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A weird and macabre samurai sword attack. But strangely not uncommon.
Chad Wombles, a 46-year-old firefighter, was chatting with a police officer friend when he was suddenly attacked by a sword-wielding stranger.
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The bitter battle to become Atlanta City Hall‘s second banana
The council president can be a bully pulpit, but it’s hard to be a bully. Because there’s no real power.
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Labor Department’s anti-DEI campaign is Norman Rockwell meets Josef Stalin
The Labor Department's ad campaign, with numerous posters reminiscent of Russian propaganda, is part of a deliberate anti-DEI campaign being waged by the Trump administration.
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A mass shooting averted: Atlanta gets lucky, this time
Bill Torpy writes: "Atlanta narrowly avoided being the latest city where a heavily armed man with deep grievance makes strangers pay for his troubles."
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The silver lining surrounding an ICE deportation
Bill Torpy: He wanted to live in Atlanta, but one Jamaican immigrant ends up in Uruguay.
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Vernon Jones grabs his lance and hops on his pony — once again
Democrat-turned Republican Vernon Jones is mounting yet another campaign, this time for Georgia secretary of state.
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The man who told you so about DeKalb’s indicted school superintendent
Tom Hayden’s work ended up being a road map for the FBI investigation.
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Mayor Dickens big plan would ultimately cost taxpayers more
Dickens recently said he wants to extend the city’s tax allocation districts to fund revitalization in under-served neighborhoods. But schools and the city stand to lose.
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Summing up ruling to oust judge: Liar, liar! Robe’s on fire!
The judicial panel apparently saw someone who doesn’t have the mettle to be a judge.
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Downtown ATL holds ICE’s newest hellhole. Cruelty is the point.
Immigrants are being held for days in the basement of ICE’s Atlanta field office without beds, showers or access to lawyers. Twelve hours is supposed to be the limit.