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SportsHARRISON, N.J. — Atlanta United wraps up its 2026 Major League Soccer season Saturday, Nov. 7, on the road against Red Bull New York in Harrison, N.J., with a 4 p.m. ET Decision Day kickoff and no postseason spot on the line for either club.…
From the HERE City State DeskMADRID — The Falcons’ Friday injury report for Sunday’s international game against Cincinnati listed running back Brian Robinson Jr. and wideout Zachariah Branch as inactive, and it left James Pearce Jr.’s season debut in doubt after his back tightened in practice. Robinson is missing a…
From the HERE City State DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Nasir Whitlock poured in 29 points and Georgia Tech lived at the foul line Friday, beating Georgia Southern 95-83 at McCamish Pavilion for a 2-0 start under coach Scott Cross. Whitlock made four threes and missed only one of 14 free throws…
Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia’s new Democratic majority on the Public Service Commission is preparing to put power bills and data-center costs under sharper review just as Georgia Power’s parent company told investors its third-quarter profit hit $2 billion. Beginning in January, Democrats will hold three of five seats on the…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
From Merger Monday
OpenAI closed on $11 billion of new funding, the first piece of a round that values the artificial-intelligence company at $1.25 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter, as investors grow more selective about the prices they will pay for AI developers. The initial close covers a little more than…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms stood inside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 6, and named the team that will help her take over state government in January, a group stacked with people who worked for her when she ran Atlanta City Hall. Bottoms is…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — State Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon said Thursday that frustration after Democrats swept Georgia’s statewide races is understandable, and he cast the next half-year as a rebuild aimed at the 2028 cycle. McKoon listed three reasons for Tuesday’s result: supporters who never made it to the polls,…
Politics
DONALSONVILLE, Ga. — A memory card left off the Election Day upload in Seminole County has reversed the apparent winner in a southwest Georgia House race and drawn a formal state inquiry. During routine post-election reviews, state election staff spotted roughly 388 more voters checked in at the polls than…
Health
ATLANTA, Ga. — Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms says the first budget she sends to lawmakers will spotlight full Medicaid expansion, support for local grocery-tax breaks, housing and school funding as she prepares to take office in January. Bottoms said this week that a governor’s spending plan is where priorities become…
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