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Photos: Beverly Hall through the years
Photos: Beverly Hall through the years
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Beverly L. Hall, the former Atlanta schools superintendent whose national acclaim as an education reformer dissolved amid the ignominy of a cheating scandal, died Monday, March 2, 2015 of breast cancer. Hall, who led the Atlanta Public Schools from 1999 to 2011, still faced criminal charges for her alleged role in falsifying students scores on state achievement tests. Hall had strongly denied wrongdoing, but her lawyers said in March she was too ill to withstand a trial. If convicted, she could have received a prison sentence as long as 45 years for racketeering and other offenses.
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Atlanta Streets Alive begins its 2025 season of Sundays
Atlanta Streets Alive returned this weekend to convert the busy, congested Peachtree Street into a community block party.
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Photos: Falcons introduce their 2025 first-round draft picks
The Falcons introduced first-round draft picks Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr. at a news conference at the team's headquarters in Flowery Branch on Friday, April 25, 2025.
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Photos: Fine Water Summit Taste and Design Awards
Judges with the Fine Water Society sipped about 100 different waters for their 2025 Taste and Design Awards in Atlanta.
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The World mourns to the passing of Pope Francis
The world mourns after the passing of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, 2025. On Wednesday, the body of Pope Francis was carried into St.