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Kick off the World Cup semifinals with the AJC

Rivian delivers more EVs as it launches R2 model, but chip shortage looms

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Tiffany Haddish DUI trial set for August after Ga. judge refuses to end case

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

A key Revolutionary War battlefield in Georgia still holds unsettled past

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America at 250: How to live the ‘Georgia Way’ as a discipline for public life

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12 essential Georgia songs that helped shape American music over 250 years

Georgia’s campaign finance watchdog is stepping down

Georgia ethics chief who won record-setting fine against group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams is stepping down.

A Gullah chef achieves major James Beard recognition and more coastal food news

Lester’s, a French-influenced restaurant and oyster bar, opened in June in Savannah; Southern Cross Hospitality is expanding again with the upcoming opening of the Italian res...

Atlanta officer must pay $21M in excessive force case, federal court rules

An Atlanta police officer can't escape a $21 million judgment against him in an excessive force case over a panhandler's fatal injuries, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

'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

Stone Mountain remains at the center of Georgia’s Confederate history debate

Centennial Yards’ next tower to include affordable apartments, shops

An early-stage plan for roughly 280 apartments and several retail shops was unveiled in documents filed with the city. It aims to address the "Tuesday afternoon problem."

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A 3-term incumbent faces a political newcomer in the school superintendent race

Republican incumbent Richard Woods is facing a challenge from Democrat Lydia Powell in the race for Georgia school superintendent.

Delta issues waivers for July Fourth flights to and from NYC, D.C. areas

The Fourth of July weekend is one of the busier travel periods of the year, and certain airspace restrictions could complicate travel.

Georgia data center’s rush to build a pop-up power plant raises concern

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Georgia’s first data center ‘pop-up’ power plant is breaking rules, groups say

Environmental groups argue a data center in Covington and a 90-megawatt "off-grid" power plant under construction to serve it are violating state and federal pollution laws.

Georgia stakeholders cheer Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship

Analysts say a Supreme Court decision in favor of the Trump administration's order ending birthright citizenship could have upended Georgia’s economy.

Porsche sports cars inspired by ‘Toy Story 5′ net millions for charity

Described as a Porsche collector and philanthropist, the buyer will donate $1 million each to three nonprofits.

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Children’s Healthcare drives $6 billion economic impact, new report finds

A new Georgia Tech report highlights Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta's economic impact and its role as a regional hub for complex pediatric care.

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Georgia’s three signers of Declaration of Independence: ‘Unlikely patriots’?

Georgians Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton appear on America’s 1776 founding document, but their path to immortality differed from more famous signers.

Georgia lawmakers give businesses a boost in court battles

A year after overhauling court rules to help companies avoid massive jury verdicts, Georgia legislators have made legal battles easier, shorter and cheaper for businesses.

Who is Lisa Cook, the Fed governor the Supreme Court ruled can stay on the job?

Lisa Cook, a Georgia native and Spelman alumna, was allowed by the nation’s high court to remain in her role as she fights an effort by President Donald Trump to fire her.