Georgia News

MONTI CARLO

The quiet labor of cooking for someone who isn’t there

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y., July 27, 2023. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

OPINION

Georgia House should follow Senate and pass congressional term limits resolution

Basketball playoffs second round features 33 games between top-10 teams

Georgia lawmakers vote to increase fines for insurance companies

A bullet grazed him at 13. At 25, gunfire left him dead on the same street.

FROM

‘I Am Somebody’

Laken Riley’s father says Georgia university system liable in her death

OPINION

Atlantan Rodney Mims Cook is Trump’s man for remaking the White House

The changes to the White House and the nation’s capital may be just getting started.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Her art is in the Smithsonian. A descendent is uncovering her Georgia past.

The quilts of Harriet Powers, born into slavery, are being memorialized with “Forever” stamps as a great-great-great-granddaughter digs deeper into her Georgia life.

Netflix backs out of bid to acquire CNN-parent Warner Bros. Discovery

It appears the Warner Bros. movie studio, HBO and Atlanta-founded properties such as CNN, TNT and TBS will ultimately merge with the owner of CBS and Paramount+.

Footage shows moment MARTA train rams into fallen tree and derails

How the largest nuclear plant in the country powers Georgia

The Georgia carpet industry's legacy of chemicals, illness and unanswered questions

Atlanta’s hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture

How Delta’s first Black flight attendants navigated racism at 30,000 feet

Trump pushes debunked Fulton County ballot claims in Georgia visit

Trump hints at sending federal forces to Atlanta ahead of Georgia visit

UPDATE

Psychologist sentenced to five years for Decatur 5-year-old’s death

An Avondale psychologist was found guilty of vehicular homicide Wednesday in the 2018 death of Miles Jenness, a 5-year-old Decatur boy.

Ponce City Market developer to tackle North Point Mall’s NHL ambitions

Jamestown, known for developing Ponce City Market and One Times Square in New York, announced it was selected to pursue the North Point Mall redevelopment with NHL ambitions.

Loss of all-state guard doesn’t derail hopes for Creekside girls

In spite of losing star guard Cece Dennis off their state championship team from a year ago, the Creekside girls feel ready to defend their Class 4A championship.

State Rep. Ruwa Romman, D-Duluth — pictured in this file photo from October — is ending her campaign for governor. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Democratic lawmaker quits race for Georgia governor

Romman said she decided to withdraw after learning well-financed outside groups were lining up behind another candidate and that grassroots networks were mobilities elsewhere.

Upsets, notable scores from first round of the state basketball tournament

The first round of Georgia’s state basketball playoffs brought major surprises, from South Paulding’s win over Hughes to Warren County’s upset of Seminole County.

Former federal prosecutors denounce FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots

A group of former federal prosecutors says the Justice Department should not have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Fulton County last month.

Jeff Sprecher (left), CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, speaks with Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, during a Rotary Club of Atlanta meeting on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. Bostic will retire at the end of February. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

GUEST COLUMN

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta CEO: Farewell to the best job I’ve ever had

Raphael Bostic, who has served as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for nearly nine years, will retire at the end of February.

LISTEN

Politically Georgia: Trump’s State of the Union address

The Politically Georgia team discusses President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and gets an update from AJC bureau chief Adam Van Brimmer.

They were expelled from the Georgia Legislature. Now they’re honored.

At a Capitol ceremony highlighting the “Original 33 Memorial Act,” state Rep. Carl Gilliard and other lawmakers commemorated the first Black legislators in Georgia history.

The FBI’s new role in Georgia: Transporting immigrant detainees for ICE

Critics are concerned that this reassignment means other types of investigations, like white-collar crime, will proceed at a slower pace, or not at all.