new hospital on Atlanta's Southside.

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Georgianomics: Build or block data centers?

The data center debate, free gas, a boost in independent film production and big changes at UPS are among the big stories in Georgia business.