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Tiffany Cross writes a love letter to Black women in a weary America

Hantavirus is rare. Here’s why Georgia health officials are watching it.

GOP urges Kemp to call a special session to redraw maps after court ruling

AJC asks judge to open a secret lawsuit from two Supreme Court candidates

Democrat and Republican candidates for governor debate

In Georgia governor’s race, Republicans spend big while Democrats scrape for cash

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Brian Kemp set to sign Georgia tax-cut bills

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First hybrid soon to roll out of South Georgia Hyundai EV factory

Hyundai to build a Kia hybrid at its South Georgia EV plant and ramp up overall production by adding a second shift of workers starting in September.

Sports HQ opens in Fayette, aiming to cement soccer supremacy in Georgia

National Training Center in Fayetteville bolsters metro Atlanta’s ambitions to become the ‘epicenter of soccer’ in America.

Long before it was cool, Ted Turner was fighting to save the planet

Ted Turner, the brash media maverick who died Wednesday, used his wealth and businesses to protect the planet and its remaining wild places.

From Michelin star to farm life: Why this chef left Atlanta behind

Mysterious ‘Santa Is Watching You’ signs pop up across Atlanta

Atlanta Hawks fans react to Knicks playoff series

Frame-by-frame: The exclusive footage of the Georgia Guidestones explosion

The 'busiest airport' title: Who’s challenging Atlanta?

JD Vance defends Trump’s Iran policy, pushes back on Pope Leo remarks during UGA visit

Why the Georgia Guidestones still raise questions

Celebrating Nurses honoree Clayton Cooper

Clayton Cooper, Piedmont Athens Regional

Clayton Cooper, a nurse in the Emergency Department at Piedmont Athens Hospital, not only cared for a family suffering burns from a fire; he gave them a car.

Eve Milner, Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

At Wellstar West Georgia in LaGrange, a former hospital vice president is changing heart failure care by helping patients secure housing, benefits and stability.

How Ted Turner built CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network

From a shoestring startup in Atlanta, Ted Turner launched CNN, pioneering 24-hour cable news and transforming the global media landscape.

Usher is hiring paid interns for his upcoming tour. Here’s why.

Usher is hiring paid interns in Atlanta and Detroit to work on his co-headlining stadium tour, a rare workforce development opportunity in live entertainment.

Stolen ancient Native American pottery returned to Georgia park

In 1974, ancient pottery was stolen in Georgia. A piece was just returned.

State officials are asking the public for information to recover more artifacts stolen from Kolomoki Mounds State Park.

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

Judge denies Fulton’s request for return of 2020 ballots seized in FBI raid

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled the U.S. Department of Justice does not have to return troves of 2020 election records it seized from Fulton County.

Georgians, even many Republicans, oppose a federal election takeover

An AJC poll shows most Georgia voters — including nearly half of Republicans — oppose federal control of elections amid Trump’s renewed focus on 2020.

Local officials blindsided by reported plan to detain migrants in warehouse

States are suing to foil ICE’s warehouse detention plan. Not Georgia.

“We’re on our own,” Social Circle city leadership said of the fight against a sprawling ICE warehouse plan there.

Georgia GOP split grows over Brian Kemp’s redistricting stance

More Republicans are calling on the governor to delay the primaries and redraw Georgia's political maps. But Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger say it's too late.

A pedestrian walks through Savannah's Whitefield Square, where ground-penetrating radar recently confirmed a centuries-old Black burial site beneath it. The gazebo is often host to engagement and prom photos and weddings. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

In Savannah, a delayed reckoning over Black burial site under popular square

Savannah weighs next steps after ground-penetrating radar confirmed centuries-old African American graves below Whitefield Square in Georgia's oldest Colonial city.