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James Brown’s life adapted into a stage musical aiming for Broadway

Why Raphael Warnock, not Jon Ossoff, is fueling Georgia’s 2028 speculation

Trump-nominated judge halts DOJ demand for identities of 2020 election workers

Co-founder of Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville to retire after 30 years

Georgia 2026: What the polls and experts say about the race for governor

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

FBI presses ahead with probe of Georgia’s 2020 election

FBI analysts race toward a July deadline to complete tens of thousands of record checks related to Fulton County's 2020 presidential election.

Gilded Age redux? Fed plan OKs new mansions on ‘primitive’ Georgia island

Land swaps at Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore have watchdog groups concerned that a new Gilded Age could return to what was once a Carnegie family playground.

Vote to name Athens’ new pro team asks age-old question: Football or music?

The new professional indoor football team is asking fans to choose its name, and the four finalists lean heavily on Georgia football and Athens' legendary music scene.

What America looks like at 250

'We built America': Black Atlantans reflect on the meaning of July 4th

Same Civil War, different story: How textbooks rewrote slavery and Lincoln

Bodycam footage shows Georgia police traffic stop leading to ICE arrests

Which Atlanta BBQ joint has the best pulled pork sandwich?

Why people still reenact the Civil War 160 years later

Ossoff invokes Founding Fathers in warning about Trump

What killed thousands of fish in Atlanta?

Who really put Confederate monuments across the South?

Martin Luther King III shares the lesson his daughter taught him about being present

U.S. House District 13: Who is running to finish David Scott’s term

Four Democrats and two Republicans are running in a July 28 special election to fill out the remainder of U.S. Rep. David Scott's term. Scott died in April.

AJC VARSITY

This football hotbed leads Georgia’s 159 counties in prospects per capita

One little South Georgia county is No. 1 in an all-classification category — the most major college prospects this century per capita.

AJC HER+STORY

Former Turner manager is now leading Georgia Works through transformation

With Darlene Schultz at its helm, Georgia Works has moved into a new building and expanded its mission.

Six candidates, including David Scott’s daughter, compete to finish his term

U.S. Rep. David Scott's daughter, Marcye, and former Gwinnett County School Board Chairman Everton Blair are among six candidates competing in the special election.

Robots are everywhere in Hyundai’s Georgia plant, but they can’t do everything

For many steps in the process at Hyundai’s sprawling Georgia auto factory, vehicles take shape without a person in sight. But humans are very much there in crucial roles.

One dead, one injured in shooting after Gainesville concert, police say

Police were patrolling the Midlands area when they found the first victim, who died at the hospital.

PATRICIA MURPHY

Born on the Fourth of July, ‘Miss Elsie’ Hand turns 100

Elsie Hand has been a mayor, bank vice president, country music promoter, and longtime political aide and booster. She turns 100 on July 4th as America celebrates its 250th.

WILD GEORGIA

Fourth of July marks the turning point of the natural year

Fourth of July is used as a rule-of-thumb date to mark the turning point — the high noon — of the natural year.

Yes, that’s a bald eagle on your Delta flight

On a flight from Atlanta to Philadelphia on the eve of the nation's 250th anniversary, Delta passengers had an unexpected travel companion: a bald eagle.

America 250: These 4 Georgia foods influenced how the U.S. eats

Here are some iconic foods and businesses with Georgia connections that went on to influence American food as we know it.