Ex-Georgia Tech and NBA standout Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a 23-year-old mother of four in a 2011 drive-by shooting. Crittenton called the death of Julian Jones a horrible accident. [Read more]

The Baltimore teen busted by his mom for throwing rocks at police speaks out: "She didn't want me to get in trouble," he told CNN. [Read more]

Ex-Brave Dan Uggla knows we all know how happy he must be to beat his former teammates with a ninth-inning home run: "I can't lie, that felt good." [Read more]

Where you live in metro Atlanta can determine how long you live, with differences of up to 12 years. Buckhead sees the  biggest bump. [Read more]

The majority of the most racist places in America are not in the South, according to one interpretation of a new study published in PLOS ONE. [Read more]

And: A 1,000-foot water slide will stretch down W. Ponce de Leon Avenue this summer in Decatur, for one day only, the city announced Tuesday. [Read more]

Finally: A Florida woman is "not sorry" for attacking a Georgia district court judge in a scathing and vulgar court notice that went viral last week. [Read more]

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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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Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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