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Emily Merwin DiRico has been doing information design and news application development at the AJC since she arrived as a summer intern in 2009. Her mission is to help readers understand complex data and how it affects them.
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Chris Sale story of evening, as Braves buried by Mets
The Braves played one of their biggest division rivals on Saturday night at Truist Park, but the most significant part of the evening occurred almost 400 miles west in Memphis
Braves announce former slugger as Hall of Fame inductee
Former outfielder Wally Berger will be the Braves’ 2025 Hall of Fame inductee, the club announced Saturday with a video tribute.
Bobby Cox, alumni celebrate 30th anniversary of Braves’ 1995 championship
There were over 30 franchise alumni in the festivities, making it the largest such get together the Braves have hosted, according to the team.
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Data centers need a lot more juice. Georgia consumers fear being squeezed.
Data centers, utilities and regulators in Georgia have pledged that facilities will pay their fair share of the infrastructure costs they incur. Not everyone is so sure.
Regional approach needed to ‘eliminate’ homelessness, officials say
Metro Atlanta once had a regional approach to homelessness in the 1990s, but it collapsed when elected leadership did a poor job of collaborating.
RFK Jr. visits Stone Mountain restaurant, and a server gets burned by politics
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited a Stone Mountain restaurant Aug. 11, a server got a picture and posted it to Facebook. She wasn't prepared for what came next.