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GBI: Suspect dead, located in South Carolina after Georgia officer fatally shot

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MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

Brent Key has ‘big-time football’ back at Georgia Tech. Can he sustain it?

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Native American chef hosts 3 events in Savannah, plus more coastal food news

With Trump’s backing, a federal film incentive gains ground in Georgia

7 counties that could shape Georgia’s race for governor

YELLOW JACKETS

Brent Key’s Georgia Tech football contract goes well beyond a salary increase

EXCLUSIVE | Spike Lee: ‘Morehouse is where I became a man’

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For Emory professor, Spike Lee’s films have been a lifelong conversation

The hunt for noncitizen voters in Georgia yields few results

President Donald Trump has ramped up rhetoric on noncitizen voting. Georgia reviews have found such voters to be rare.

Major gateway to the Okefenokee Swamp is getting a new name

Stephen C. Foster State Park, one of three main entrances to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, will now be called Okefenokee State Park.

AJC INTERVIEW

AJC Interview: From grocery taxes to Trump, Bottoms sketches her agenda

The Democratic nominee for governor told the "Politically Georgia" podcast she wants to push a law letting local governments suspend sales taxes on groceries.

Keisha Lance Bottoms proposes grocery tax relief for Georgia families

Ask Atlanta: Are Georgia's data centers worth the cost?

Should cities tell you where their surveillance cameras are?

Let Me Put U On: How swimming became my mental reset

What makes a restaurant one of Atlanta’s 50 best?

Police keep misusing license plate readers. Flock Safety is using AI to catch it.

Student loan defaults are soaring. Georgia has one of the nation's highest rates.

Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the adoption journey that shaped her family

New York has more cameras. So why is Atlanta more surveilled?

Does Flock Safety have a transparency problem?

AJC VARSITY

27 GHSA teams have gone from 0-2 to 2-0

Twenty-six Georgia high school football teams have gone from 0-2 starts last year to 2-0 this year.

Labor Day period travel at Hartsfield-Jackson

Atlanta Labor Day travel: Expect traffic, longer lines and higher prices

Travelers are facing higher airfare, hotel and fuel costs this year.

8 new teams, coaches lead Improvement Tracker

Eight new teams are in the lead in the AJC Varsity/GHSF Daily Improvement Tracker.

Georgia Southern Wildlife Center Freedom II

A beloved mascot tradition will return for a Georgia football team. But when?

Georgia Southern's bald eagle mascot, Freedom, died unexpectedly in March 2025. Training of the next generation, Freedom II, continues as the 2026 season nears kickoff.

House Republicans press for details on investigation of Atlanta federal judge

In a letter Tuesday, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee sought details of a misconduct case against an Atlanta federal judge, saying her "egregious" behavior is concerning.

Everton Blair, Georgia’s first openly gay congressman, sworn into office

Everton Blair Jr. cast his first votes after being sworn into the U.S. House on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

Crowded Cumberland? National Park Service adopts new visitation policy

Federal government adopts controversial plan to increase visitation to Cumberland Island National Seashore, a barrier island renowned for its unspoiled natural beauty.

AJC VARSITY

Linebackers, running backs lead the way for AJC Varsity top performances

Here are the players who stood out around GHSA football in Week 2....

After her son’s death, a Georgia mom is speaking up about suicide and hope

Ashley Worthey lost her son Mason to suicide. Now, during Suicide Awareness Month, she is using her experience to raise awareness, support others and share a message of hope.

Georgia city pays $10M to end legal saga in Yale student’s death

The city of Milton is paying $10 million to settle a legal fight over the 2016 death of a Yale University student, for which it has been on the hook for more than $32 million.