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Security guard accused in 90-year-old man’s Buckhead stabbing goes to trial

Trial begins for security guard accused in 90-year-old man’s Buckhead stabbing

Trial began this week for Janet Williams, who is accused of the fatal stabbing of 90-year-old Chun-ki Kim inside his apartment at a Buckhead senior center.

Tiger Flowers Drive fatal shooting of 7 year old

Officials ID 7-year-old killed in Atlanta shooting as police search for suspect

A 7-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured in a shooting in northwest Atlanta late Tuesday, according to police, who implored the suspect to turn himself in.

MARTA Series
GRIDLOCK GUY

MARTA to launch revamped bus network, ‘last-mile’ van service

MARTA officials hope that revamped bus network, van service will better serve existing passengers and attract new ones.

Georgia News
Rick Jackson Campaign Kickoff Speech

Rick Jackson promises to ‘unwind’ his company’s state contracts if elected

Republican Rick Jackson's lucrative health care contracts with the state have come under fire now that he is running for governor in Georgia.

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Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem confronted over ‘inhumane’ treatment of Georgia ICE detainee

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath raised the issue of Rodney Taylor’s declining health inside the Stewart Detention Center. Taylor, a double amputee, has spent over a year in detention.

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Planetarium-like sports and entertainment venue sets Atlanta opening date

A large new entertainment venue is set to open this summer in downtown Atlanta, and its timing couldn’t be better.

Crime & Public Safety
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Jay Couch

Hall County sheriff charged with DUI was over twice legal limit, GSP says

Sheriff Gerald Jay Couch admitted to drinking Four Loko and his blood alcohol level was 0.212, according to a Georgia State Patrol report. Georgia's legal limit is 0.8.

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College Park residents raise concerns about $14 million Roderick Gay Botanical Garden

Fulton commissioner says private papers stolen from her office

Commissioner Mo Ivory is calling for a second investigation of the incident after Fulton County Police closed the case without identifying a suspect.

Georgia’s Chief Justice State of the Judiciary

‘It’s a mess:’ Chief justice asks lawmakers to fix criminal court rules

Georgia's "broken" criminal appeal process needs a legislative fix, the state's chief justice said Tuesday while acknowledging his court is largely to blame.

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Atlanta’s first wind phone finds a permanent home at Oakland Cemetery

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As gas and oil prices rise and the stock market falls amid the United States and Israel’s widening conflict with Iran, more disruption to the global economy is on the horizon. (Hasan Jamali/AP; Majid Saeedi/Getty Images; Seth Wenig/AP)

‘Dominoes are beginning to fall.’ How Iran war could hit Georgians’ wallets.

50 Cent vs T.I.
HEAT CHECK

T.I. and 50 Cent’s rap beef proves no one needs them in a Verzuz battle together

A new Georgia data center will be powered by RICE

Atlanta’s data center rush hits new peak. But growth has started to slow.

Detention

Immigrant detention in ICE Atlanta field office basement continues at higher rate

Man arrested in 7-year-old’s shooting death

2 arrested in 7-year-old Atlanta girl’s shooting death

Riekeman
OBITUARY

Dr. Guy Riekeman, former Life University president and chancellor, dies at 76

AJC Deja News: DeKalb sheriff-elect Derwin Brown's murder in 2000 shocked metro Atlantans

Former DeKalb Sheriff Sidney Dorsey, who had his rival killed, dies in prison

House measure was developed in response to the shooting at Apalachee High School.

School safety bills scarce in 2nd Ga. legislative session since Apalachee shooting

Pinky Cole

Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole parodies her bankruptcy filing on Instagram

Speed Puzzling

How speed puzzling is quietly becoming Atlanta’s new pastime