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Downtown Atlanta civic group taps prominent nonprofit CEO as next leader

A well-known nonprofit chief executive will become the next leader of downtown Atlanta’s main civic organization, a group that influences the shape and feel of the city center

A.M. ATL: Big jobs

Morning, y’all! Your Sept. 14 update: Data centers are creating labor pressures, measles outbreak at Atlanta daycare and more headlines.

Blight tax talk on Midtown’s skeletal tower threatens project, Dewberry says

In a June 25 letter, developer John Dewberry said press generated by a “politically motivated” decision to call for the blight tax has put the project in “critical condition."

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Stockbridge City Council votes to remove mayor from office

Measles Deaths

2 new measles cases tied to metro Atlanta daycare outbreak, officials say

Stockbridge Mayor Jayden Williams addresses the media after a City Council hearing Aug. 22, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Judge denies Stockbridge mayor’s request to exclude sexual misconduct evidence

Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center towers stood after airplanes crashed into both towers on Sept. 11, 2001, causing them to collapse. The Sept. 11 attacks in New York City and Washington killed almost 3,000 people and led to a long war in Afghanistan. (Daniel Hulshizer/AP)

Former AJC reporter recounts the horror of New York after the 9/11 attacks

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Dekalb County District Attorney announces charges on Jamal Toliaferro

DeKalb DA says DNA ties one man to 3 cold cases. Are there more victims?

Immigration Raid Hyundai Plant

ICE faces $2M claim over unprecedented raid at Hyundai site in Georgia

APTOPIX Utah Turning Point Rally

Pushback against talking about Charlie Kirk troubles teachers a year after his death