News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Trading down: Why some drivers are choosing smaller, cheaper cars again

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Will replacing most teachers help troubled Atlanta school?

GUEST COLUMN

If Atlanta Public Schools board extends TADs, future funding will be at risk

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North Point Mall rendering (August 2026)

Pro hockey and ‘the A word’ dominate North Point Mall redevelopment debate

Drivers through the Sidestreet subdivision in Brookhaven are warned Flock cameras are in use. (Casey Sykes for the AJC 2019)

OPINION

Flock cameras protect communities. Opponents are misguided.

MARTA’s long-term parking rates are going up

What end of EEOC sex, race data collection could mean for Ga. workers, employers

GRIDLOCK GUY

Road work delays during weekday rush often triggered by two big culprits

The Georgia Department of Transportation says weather and equipment failures are among the reasons road work lingers past scheduled cutoff times.

Deja Coleman hearing at the Gwinnett Detention Center

Mom charged in son’s hot car death may leave jail for funeral, Gwinnett judge says

A mother charged in the July 29 hot car death of her son will be allowed to leave jail to attend his Saturday funeral, according to a court order.

Head of Georgia firm accused in massive Ponzi scheme gets 20 years in prison

Drive Planning founder and CEO Todd Burkhalter was sentenced to prison Friday for what federal prosecutors say was Georgia’s largest Ponzi scheme.

Georgia News

Frank Rubio, a NASA astronaut, is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts landed near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Rubio safely returned to Earth after spending 371 days in space, a record in spaceflight for American astronauts. He will return to orbit next year aboard the Orion spacecraft. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via The New York Times)

He delivered 100 Georgia babies. Soon, he’ll return to space on Artemis III.

Artemis III astronaut Frank Rubio, also a doctor and a helicopter pilot, served at Georgia's Fort Benning and Hunter Army Airfield before notching a U.S. space trip record.

Longtime GOP utility regulator to leave post early

This year’s Public Service Commission races have drawn heightened attention after Democrats flipped two seats on the five-member panel last year.

Coming soon to rural Georgia: Thousands more acres of new solar projects

Three new energy projects could cover thousands more acres of rural Georgia with solar panels.

Crime & Public Safety

GUEST COLUMN

Flock camera resistance is just the beginning. Let’s avoid a ‘1984′ scenario.

More cities are rejecting Flock cameras because of concerns over privacy, errors, wrongful arrests and abuse. The solution is to regulate the mass surveillance industry.

Marietta podcaster Sean Kipe explores mysterious death of Natalie Jones

Sean Kipe of Marietta went from L.A. musician to Atlanta location scout to true crime podcaster. His latest is about the mysterious death of Georgia mom Natalie Jones.

(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."

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