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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the church on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The event was invitation-only and virtual amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo: King Center livestream)

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220113-Atlanta-Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) before delivering the State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Prices for vehicles are among the components in the inflation numbers calculated by the government. Those prices have been soaring. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Metro Atlanta inflation hits 40-year high as price hikes continue

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Greg McMichael (from left), Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were sentenced Friday for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder

Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter wave to a beauty queen during the Peanut Festival on Saturday September 26, 2015 in Plains, Georgia. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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Otis Moss III, a Morehouse College graduate, will teach homiletics at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology.

McAfee names Otis Moss III professor of homiletics

In 2011, water vapor from Georgia Power's Plant Bowen's cooling towers and scrubber stacks as seen from the top of Kennesaw Mountain, about 30 miles away. In 2021, Georgia Power said it plans to close two coal-burning units at Plant Bowen by the end of 2028, but it will add more environmental controls at two other coal units, allowing continued operation. Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com

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Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, right, welcome Gov. Brian Kemp for his annual State of the State address to the Georgia Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. During his speech, Kemp said he would work with lawmakers this year to keep "divisive ideologies like critical race theory" out of schools. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the church on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The event was invitation-only and virtual amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo: King Center livestream)

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Snow to move out, black ice a threat Monday morning

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Bernice King and Martin Luther King III reflect on their mother Coretta Scott King. (Left: Courtesy of the King Center; Right: Alyssa Pointer / alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

King family urges holiday celebrants to act on voting laws

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Tyler Keith Henderson was taken into custody Sunday after several days of being on the run.

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North Druid Hills Road is closed from a fallen tree and down powerlines Sunday, January 16, 2020 STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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January 12, 2022 Atlanta: Like the weather, The new I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 continues to change with new detours and ramps as the project continues on Wednessday, Jan. 12, 2022. The interchange was supposed to be open to traffic by the end of 2021. The contractor on the project has said that the work could drag on until the third quarter of 2022. That may be little comfort for motorists who have been living with orange barrels since major construction began in 2017.. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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