News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Starting pitcher Tyler Mahle has thrived since joining Braves at trade deadline

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Man fatally stabbed on Atlanta Beltline after argument, police say

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Audience members join hands while listening to a speaker at Airway, an open-mic storytelling event for doctors to share their experiences, at the Brooklyn Public Library on June 7, 2025. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times)

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After Northlake Mall closure, beloved comic book shop finds a new home

(From left) Zola Cooper, 4, and her sister Norah Cooper, 11 months, were found safe in a tow trailer after their babysitter abducted them, police say. (Courtesy of Atlanta Police Department)

Babysitter faces kidnapping, cruelty charges after girls found, warrant says

Camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of two missing girls from a tow trailer where police say their babysitter "jeopardized their health, safety, and well-being."

Feds say he ran a $165M crypto scam and fled to Fiji. He’s back and facing charges.

Officials say Edward Zimbardi tricked people out of $165 million in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that advertised 25% monthly returns.

Zola Cooper, 4, (left) and her sister, Norah Cooper, 11 months, were found on Monday after they were abducted by their babysitter. (Courtesy of Atlanta Police Department)

2 missing girls kidnapped by babysitter found safe, Atlanta police say

The girls, ages 4 and 11 months, were abducted by their babysitter, and found in a private trailer in southwest Atlanta, Monday afternoon.

Georgia News

Hyundai weighs expanding Georgia factory, which could top Tesla for capacity

Hyundai is evaluating plans to increase the annual production capacity at its plant near Savannah, an effort result in it surpassing Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California.

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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff-U.S. Rep. Mike Collins

Ossoff, Collins are millionaires. Here is how they manage their money.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and his challenger, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, both recently filed financial disclosure paperwork that provides insight into how they make their millions.

Cumberland Island, Georgia's largest barrier island, is mostly owned and managed by the federal government, but the Candler and Carnegie families have private residences on the island. (Curtis Compton/AJC 2007)

Coca-Cola heirs feuding over family’s Cumberland Island retreat

A proposed land swap over a nearly century-old family retreat on Georgia's Cumberland Island pits cousin against cousin, dividing descendants of Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler.

Crime & Public Safety

Man fatally stabbed on Atlanta Beltline after argument, police say

A man died and another is facing murder charges in a fatal stabbing on the Atlanta Beltline on Sunday afternoon after an argument escalated to violence, police say.

Woman killed in hit-and-run car wreck on I-75, police say

Atlanta police say they responded early Sunday morning to a hit-and-run wreck on I-75 that left one woman dead and the other driver on the run.

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Yolanda Parker-Smith admitted this week it was wrong for her to briefly jail a lawyer and threaten to jail prosecutors, including District Attorney Sherry Boston. (AJC FILE)

DeKalb judge admits wrongdoing, seeks reprimand in misconduct case

A DeKalb County judge admits she was wrong to briefly jail a lawyer and threaten to jail prosecutors, including District Attorney Sherry Boston.

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