The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

06/06/2026

Police are searching for a suspect after a person was shot on a MARTA train stopped at the Midtown station.

MARTA police inside the station reported shots fired on a train on the southbound platform at around 7 p.m., the department said in a statement. Police said they believe the shooting was targeted.

This story is developing, check back for updates.

MARTA police search for suspect after Friday evening shooting injured one person at Atlanta Midtown station.

06/05/2026

On a sunny March day, Art Cothern gazed across his fields near Alma, a town of 3,300 in deep southeast Georgia known as the state’s blueberry capital.

This land isn’t just his livelihood. It’s where most of his life has taken place, along with his father’s and grandfather’s before him. He hopes his children and his brother’s kids will hand Cothern Farms off to the next generation.

“It’s all we’ve ever known,” he said.

A huge solar project more than 200 miles southeast of Atlanta has laid bare rifts in many rural communities over development of farmland.

06/05/2026

By the time 2nd Lt. Avery Low’s boat landed at Utah Beach in June 1944, the machine guns on the bluffs went silent. The tides and waves had washed the blood from the sand. The quartermaster had cleared the debris left over from the D-Day invasion less than two weeks earlier.

Low and the men of the U.S. Army’s 537th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Field Army rolled off the landing craft and into Normandy as the First Army fought to secure the surrounding countryside. Over the 11 months that would follow, they supported the Allied advance that liberated France, overwhelmed the Germans on their home soil and pushed on to Austria.

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06/05/2026

The question is everywhere all of a sudden: Assuming he’s healthy, should the Braves go all-in and try to trade for two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal?

Hey! All-Star voting is underway over at MLB.com/vote — and as I see it, your primary mission is to make sure young Drake Baldwin gets his first nod. After that? You still got Matt Olson and Michael Harris II work to do. And Ozzie Albies. And maybe Mr. Acuña? Heck, even Dominic Smith and Mauricio...

06/05/2026

The Madison Yards deal reflects how grocery-anchored retail centers have long been an attractive asset to real estate investors.

06/05/2026

11 honorees. 650+ attendees. One powerful event to celebrate the nurses who care for Atlanta - made possible by partners who care just as deeply, presented by Wellstar.

For 21 years, the AJC has honored the nurses who change lives every single day. Some came to the profession as a calling. Others entered it to honor a family member. But, regardless of how they arrived, we applaud every one of these heroes for the sacrifices they've made and the selflessness they bring to every shift.

These are the people we trust with our worst days. And our best ones.

To every nurse: we see you, we thank you, and we celebrate you.

06/05/2026

A former Fulton County Schools employee is accused of sexual contact with a student in Roswell, Georgia, with texts and trips detailed in a warrant.

06/05/2026

OPINION: MARTA leaders said they would be ready for the World Cup, but they fell short. This past year has been filled with bad press about inefficiency, secrecy and safety concerns.

MARTA leaders said they would be ready for the World Cup, but they fell short. This past year has been filled with bad press about inefficiency, secrecy and safety concerns.

06/05/2026

The ballot is shorter than the one in last month’s primaries. Only the top two candidates in races where no one received a majority of the primary vote will be on the runoff ballot. But that still includes some major races.

People can start voting Saturday in some metro Atlanta counties. Early voting begins everywhere Monday and runs through the end of the week.

06/05/2026

Spelman College’s board of trustees has tapped Ayanna Howard, a dean of engineering at The Ohio State University, to serve as the school’s 12th president.

Howard attended Brown University as an undergraduate, then earned master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of Southern California. She also has an MBA from Claremont Graduate University.

An engineer by trade, Howard has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and held several different positions at Georgia Tech. While there, she founded a trainee program in healthcare robotics and recruited college students outside of Georgia Tech to participate.

Howard became the first outside funder of the SpelBots, Spelman’s award-winning robotics team. She also launched Zyrobotics, a company that develops assistive technology for people with disabilities.

In an interview with the AJC, Ayanna Howard shares more on her background and plans for Spelman in her new role. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vvp83F

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