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ajc.com —  3+ hour, 40+ min ago

...An apologetic Gregory McMichael, who instigated the chase that led to Ahmaud Arbery's murder, was sentenced today to life in prison for federal hate crimes. Before sentencing, McMichael, his voice quavering, expressed regret to the Arbery family for what had happened.... ...Mandi Albright / AJC. At the culmination of a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted the Michaels and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, all of whom are white, of targeting Arbery because he was Black....

ajc.com —  2+ hour, 12+ min ago

...Otherwise, you're going to hate retirement,"" he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He'd been interested in archery during college, but didn't get back into it until he found the Atlanta Archery Club last October.... ...Contributed by Ken Tromer....

ajc.com —  7+ hour, 15+ min ago

...Circuit Court of Appeals after Friday's decision put on hold this year's planned elections to the utility regulating board. The Public Service Commission sets electricity and natural gas rates, but only one Black candidate has ever won an election to the board in its 143-year history.... ...District Judge Steven Grimberg, who was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump, wrote in his order that statewide Public Service Commission elections violate the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racially discriminatory voting laws....

ajc.com —  5+ hour, 50+ min ago

...Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, is aiming to delay his testimony before a Fulton County special grand jury examining Georgia's 2020 elections.... ...Giuliani was ordered to testify last month by New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Farber after he failed to show at a July 13 hearing in which he was scheduled to argue why the court shouldn't honor the Georgia subpoena....

ajc.com —  10+ hour, 2+ min ago

...Cox Enterprises on Monday said it acquired news startup Axios Media, a landmark deal in national media that expands the Atlanta-based communications, automotive and services company's journalistic reach.... ...Taylor credited Axios founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz for recruiting top journalists and creating a storytelling style that is non-partisan and sticks to the facts. Taylor said "the Fourth Estate is more important now than ever" in this era of political polarization....

ajc.com —  10+ hour, 56+ min ago

...Archer High School senior Allariah Chapman heard some disturbing news from friends the first day of school. The Wi-Fi that she and other Gwinnett County students were accustomed to using with their phones and other devices was gone.... ...Numerous comments referenced the May mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas....

ajc.com —  17+ hour, 26+ min ago

...Kate Gutmann, president of UPS International, health care and supply chain, said the Bomi deal speeds the journey by UPS "to become the number one provider of complex health care logistics.".... ...Bomi Group CEO Marco Ruini will continue in his role, according to UPS....

ajc.com —  6+ hour, 47+ min ago

...District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood told McMichael. "It was the kind of trial Ahmaud Arbery did not receive.".... ...McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, were all convicted in November of Arbery's murder after a lengthy state court trial. Like his son, Greg McMichael was sentenced to life in prison without parole....

ajc.com —  6+ hour, 37+ min ago

...The greenhouse is nestled on just over 30 acres within the nearly 600-acre Robins International Industrial Park that has been primed for development by Peach County and Warner Robins.... ...Other event participants included Gary Black, Georgia's agricultural commissioner; Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda Patrick; Walker, executive director for the Development Authority of Peach County; Miss Georgia Kelsey Hollis, who was raised in Warner Robins; and Matt Walls, Southside Baptist...

ajc.com —  9+ hour, 56+ min ago

...Two Georgia congressmembers are leading efforts to create student fellowships in honor of the late civil rights leader and Atlanta congressman John Lewis.... ...Linda Earley Chastang, the president and CEO of a foundation named after Lewis and his late wife, Lillian, said the fellowship would help train activists and advocates worldwide on nonviolence as the tool for change....