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August 5, 2023
The City of Atlanta is allocating millions toward providing its homeless residents greater access to affordable living spaces.
Lake Lanier in Georgia
July 31, 2023
A 24-year-old man was electrocuted by an unknown source after jumping from his family's dock into Lake Lanier last week.
July 29, 2023
The signature drive is the most ambitious in terms of numbers that has ever been launched in a Georgia city.
July 19, 2023
A judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits alleging Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts illegally discriminate against Black voters.
July 18, 2023
An ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid,” attorneys for the…
July 16, 2023
Law enforcement killed Longmore in Clayton County, and a Henry County sheriff’s deputy and Clayton County police officer were injured.
July 16, 2023
Victoria Bowles accused the UGA Athletics Association of negligent entrustment stemming from a fatal crash that caused her serious injuries.
July 16, 2023
A Georgia city is paying $600,000 to settle claims that a Black former police chief racially discriminated against two white…
July 15, 2023
The petitions seek to bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from continuing to prosecute the case…
Christine King Farris
July 15, 2023
Christine King Farris lied in state at the Georgia State Capitol Rotunda on Friday. She was the last living sibling…
Jail fence Adobe Stock
July 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county.
July 13, 2023
It’s been 11 years since celebrity stylist Tameka Foster lost her son Kile tubing on the popular lake in Georgia…
July 12, 2023
A Georgia state legislator from Atlanta switched to the Republican Party on Tuesday.
July 6, 2023
Homemade “incendiary devices” caused a fire early Saturday at Atlanta police's current training center that destroyed APD motorcycles.
Effingham County School District
June 24, 2023
The lawsuit says the school principal told a student “to delete the video from her phone and told her not…
June 24, 2023
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston’s move transfers 40 additional "Cop City" cases to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.
Black man target practice Georgia
June 23, 2023
A Georgia city is in hot water after its police department used photos of a Black man to shoot at…
Cop City Vote coalition referendum
June 21, 2023
Opponents of Atlanta's "Cop City" are taking legal action against the interim clerk after she, once again, denied a referendum…
June 18, 2023
Williams played for six teams — Philadelphia, Toronto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston, the Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta.
June 11, 2023
While overall, most Americans do not support reparations, younger people do, which some see as a sign of the strength of…