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Game warden shoots, kills man who charged with knife in Middle Georgia, GBI says

Incident began with a trespassing call in Lamar County.

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Bravo TV star enters Georgia House race

Dr. Heavenly Kimes is adding political candidate to her resume, challenging incumbent state Rep. Doreen Carter in the Democratic primary.

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Reloaded Georgia lacks star power in SEC offensive unit rankings

Quarterback Gunner Stockton appears set to take over the offense in place of departed starter Carson Beck, bringing added mobility and a sense of toughness to the position.

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Georgia on track to end the year with another budget surplus

For the fifth straight year, Georgia is set to end the fiscal year with a budget surplus.

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Georgia Public Service Commission should focus on lowering power bills

Turnout was low for the recent Georgia Public Service Commission primary, but voters statewide should show up for the July 15 primary runoff.

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OPINION

A eulogy for the GOP deficit hawk, which died a public death last week

Patricia Murphy: The GOP deficit hawk is dead, after promising for years to rein in the country’s spiraling debt and deficits, but then voting last week to do the opposite.

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New Georgia election audit targets voters registered at P.O. boxes and businesses

Georgia election officials are trying to find inaccurate voter registrations of people registered at P.O. boxes or business addresses.

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LISTEN

What’s next for Congress after passing ‘big, beautiful bill’?

The ‘Politically Georgia’ team talk the next steps for Congress after passage of Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' with guest Marianna Sotomayor of The Washington Post.

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DeKalb hotel on trial in teen sex trafficking lawsuit

A Decatur hotel long plagued with crime is likely to be the first establishment of its kind in Georgia to receive a jury verdict in a civil sex trafficking case.

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Rent an apartment, or just a bedroom, at this new Atlanta skyscraper

Amid rising costs and changing lifestyles, Society Atlanta offers a co-living model designed to shake up traditional apartments.

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The biggest ICE detention center in the U.S. will be built in Georgia
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Georgia's new laws just went into effect. Here's how they impact you.
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Cadillac Chronicles TV gets your favorite artists to perform while riding shotgun
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Who’s watching our food? Inside the FDA oversight void
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Is Atlanta still the Black Mecca of music?
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Bodycam footage shows Hispanic journalist arrested while livestreaming protest
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Is your song the next big hit? The showcase discovering hip-hop's next star
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Juneteenth isn't just a holiday. It's a declaration of Black joy.
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Watch the AJC short documentary "Can Oysters Save a Sinking Island?"
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DISPATCH

In Georgia’s melon mecca, watermelon wizards’ ears are sweetly attuned

In the heart of Georgia's watermelon country, everyone has a trick to tell if a melon is ripe. One way is the sound a melon makes when it is thumped. Or better, patted.

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TSA backs off shoe-removal policy, including at Atlanta airport

The Transportation Security Administration is lifting one of the most hated of airport security hurdles: removing shoes.

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17-year-old Georgia girl charged with murder in parents’ deaths

A teenager is charged with killing her mother and stepfather in Carrollton, Georgia.

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SEC quarterback rankings: Where does UGA’s Gunner Stockton fall?

The Georgia football team will rely on an inexperienced Gunner Stockton at quarterback this fall. Where does Stockton rank in our preseason list of the SEC's 16 starting QBs?

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Meet Tab Nkhereanye, a music exec and songwriter signing deals in Atlanta

BMG exec Tab Nkhereanye talks about his company's Atlanta office, how he got into songwriting, hip-hop's new identity and what he learned from 'Uncle' Al Jarreau.

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Burt Jones loans himself $10M to launch bid for Georgia governor

Flush with $14 million in a campaign account, Jones is vying to become the GOP front-runner — and land President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

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Asian-soul fusion restaurant coming to Atlanta airport started as a pop-up

Wu Tang Kitchen, opening near gate B10 in December, got its start as a local Atlanta restaurant pop-up in COVID-19 fusing Asian and soul food.

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OPINION

‘Superman’ shows Americans that we fall short of living up to our ideals

Every Superman (whether comic book or movie) acknowledged that America needed a hero like him precisely because something was missing in society.

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Judge orders mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra in Laken Riley murder appeal

A judge ordered a mental competency evaluation for Jose Ibarra, convicted of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra is seeking to appeal his conviction.

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Unionized trash collectors who serve Alpharetta go on strike

Teamsters trash collectors for Republic Services have gone on strike in the Alpharetta area, as well as in metro Boston.