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2 teens killed in South Fulton ID’d as police search for shooter

Officials said late Tuesday no information on the suspected gunman was available and that it was “unclear” what led to the shooting.

Jasper VA clinic shooting

VA employee hurt, suspect dead after shooting at Jasper clinic, officials say

Officers confronted the suspected shooter outside of the Pickens County veterans' clinic and was "killed on site," officials said.

Ice Storm aftermath

Metro Atlanta braces for more frigid temps before midweek warmup

“This is March in Georgia,” meteorologist says of the nearly 30-degree temperature swing in just a little over 12 hours.

Georgia News
Grayson Stadium Anniversary

What’s 100 years old and ‘best’ it’s ever been? Savannah Bananas’ ballpark.

Savannah's Grayson Stadium marks its centennial this year. The ballpark has hosted baseball greats, a president, legendary musicians and now a sports sensation, the Bananas.

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AJC HER+STORY

She inherited the family business. And her mother’s juice obsession.

Arden's Garden is where Leslie Zinn and her mother helped redefine Atlanta’s health food scene while steadily growing more alike.

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Local officials blindsided by reported plan to detain migrants in warehouse
FACT CHECK

ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?

The price tag of Trump administration’s massive real estate purchases in the metro Atlanta market has drawn criticism, and conspiracy theories.

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Crime & Public Safety
Saturday and weekend airport wait times

ICE is coming to Atlanta’s airport starting today, mayor says

Federal employees from the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be deployed to Atlanta’s airport starting Monday morning, the mayor said....

Nic Crews VA

Social worker killed at VA clinic remembered as ‘devoted’ father, servant

Nicholas “Nic” Crews, a Veterans Affairs social worker, was fatally shot at a Jasper clinic. A close friend remembered him as a mentor.

Doses of the medical abortion pill misoprostol to ship to patients in an office building in Peabody, Mass. on Oct. 19, 2023. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)

Pregnant Georgian took an abortion drug. Now she’s in jail on murder charge.

A woman who allegedly told hospital staff she'd taken abortion medication and wanted her baby to die could become the first criminal case involving Georgia's abortion law.

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Ossoff confronts Gabbard in tense exchange over Iran threat level

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Food distribution

Food pantry extending relief to TSA workers this weekend

Grady Health System

Grady confirms plans to build new south Fulton hospital, CEO to retire

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Republican nominees lose fight to sit on Fulton election board

Second-graders work on a social studies worksheet in Deborah Hinton’s classroom at Oak Grove Elementary in DeKalb County on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

DeKalb changes which schools are slated for closure in updated plan

Long Lines at Atlanta Airport March 20

Latest: Airport security delays at peak times continue with no end in sight

2026 Ford Mustang GT convertible

In praise of convertibles

Bryan Schmitt

Atlanta lawyer’s bond eased ahead of murder retrial

Iranians in Atlanta scale back Nowruz celebrations amid ongoing war

Iranians in Atlanta scale back Nowruz celebrations as war rages back home

Jasper VA clinic shooting

Social worker dies after shooting at Jasper VA clinic, GBI says

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool in jail security: Drones

Fulton jail launches drone to stop contraband — from drugs to chicken sandwiches