Atlanta
It looks like many are calling for a citywide shutdown of Atlanta's well-known water boys biz after it reportedly led to the shooting death of an 18-year-old last summer.
Atlanta mayoral candidate Felicia Moore is still dealing with the loss to Andre Dickens in the race that was held on Tuesday, but she alleges that her chances were hurt by misinformation spread by the rapper T.I. & startup founder Issac Hayes III.
A congratulations is in order for Atlanta councilman Andre Dickens as he was recently announced as the newly elected mayor of Georgia's capital city.
After learning a local youth basketball program in Atlanta was encountering transportation obstacles, a collective of Black CEOs stepped in and gifted the team with a new bus.
One restaurant worker in Buckhead experienced the unthinkable after being shot while on a lunch break, calling 9-1-1 and being met with a "please hold" response by the Atlanta Police Department.
A fight at a bar in Conyers, Georgia late Sunday led to gunfire, and the incident – which played out over Facebook Live – was reportedly over a spilled drink.
Atlanta-based rapper Germ witnessed his girlfriend’s kidnapping at gunpoint hours before she was found dead. 27-year-old bartender Mariam Abdulrabm was kidnapped in front of her boyfriend’s home by an armed gunman who forced her into an SUV.
One Atlanta mom found out that not all students are treated equally after she discovered that Black second graders at her local elementary school were intentionally being put in separate classes from their white colleagues.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Friday that the Anti-Violence Advisory Council she created has submitted recommendations for how to combat the current wave of violent crime sweeping the city.
A 12-year-old Georgia boy has been removed from his home and placed in DFCS after a disturbing video went viral showing him being abused because of his sexuality.
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a Black man pursued and killed by white men who said they suspected him of a crime says she is “thankful, very thankful” that Georgia has repealed its Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law.
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to policing. Interim Chief Rodney Bryant told The Associated Press in an interview […]
