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Sports January 14, 2020

Atlanta Braves rename home stadium Truist Park

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That seemed to be the Atlanta Braves’ stadium name philosophy as the club announced Tuesday morning that the former SunTrust Park would be…

Smyrna October 7, 2019

Smyrna contributes $830,000 to planned Cobb Parkway pedestrian bridge linking to SunTrust Park

Another pedestrian bridge could one day lift Atlanta Braves fans over congested car traffic and safely into the confines of SunTrust Park and The Battery. During its Monday meeting, the…

photo of a mixed drink in a stemmed glass for article about underage sting operation in the Battery

Cobb County Police Department August 23, 2018

Underage sting: who in the Battery sold alcohol to a minor and who didn’t

According to a report from Officer Sarah O’Hara, the Cobb County Police Department‘s Permit/Regulatory Services Unit conducted an under-21 compliance check (popularly known as an underage sting) Monday. During the operation,…

A silvery tower of the thyssenkrupp facility rising above the Battery area adjacent to SunTrust Park.

Cobb County Business August 8, 2018

thyssenkrupp building near SunTrust Park

In July, county officials announced that thyssenkrupp, the international industrial conglomerate that is widely known for its elevators, is planning to build offices and a 420-foot quality control center on Circle 75…

Caroline Holko (photo by Richard Skoonberg)

2018 elections, Cobb County board of commissioners July 20, 2018

Caroline Holko focuses on diversity, services, and transit

Caroline Holko has a deep love of libraries, family, and community. The New Orleans- born transplant’s values are rooted deep in her politics through a passion for diversity, services, transit….

Smyrna August 17, 2017

Major mixed-use development could replace strip mall, Emerson office park in Cumberland

A mixed-use development totaling more than 525,000 square feet could replace an aging strip center and the Emerson Center office complex near SunTrust Park and The Battery in the Cumberland…

Chattahoochee RiverLands December 30, 2024

Don’t bury the lede: an episode from Chattahoochee River history

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, often with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia…

Science and Technology December 30, 2024

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

by Michael Timothy Bennett, Australian National University and Elija Perrier, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just…

Business December 30, 2024

Retailers that make it harder to return stuff face backlash from their customers

by Huseyn Abdulla, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one…

Science and Technology December 30, 2024

Language AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents

by John Licato, University of South Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and human reasoning…

Opinion December 30, 2024

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