News for Metro Atlanta and Region

A.M. ATL: Big payouts

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What if Barney went psycho? ‘Buddy’ is brainchild of Atlanta filmmaker

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Fulton may hold the road map for how literacy coaches

Georgia governor race: Bottoms and Jackson say they’ll raise teacher pay

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Ex-Amazon contractor gets 16 years in prison in $10M Atlanta fraud

NFL

Falcons to play starters — but not Penix — in preseason finale vs. Dolphins

Meta must pay millions to Georgia in social media addiction lawsuit

OBITUARY

Rev. Joanna Moseley Adams, trailblazing Atlanta Presbyterian minister, dies at 81

Lanes of I-285 to be closed for weekend construction

Work crews along seven miles of Interstate 285 will install lane closures for road rehabilitation from Collier Drive in Fulton County to Paces Ferry Road in Cobb County.

Extreme heat prompts Georgia schools to rearrange operations and activities

The extremely hot weather is causing disruptions in some metro Atlanta schools, knocking out HVACs and prompting virtual learning where possible.

(From left) Zola Cooper, 4, and her sister Norah Cooper, 11 months, were found safe in a tow trailer after their babysitter abducted them, police say. (Courtesy of Atlanta Police Department)

Babysitter faces kidnapping, cruelty charges after girls found, warrant says

Camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of two missing girls from a tow trailer where police say their babysitter "jeopardized their health, safety, and well-being."

Georgia News

Georgia ranks in the middle in many education categories. Is that a problem?

Georgia tends to rank in the middle on topics like academics, teacher pay and spending, but has made recent steps toward improvement.

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Major economic jet engine for Middle Georgia is hiring again

A hiring surge at Robins Air Force Base in Middle Georgia seeks to fill some 600 jobs, most of them civilian positions, in the coming months.

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Ex-Amazon contractor gets 16 years in prison in $10M Atlanta fraud

A former Amazon contractor was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in federal prison for her involvement in a $10 million Atlanta-area scheme to defraud the company.

Crime & Public Safety

Fulton sheriff urges county to expedite jail elevator project

Sheriff Patrick Labat pointed to slowness reaching a "bleeding out" inmate and an officer stuck in a broken elevator with inmates to demonstrate the risks at Rice Street jail.

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Ex-Amazon contractor gets 16 years in prison in $10M Atlanta fraud

A former Amazon contractor was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in federal prison for her involvement in a $10 million Atlanta-area scheme to defraud the company.

Pedestrians walk along Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta on July 30, 2025, just two days after one person was killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting in the area. A second suspect was recently arrested in the case. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

A year later, 2nd arrest made in Edgewood shooting that killed 1, injured 10

More than a year after nearly a dozen people were shot overnight in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, another suspect is behind bars.

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Education

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Business

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Meta must pay millions to Georgia in social media addiction lawsuit

Battery recycling project headed to Georgia with help from $50M federal grant

Politics

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Court ruling could give Democrats a leg up in ad spending

‘It was small talk’: Burt Jones pours cold water on Rick Jackson reconciliation

Judges order review of Georgia’s district maps under new voting rights rules

Nation & World

Republicans face a midterm verdict as Iran war drags on months longer than Trump promised

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Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo

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Catastrophic floods kill over 270 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing

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More Metro News

Dolly Parton’s Georgia ties included a secret wedding in Ringgold

Country legend Dolly Parton, who died at 80, had several Georgia ties, including her Ringgold wedding to longtime husband Carl Dean.

NEWSLETTER

Georgianomics: It’s money

Welcome to the very first issue of Georgianomics, the AJC’s newsletter reporting on the businesses, people and ideas shaping the unique economy here in Georgia.

A.M. ATL: Mail orders

Morning, y'all. In your Aug. 26 update: honoring the queen of country music, North Point Mall's hockey ambitions, mail-in voting and more.

This Buckhead office building has a new owner. It’s a church.

Christ Covenant Church on Tuesday announced it paid nearly $16.9 million to buy Piedmont Place, with plans to develop a sanctuary long term.

Large Atlanta law firm hit with data breach and associated lawsuit

Troutman Pepper Locke, one of Atlanta's largest and oldest law firms, says it notified the FBI about a recent data breach that it faces a proposed class action lawsuit over.

Atlanta man wins $4.3M against Morgan & Morgan

Marietta man wins $4.3M in fight against Morgan & Morgan

Robert Wyrosdick accused law firm Morgan & Morgan of settling his lawsuit for $45,000 without his permission. He won $4.3 million in his legal malpractice fight.

VIDEO UPDATE

Man accused in Beltline attack pleaded guilty in prior stabbing, records show

Johnathan Hamby had a history of at least 30 prior arrests, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says.

Bond hearing for Sidney Favors at Fulton County Courthouse

Reality TV star denied bond on child molestation charges in Fulton

Sidney “Starr” Favors was arrested earlier this month at a hotel in Hapeville and will remain in jail on pending child molestation charges.

North Point promotional items are available at the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chamber on Monday, August 24, 2026, during a public hearing at which the City Council is considering a master plan amendment, rezoning, conditional use, and variances to allow the redevelopment of North Point Mall as a mixed-use development in hopes of securing an NHL franchise. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Alpharetta approves North Point Mall’s pro hockey plan. Here’s what it means.

The City Council voted 4-3 to rezone the nearly 99-acre mall into something comparable to The Battery Atlanta at Truist Park.

A.M. ATL: Garbage day

Morning, y'all. In your Aug. 25 update: Georgia high court drops most murder cases, data center moratoriums and the National Guard's possible role at polling places.