Woodward Academy sixth-grade science teacher Danise Fields participated in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day 60-mile breast cancer walk in Atlanta Oct. 7-9. In her sixth consecutive walk, Ms. Fields' team raised more than $24,000 to help bring an end to breast cancer. The Komen 3-Day has raised more than $800 million to date to fund national research programs, community health and advocacy, global partnerships, along with local community education, screening, diagnosis and treatment assistance, and patient services.

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Uta Thomas picks up her son, Jax, during a public hearing in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. She implored the school board not to close Dunbar Elementary. 
"You would centralize education to decentralized families," she said. "You would break apart a community hub." (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)

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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. It was the first day the Federal Aviation Administration cut flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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