News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Delta’s newest employee benefit: $1,000 to help seed eligible Trump Accounts

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Gas South Arena begins $175M renovation, but don’t expect it to shut down

Grady cuts pandemic-era pay bump for nurses

Busy Labor Day weekend brings sizzling heat as Atlanta hosts football, Dragon Con

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Subtlety is a superpower at new Virginia-Highland restaurant So. Fox

Julia Garner returning to metro Atlanta to film Apple TV’s ‘Guilty Creatures’

A.M. ATL: Flocking together

5 arrested in fight at high school football game, officials say

A fight broke out at a high school football game Friday night, leading to the arrest of five people and the recovery of a stolen gun, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said.

Pedestrian hit and killed on Downtown Connector

GRIDLOCK GUY

Behind the scenes on a tragic morning of gridlocked Atlanta traffic

A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday, leading to an hourslong shutdown on I-75/I-85 northbound that caused reverberating delays around the city.

Atlanta producer Jermaine Dupri drops royalty lawsuit against Sony

Atlanta music producer Jermaine Dupri drops a lawsuit that had sought millions from Sony Music Entertainment, saying in court records the situation has been resolved.

Georgia News

Kemp designates school shooting anniversary as ‘Apalachee Remembrance Day’

Victims, families and Barrow County officials joined Gov. Brian Kemp at the state Capitol to commemorate the second anniversary of the Apalachee High School shooting.

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Democratic socialists aren’t taking over. But their influence is growing.

The movement has more success nationally than in Georgia. But its members are working to push Democrats to the left at a moment when they are gaining momentum.

PruittHealth hit with $23.6M verdict in retired coach’s death

PruittHealth hit with $23M verdict in Georgia nursing home death

A jury found PruittHealth liable for the death of a Georgia nursing home patient allegedly given unprescribed medication, awarding $23.6 million to his sons.

Crime & Public Safety

PruittHealth hit with $23M verdict in Georgia nursing home death

A jury found PruittHealth liable for the death of a Georgia nursing home patient allegedly given unprescribed medication, awarding $23.6 million to his sons.

ACLU news conference about Fulton County Jail conditions

Fulton Commission approves $4.4M contract to modernize elevators in county jail

Fulton Sheriff Patrick Labat, Commissioner Dana Barrett say the project has moved far too slowly, while others say it’s not among the county's highest priorities.

Man sentenced after using AI to make sexual images of minors, officials say

A Georgia man was convicted on 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children after officials said he made AI-generated child sexual abuse material of over 150 victims.

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Business

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Gas South Arena begins $175M renovation, but don’t expect it to shut down

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Politics

GOP nominee for governor Rick Jackson released his plan to fight human trafficking at a news conference on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak joins Delta as general counsel

Former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak clashed with Donald Trump over allegations of widespread voter fraud in Georgia in 2020.

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

Warm Springs police officer Chris Fisher was killed late Tuesday, leading to a massive search for the suspect that ended Wednesday morning, the GBI says.

Georgia has no peers for data center construction. It now leads the US.

No other place in the United States currently has as much data center space under construction as the Atlanta area, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.

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

The general consensus is that it will enhance regional incentives that turned states like Georgia into production powerhouses.

UPDATE

Father who spent decades in prison for baby’s death released, waiting new trial

Danyel Smith got to go home for the first time in more than two decades after a judge on Tuesday granted him bond ahead of a new trial.

A.M. ATL: A roundabout way

Morning, y'all. In your Sept. 2 update: GDOT goes all in on roundabouts, Georgia families sue Meta over water controversy, Alpharetta's hockey hopes and more.

Atlanta mayor reduces asking price for city jail, but there’s a catch

Mayor Andre Dickens is offering to sell the city jail to the county for around $68 million, but he also wants $200 million for a new hospital on Atlanta's Southside.

NEWSLETTER

Georgianomics: Build or block data centers?

The data center debate, free gas, a boost in independent film production and big changes at UPS are among the big stories in Georgia business.

More roundabouts - and even the first traffic peanut - popping up across Georgia

GDOT is opting for roundabouts over traffic lights at hundreds of interstate interchanges and other high-traffic intersections across the state.

MARTA hosted federal officials investigating safety during two-day site visit

The Federal Transit Administration is investigating MARTA after several high-profile violent incidents.