1. 911 operator hangs up on CPR giver as teenager dies: The call was taken by Driver Matthew Sanchez, who quickly became agitated with the caller. "Ok, you know what ma'am, you could deal with it yourself. I'm not gonna deal with this, okay?" Sanchez says, according to a transcript. [Read more]

2. The top eight  places in Georgia you can't visit: It never feels good to be told there's an incredible place that is off-limits to you (and most of the world's population). In Georgia, there are a few such places (like the tunnels of Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Lab) where access is limited or outright denied. [Read more]

3. Forsyth County teen who survived weeks after fatal accident a 'real giving kid': Little Joe had big dreams. And when he set out to do something, he did it. It was that determination that kept Joseph Jude "Joe" Dumphy alive for a month after being injured in a wreck that killed his grandfather. [Read more]

4. More than five dozen Georgia judges have stepped down from the bench in disgrace in the last eight years. More lately, however, the jurists aren't just leaving the court in disgrace. Some are leaving in handcuffs. [Read more]

5. The land beneath the Masquerade may have been sold, but that doesn't mean the charmingly grungy music venue is going anywhere. Or maybe it does. But all currently booked shows will take place as planned and bookings will be continued through 2016. [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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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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