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Hungry during a particularly long layover? Believe it or not, you can enjoy a meal loved by civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. at this US Airport.

A day of fellowship and brotherhood turned into tragedy when a masked man opened fire at a Kappa Alpha Psi picnic over the weekend, killing a young father. Fraternity members of the Gamma Zeta and Gamma Chi chapters had gathered at Coan Park in the Edgewood neighborhood of Atlanta on Saturday when a masked man...

Last week's heat wave won't be the only one we'll experience this year, so now is the time to brush up on how to keep your pups safe during the summer. Why it matters: Like us, our four-legged loved ones can overheat. Since dogs are people-pleasers, they can exert themselves beyond what's healthy just to keep their...

If it is southwest of Atlanta, why is it called East Point?. This week on the Stories of Atlanta, we take a look at what seems to be an Atlanta history contradiction. It has to do with the naming of a neighboring city and why it got its name. With...

Westside restaurant expected to reopen in mid-July after building and menu updates. According to a statement from the principals of Bankhead Seafood, the Westside restaurant is temporarily closing to make a number of changes to its flagship location and operations. “Yes, we are doing a lot,” Waleed Shamsid-Deen, a...

The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office said the mistake was not intentional and that it takes full responsibility for the error.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Fire crews were called to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday morning after a smoke smell was reported from one of the airport’s Plane Trains. According to the airport, Atlanta Fire and Rescue responded to the reports of the smell coming from the Plane...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A $25 million lawsuit will be filed soon by the mother of a student killed in last year’s Apalachee High School shooting. The lawsuit is being filed by Breanna Schermerhorn, whose son, Mason Schermerhorn, 14, was one of four people killed in the Sept. 14, 2024, school shooting....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reinstated more than 400 employees who had previously been laid off, the largest number of employees that the agency has asked back to date. This comes after Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired approximately 1,300 CDC employees...

The Austell City Council is weighing a proposal to more than double its millage rate and raise taxes by 158%, a year after it aborted a similar proposal. If approved, the millage rate would increase by five mills, from 3.25 mills to 8.25 mills. The tax hike would more than double tax revenue for the city, collecting...