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Hard rock legends AC/DC thunder into Houston on 2026 stadium tour
Rock legends AC/DC will make two Texas stops as part of their 2026 Power Up Tour. They are: Friday, July 24, at the Alamodome in San Antonio Monday, August 31, at NRG Stadium in Houston The 21-date tour will see the Australia-based band travel...
No. 8 Georgia Tech, still unbeaten, travels to struggling N.C. State
Eighth-ranked Georgia Tech is a front-runner to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Staying on course will require the Yellow Jackets (8-0, 5-0) to avoid a misstep against North Carolina State (4-4, 1-3) on Saturday night in...
Exploring Virginia’s Historic Triangle, Then and Now
Few places blur the line between past and present quite like Virginia’s Historic Triangle. The places now known as Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg witnessed the arrival of the first British ships on Virginia’s shores, the rise of...
Falcons vs Patriots NFL Week 9 preview: Brutal matchup for Atlanta
The Falcons travel to take on the Patriots in Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season. Kevin Knight brings you an in-depth preview of the game, including the latest on the injury reports, the matchups to watch on offense and defense, and how Atlanta can...
Murrill backs Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a coalition of 24 state AGs in support of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship policy. On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order to stop birthright...
Atlanta airport chose equity and lost federal dollars in a win for travelers
Opinion Hartsfield-Jackson was denied $37.5M in federal funds because it upheld its DEI commitments. Phase 2 of the Concourse D expansion at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was completed in September. (Miguel Martinez/AJC) By...
Governor’s policies will sink economic progress
A recent Politico article highlights a New Jersey candidate touting Pennsylvania as a better model for the Garden State. Meanwhile, a left-leaning economist’s tweet ranks Pennsylvania as the most recession-proof economy in the Northeast. Of...
Tennessee to give food banks $5 million to help offset lost SNAP funds
It's official: as of Nov. 4, the ongoing government shutdown is now tied for the country's longest shutdown ever - and on Nov. 5, it will supersede the 2018-2019 shutdown as longest-lasting at 36 days. As the halt in government services continues...
Georgia women face geographic gaps in prenatal care
Politics Depending on where you live, the closest OB-GYN practice may be an hour or more away. Living in Louisville in rural Jefferson County, Jessica Lewis (back) regularly traveled nearly an hour each way for OB-GYN visits while she was pregnant...
Over a million posts on Zohran Mamdani are Islamophobic, mislabel him communist
A staggering 1.15 million social media posts on New York mayoral Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani are Islamophobic, a recent report says. These posts had a user reach of over 150 billion. Another 1.43 million posts mislabel him a communist,...
The Grim Reader Bookshop brings horror stories to Atlanta-area readers in a hearse
Olivia Doyle is the founder and owner of The Grim Reader Bookshop. (Tiffany Griffith/WABE) Not even half a year in operation, but Olivia Doyle’s business is already turning heads. She drives the streets of Atlanta in a hearse. But it’s not your...
DreamHack Atlanta 2025 brings thousands of gamers to Georgia
The Georgia World Congress Center has officially transformed into a gamer's paradise this weekend as DreamHack Atlanta kicks off its 2025 festival — one of the largest gaming events in the country. More than 40,000 gamers, fans, and esports...
‘Biblical Justice’: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
This post first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In early 2023,...
New ‘dog friendly’ airline to fly in and out of Atlanta
ATLANTA — If you are a dog owner who always wanted an opportunity to fly and travel with your best friend, you now have your chance. A new Texas-based startup airline will allow travelers and their canine companions to sit together in the main...
Kale on Books: Civil and Revolutionary War books and the battle over power in America
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant embraced Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, but it was Gen. William T. Sherman and his destruction of Atlanta — and subsequent march through Georgia — that paved the way for the end of the Civil War. Forty-five...
Charlie Chaplin’s <em>The Gold Rush</em>: A century after its release
A century after its release, Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush (1925) remains one of the most remarkable achievements in world cinema—a work in which the great filmmaker and actor fused his peerless pantomime with moving drama and a profound...
Dom Amore: UConn football gets back in the bowl business, but this time it’s business as usual
EAST HARTFORD — The clock ran out, and the UConn football team walked off its home turf with win No. 6. Two things worth noting Saturday at Rentschler Field. The Huskies bounced back off their disappointing loss at Rice to put forth one of their...
World Emblem Launches Custom Genie, Reshores Operations To Georgia
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — October 30, 2025 — World Emblem, the world’s largest emblem and patch manufacturer, today announced the launch of Custom Genie to provide custom stickers, labels, pens, pencils, name badges, and other promotional products...
10 Must-Try Hole-In-The-Wall BBQ Restaurants Across The US
There's nothing quite as delicious as fall-off-the-bone barbecue, whether that be pork ribs, beef ribs, brisket, or chicken. Grilling these delicacies up at home rewards you with mouthwatering smells and recipes that likely invoke a sense of...
Forget 'rush hour', Atlanta traffic is bad all day, study says
If you’ve ever driven through Atlanta, you know traffic is a fact of life. But according to a new Texas A&M study, the city’s traditional "rush hour" may no longer exist, even if congestion hasn’t gone anywhere. Here's what we know about the worst...