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Atlanta is two cities at a crossroads. We can’t blow it — we must succeed.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative is the path for the city's rising tide to lift all boats without leaving the most vulnerable behind.

GUEST COLUMN

$600K alleged theft at the High Museum of Art: Where was the accountability?

Former High Museum of Art COO is accused of misappropriating $600,000. How did alleged theft go on for so long in Atlanta's flagship cultural institution?

BILL TORPY

404 fest not at fault for deadly mayhem? Residents beg to differ.

The city — both police and Mayor Andre Dickens — were quick to distance 404 Day from the mayhem. Residents argue that the youth were there because of the festival.

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BILL TORPY

404 fest not at fault for deadly mayhem? Residents beg to differ.

Olu Brown answers a question during a forum for Democratic candidates for governor hosted by The Center for Strong Public Schools Action Fund at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Wed., April 8, 2026. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is on the left. Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is on the right. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Georgia’s Democratic candidates for governor debate school issues

Jurors in Fulton County awarded $58 million Wednesday to a Stanford professor of emergency medicine in his yearslong legal battle with Chemence, an Alpharetta company that makes medical adhesive products, over a 2014 arrest. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Alpharetta company hit with $58M verdict in fight over consultant’s arrest

Edible Brands opens its first THC retail store along Atlanta Beltline

Edible Brands opens its first THC retail store along Atlanta Beltline

050925 Pepsi Challenge

Coke rival Pepsi climbs up among top U.S. soda brands, besting Sprite

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Atlanta private school announces sudden closure

Financial questions swirl after Atlanta private school closure

Vacant Savannah Buildings

Nuisance neighbor? Polarizing Atlanta property pro draws scrutiny in Savannah.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines

ICE said ‘Worst of the Worst’ were on streets. Many were already in jail.

Metro Atlanta students (from left) Jaylyn Fehr, Jackson Mobley and Charlotte Martin were killed Monday in a Florida car crash. (Photos from GoFundMe, Horizon Christian Academy Facebook, GoFundme)

3 metro Atlanta students killed in Florida spring break crash identified