State troopers face few limits in using the PIT maneuver at high speeds, leading to 19 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Georgia's Department of Public Safety is often shielded from lawsuits, giving the agency wide discretion in chases.

The number of deaths inside Georgia prisons in the first half of 2024 exceeds the number of prisoner deaths during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Changes eyed to handling of Atlanta police deadly force

City Council members grill official on failure to investigate police deadly force cases.

In 2020, Georgia passed reforms to better hold assisted living and personal care homes accountable for violations — four years later, the sector looks much the same.

AJC investigation: Three residents wandering off from senior care facilities have died since November 2023. Such "elopements" often result in low fines from state regulators.

In both counties, “yes” votes were more likely in neighborhoods along the busy interstate corridors of I-75 and I-85, according to analysis of voting by precinct.

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Fewer emergency callers are placed on long holds as metro Atlanta 911 agencies improve staffing problems and technology breakdowns.