For the first time, we have some data on the impact of the APS cheating scandal on its students. Researchers found the negative effects were, broadly, "moderate and not uniform across students." [Read more]

Former state senator Joey Brush was killed in motorcycle crash Wednesday morning. Charges are expected in the accident. [Read more]

Porsche is here: The company unveiled its new $100 million headquarters Thursday. The company said this marks the largest investment in its history outside of Germany. [Read more]

And: The facility, next to Hartsfield-Jackson, includes the headquarters, a test track, a technician training center, a fine-dining restaurant and other amenities. [Take a look inside]

A man pulled over by DeKalb County police shot himself in the head around 4 p.m. Thursday before the officer could speak to him, authorities said. [Read more]

An off-duty Atlanta cop shot two car theft suspects at Lenox Road in the middle of Thursday rush hour, as he was directing traffic and they sped toward him in a stolen van, authorities said. The suspects were not critically injured and have been taken into custody. [Read more]

Go behind the scenes of Mike Luckovich's cartoons: See the sketches that were never published — and a few that were. [See the gallery]

Finally: Likeyshia Thompkins believes God has heard her prayers. Why else, she asks, would she have been led to Hagar's House? [Read Gracie Bonds Staples Mother's Day column]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, among others, will no longer be considered fee-free days at U.S. National Parks. While the MLK National Historic Park in Atlanta doesn't charge admission, the new schedule will affect such metro Atlanta sites as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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