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The Atlanta Police Department is mourning the loss of an officer, who died Wednesday, following health issues.

ATLANTA — A former Douglas County judge has been found not guilty in connection with her 2024 arrest outside a Buckhead nightclub after she represented herself in court during the trial. Christina Peterson was accused of interfering with a police officer who was breaking up a fight outside Red...

A deadly encounter has unfolded outside a shuttered Atlanta dental office, placing 73-year-old David Mays at the center of a murder investigation after he allegedly shot and killed 37-year-old Monterio Spurling. On the afternoon of February 14, Mays, a retired dentist, received a security alert from his Ring app,...

Three men are accused of impersonating police officers during a home invasion.

Two Georgia museums ranked in USA Today's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards for best pop culture and best free museums. The awards are part of USA Today's annual 10Best Readers' Choice program. Nominees are selected by a panel, and winners are decided by public vote. Here's everything to know. World of Coca-Cola: Georgia's...

ATLANTA - A man was hospitalized on Wednesday afternoon following a shooting in northwest Atlanta, police said. Atlanta police responded to the 2500 block of Etheridge Drive NW around 1 p.m., where they found a 26-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. Authorities said the man was alert, conscious and...

We are learning more about the circumstances surrounding the death of rapper Lil Poppa ... and it's pretty shocking.

A body was discovered Wednesday morning at Fair Oaks Park in Marietta, Cobb Police report. Police say a 21-year-old Atlanta man was discovered in a wooded area of the park, located at 1465 W Booth Road, near Powder Springs Street. Cobb Police’s Rangers Unit — officers in charge of patrolling the county’s park...

SPARTA, Ga. — In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased more than a dozen additional people off the docks in Savannah and marched them toward his home, setting the foundation for his family’s generational wealth. Four generations later, a...

HOUSTON — Editor's Note: A previous report stated that the passenger was trying to breach the cockpit. This has since been updated in the article to reflect information released from Delta Airlines. A passenger was causing a disturbance on a Delta flight that was traveling to Atlanta from Houston...