News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Joseph E. Geshwiler, former AJC opinion writer, dies at 89

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Mother charged in son’s hot car death granted bond by Gwinnett judge

Mother charged in son’s hot car death leaves jail for house arrest

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Choong Man Chicken in Duluth. (Candy Hom for The AJC)

Does Atlanta have too many options for fried chicken?

Buckhead estate sells for second-highest price ever in metro Atlanta

A.M. ATL: It’s coming

GET SCHOOLED

I was teaching on 9/11. No lesson plan could’ve prepared me.

Trilith wants college students to spend a semester on set

2 metro Atlanta agencies promise new Flock rules amid misuse findings

Gwinnett County police and the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said reviews found misuse of license plate readers, leading to several officers resigning or facing charges.

UPDATE

3 apprehended in Cobb after deadly shooting at Buckhead apartments

The gunfire happened around 1:39 a.m. inside the parking deck of the Mezzo apartment homes in the 2100 block of Peachtree Road, police say.

3 new measles cases found at metro Atlanta daycare, Ga. health officials say

The newly confirmed measles cases bring the number to eight associated with the daycare, which has not been publicly identified.

Georgia News

‘No hope’: More Georgia immigrants voluntarily leave as detention increases

Voluntary departure cases are up 200% in Georgia this year.

Mike Collins touts passage of Laken Riley Act at GOP midterm convention

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, was a key speaker Wednesday at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas.

PATRICIA MURPHY

Josh McKoon, Georgia GOP chair, is betting on the Republican base in 2026

Inside Georgia GOP Chair John McKoon’s plan to skip “mythical” undecided voters in favor of Trump die-hards to win in November.

Crime & Public Safety

Mother charged in son’s hot car death leaves jail for house arrest

Deja Coleman, who faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of her 1-year-old son, had been in jail since late July but was granted bond Wednesday.

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Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon sued by late guitarist’s estate

Lawsuit states the band failed to pay Mastodon founder Brent Hinds for his share of the business after kicking him out of the group.

UPDATE

No injuries after gunfire prompts ‘robust’ response at Piedmont Park, APD says

Atlanta police have detained two people after reports of shots fired inside Piedmont Park on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

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Education

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Politics

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Trump tells midterm voters to ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’

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Culture wars take a back seat in Georgia governor’s race

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Nation & World

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Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half

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Houthi rebels reach a strategic port city in Yemen and other Mideast developments

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More Metro News

A.M. ATL: Scattered and smothered

Morning, y’all. Your Sept. 9 update: More than 500 Georgia National Guard troops remain in D.C., Waffle House takes on unionization effort, a Dragon Con dispatch and more.

Large Atlanta law firm nabs rival’s team to open new office

Atlanta labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins is opening its 61st office with a nine-lawyer team it poached from competitor Littler Mendelson in Monterrey, Mexico.

The roller coaster he’s ridden 28,000-plus times is closing. Now what?

Adored Atlanta-area roller coaster gets new life in new home. But where?

ArieForce One, popular among roller coaster aficionados, was shuttered in Georgia last month but will have a new home after it was acquired by Six Flags.

Atlanta Mayor Dickens agrees to sell city detention center to Fulton County

Mayor Andre Dickens accepted the commission’s latest offer Tuesday, even though it doesn’t include funding for a future hospital on Atlanta’s Southside.

MAKING CONNECTIONS

Airport officials bury a time capsule to be opened in 2126

Nearly two dozen items are buried that give a glimpse into the past 100 years of the airport’s history.

NEWSLETTER

Georgianomics: Recharge your batteries

Is Georgia seeing a bit of a battery resurgence? And Waffle House talks pay raises for its restaurant workers.

DeKalb to vote on superintendent finalist almost 1 year after Horton ousted

DeKalb County School District interim Superintendent Norman C. Sauce could soon be placed in the role permanently.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office after ordering the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times)

Trump aims to revoke tax-exemption from private schools that aid minorities

Georgia colleges and private schools could lose tax-exempt status under proposed Trump administration rules targeting race-based admissions and aid.

85-year-old man charged with murder in wife’s death

Officials say they responded to the couple’s lakeside home in Cumming, where neighbors reported a domestic dispute, and found Deborah Field, who died at the scene.

Jada Phillips ferries an order to a table at the Waffle House on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Waffle House rarely talks. A union push has it speaking out.

Waffle House has become a flash point in a broader labor debate in the South, where union participation is historically low.