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.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's 'Breakdown': Two figures in the Trump racketeering trial, DA Fani Willis and Judge Scott McAfee, face Election Day.

AJC's 'Breakdown' podcast: The Georgia Court of Appeals agrees to hear arguments for the removal of DA Fani Willis from the Trump election interference case.

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.