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U.S. Sen. David Perdue speaks during the Republican National Committee's Victory Rally in Valdosta on Dec. 5, 2020. It’s a common theme: Politicians often seek the Lord’s career advice. And then they let folks know that they did. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
OPINION: Divine inspiration, the never-ending political campaign
November 2, 2021 Atlanta: Atlanta police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death early Tuesday morning, Nov. 2, 2021 at a northwest Atlanta gas station. The shooting occurred along Sandy Creek Drive, but police responded to a Citgo gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive shortly before 2 a.m. regarding the wounded woman. She was dead when officers arrived. Her name was not released. A gray Jeep was part of the crime scene and investigators had its doors open. Authorities did not say if the woman drove the Jeep from Sandy Creek Drive to the gas station or if she was found inside it. Police said witnesses at the gas station were cooperative but did not say if they saw the shooting. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
OPINION: Atlanta violence through time. It’s scary now. Nothing like it was
Atlanta Police chief talks plans to help curb crime in Buckhead
OPINION: Buckhead City coming to legislature and to a head
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U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak, (right) in August, leaving the federal building to speak to the media after hearings on charges against former city of Atlanta officials. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
EXCLUSIVE | OPINION: BJay Pak’s strange - and Trumpian - election journey
Normer Adams, a retired child advocate, with a cat and its happy owner after rescuing the animal from a tree in 2021.
OPINION: “Cat’s in the bag!” Rescuer fetches nearly 1,000 cats from trees
Jeff Hullinger, an Atlanta TV anchor going on 40 years, has been a familiar face with local viewers. He speaks with Chipper Jones after the former Brave was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
OPINION: Jeff Hullinger’s Obscure Atlanta history tour
Omicron cases surging in Georgia, giving worry to many ahead of Christmas holiday
OPINION: The omicron blues. The unwanted Christmas present
Divonia Boyd outside the townhome in Lawrenceville where she now lives with her five children. The family had been staying in an extended stay motel until they were helped by a program called Motel to Home. Photo by Bill Torpy
OPINION: Escaping the trap of extended stay motels
Snellville recently approved an ordinance amendment requiring clear signage on any property that employs the practice of booting vehicles. (Courtesy Wikimedia)
OPINION: Rationality often immobilized in car booting debate
11/5/20 - Atlanta - A President Donald Trump supporter holds a sign outside of State Farm Arena as Fulton County employees work inside, finishing up the ballot counting process. Demonstrators were outside of State Farm Arena where absentee ballots were counted. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
OPINION: ‘Lord Jesus, where’s the police?’ The wingnuts are here!
A man and woman are accused of attacking a McDonald's employee over a packet of Splenda. (Channel 2 Action News)
OPINION: Anger has replaced fries as our side order of choice
At a Nov. 4, 2018, rally in Macon, Brian Kemp (center), then the Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate, walks with President Donald Trump (right) and U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga. Now, as Kemp runs for reelection, Perdue is posing a threat in the GOP primary with Trump's backing. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)
Opinion: Baffled by the 2022 GOP governor’s primary? Get in line
State Rep. Pedro Marin, a Gwinnett Democrat first elected in 2002, speaks during a networking event organized as part of Georgia Gwinnett College’s HACER (Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence in Results) program Oct. 12, 2021. The program helps students find a professional career. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: As Democrats gain control in Gwinnett, not all of them are safe
Felicia Moore listens as Andre Dickens speaks during a recent rally where Peoplestown residents are fighting the city of Atlanta's yearlong attempt to take away their homes. The city is trying to do so in order to improve the flood protection conditions in Peoplestown. The two mayoral runoff candidates say they support the people. (Phil Skinner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: Will Atlanta voters prefer lone ranger or swell guy for mayor?
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, shown at a board meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago. County Commissioner Kirkland Carden (left) is one of the critics of a surprise GOP push to double the size of the Gwinnett county commission. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: With tide turning against Gwinnett GOP, a sneak attack emerges
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, shown at a board meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago. County Commissioner Kirkland Carden (left) is one of the critics of a surprise GOP push to double the size of the Gwinnett county commission. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: With tide turning against Gwinnett GOP, a sneak attack emerges
The Summerhill neighborhood has blossomed now that the acres and acres of land once reserved for Braves parking can be developed. In the background are the 565 Hank luxury apartments. (Photo by Bill Torpy)
OPINION: The rest of the story: Bravexit from Atlanta works out just fine
Atlanta mayoral runoff candidates Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore. (Hyosub Shin/AJC / Ben Gray/AP Photo)
OPINION: Andre who? Quiet mayoral candidate is not to be overlooked
Parkgoers walk around the Memorial Lawn at Stone Mountain Park on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The company that runs Stone Mountain Park no longer wants the gig, and it's been hard to find a replacement. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
OPINION: Stone Mountain, the tourist draw that repels companies
Darla, our 9-year-old bulldog mix, had a leg taken off this summer but still wants to play tug of war. (Bill Torpy / AJC)
OPINION: Losing a leg doesn’t keep man’s best friend from being ‘dogged’
Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of The Greatest, celebrates a victory in a dressing room at State Farm Arena with his uncle, Mike Joyce (left), and godfather, rapper Flavor Flav. (Photo by Bill Torpy)
OPINION: For grandson of ‘The Greatest,’ not all pressure is in the ring
Peachtree Center in 1990. (AJC file photo)
OPINION: Old Portman concrete tower could deliver new life to downtown
Atlanta's then-mayor Shirley Franklin (center) enjoys the Atlanta Hawks home opener at Philips Arena on November 8, 2005, while seated next to former mayor Andrew Young (left) and then-state-senator Kasim Reed, who served as Franklin's campaign manager. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC file)
OPINION: Why Shirley Franklin votes NO! on a Kasim Reed return as mayor
In this image from video posted on Twitter on May 5, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, left, struggles with Travis McMichael over a shotgun on a street in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020. Arbery, who was jogging when he was confronted by McMichael and his father and shot multiple times. The 25-year-old died at the scene.
OPINION: Arbery trial to be a battle of competing truths
Atlanta mayoral candidate Kasim Reed listens as candidate Felicia Moore speaks during a forum hosted by Partners for HOME and Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative at the Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta on October 1, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
OPINION: No beers with Hizzoner; but doughnuts perhaps?
Graffiti that included the word "Trump" and a swastika, as well as slurs directed toward gays, blacks and Hispanics, was found the morning of Nov. 22, 2016, at Gwinnett's Collins Hill High School. (Photo credit: Channel 2 Action News)
OPINION | Hate crime hoaxes: The harm done is all too real
Shaina Riggins moved into this refurbished 1960s ranch home in the historic Collier Heights neighborhood in 2020. This year she was cited by the city for having painted bricks, a job performed before her purchase. Photo by Bill Torpy
OPINION: Black historic district hits homebuyers like a ton of bricks
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