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"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta in January after he was mistaken for a bank robber, video footage released by Atlanta police on Wednesday shows.

DURHAM, N.C. — If Chuck Swenson goes back in time far enough he can still hear the jeers and the insults, the slurs he said some shouted from the stands during one of the longest nights of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career, and perhaps the longest of them all. It has…

Civil rights icon Andrew Young will celebrate his 90th birthday with a string of events that continue his long fight for equity and inclusion

ATHENS, Ga. — Tom Crean stood by himself, leaning against the painted cinderblock wall of the tunnel underneath Section P at Stegeman Coliseum. Facing the court, the building was empty except for Georgia facilities personnel, who were busy sweeping, mopping and tidying up the 58-year-old arena an hour after the…

A political consultant who was a top aide to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is the first person set to go to trial in a long-running federal investigation into corruption at City Hall

Amen and Ausar Thompson are attempting a new path to the NBA. If they succeed, they could pave the way for other top prospects to follow.

ATLANTA — The Perdue network was once the most formidable political operation in Georgia. But former U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s challenge to Gov. Brian Kemp has fractured the powerful family’s longtime loyalists.

Rather than siphon gas out, Matthew Reznick is accused of drilling a hole in the gas tank and letting it drain out.

Cindy Parlow Cone won reelection as U.S. Soccer Federation’s presidency on Saturday at the governing body’s annual general meeting in Atlanta, holding off a spirited and controversial challenge from her predecessor Carlos Cordeiro.