The Latest Breaking News from Atlanta

Police claim activist fired first

In case there was any doubt, Boston's difference-making backcourt defense is proving how good they can be against the Hawks.

‘Koko Da Doll was the latest victim of violence against Black transgender women,’ documentary director D Smith said

A mansion in Atlanta that was once owned by country singer Kenny Rogers and has featured in music videos for the likes of Offset has been showcased in new photos

ATLANTA — The Hawks know that at this point of the season, every game is important. They’ve lost their first two games of their Eastern Conference playoffs first-round series against the Celtics. So, they know that Friday’s Game 3 carries serious implications.

ATLANTA — Gunshot residue was “not seen” on the hands of an activist killed in January by Georgia State Patrol troopers at the site of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center, according to an autopsy report released late Wednesday by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office.

ATLANTA — Nijil Jones is practically giddy taking a large cardboard box out of an industrial fridge. Inside the chilled box are what Jones calls the best pecans in Georgia.

When I first contacted the Cool Grandpa, he was in North Carolina doing what lots of cool grandpas do — attending his granddaughter’s first birthday party. We set up time to talk once the festivities were over and he had arrived back home to metro Atlanta.

Many American third graders aren't reading well — and that poses an urgent problem

ATLANTA — ABC will bring back crime drama “Will Trent” for a second season, buoyed by a positive reaction from viewers and relatively robust ratings.

A former executive for a longtime city of Atlanta vendor has pleaded guilty to paying bribes in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts and to paying bribes to an official in a neighboring county