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ATLANTA — Students lost more than academic skills to the pandemic; they also lost social skills needed to navigate positive relationships with peers. Parents and educators report kids are lagging a year or more in their social development, and it’s manifesting in friction with classmates, a lack of self-regulation and…

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican hopeful Herschel Walker will meet in an Oct. 14 debate in Savannah, ending weeks of wrangling, taunting and name-calling by agreeing to a nationally watched showdown that will be one of the campaign season’s biggest events.

The New Orleans Saints came back a 16-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons by one point. Here's what went right and wrong in their Week 1 comeback, via @DillySanders:

The New Orleans Saints stunned the Atlanta Falcons with a late rally

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ATLANTA — In his final days in the White House, then-President Donald Trump pardoned dozens of people, including former Augusta pharmacist John Duncan Fordham, who was convicted of defrauding the state of Georgia and ordered to pay $1 million in restitution.

ATLANTA — The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office on Friday identified the two men arrested after two deputies were shot to death Thursday night.