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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is continuing her support of HBCUs.

Detectives are looking into other suspicious incidents in the area, particularly those involving single women living alone.

A man in his 20s was killed in a shooting on Halloween night in DeKalb County. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, the incident happened on the 5000 block of Snapfinger Woods Drive. Authorities believe a gunfight may have occurred near the gas pumps, though it is not confirmed if the nearby Chevron station was the crime scene.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Julie Doss says she became homeless in 2020 following a divorce and bout of depression. “I was left without a place to stay and a vehicle to get around and things like that,” Doss said. Now, Doss often comes to Shady Grove Baptist...

Atlanta, GA – A Georgia father has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting his 32-year-old son 12 times during an argument that began over a slammed car door and a dispute involving the son’s girlfriend. The shocking incident unfolded outside an apartment complex in Buckhead, Fulton County, and has left...

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard II reversed the expulsion of a Cobb County eighth grader who used a district-issued computer to warn his friend about a shooting threat in September 2024. The Cobb County school board upheld the decision to expel, a ruling that was upheld again upon...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man was hit and killed by a car after trying to run away from Clayton County deputies during a chase on the Interstate 75/85 connector in Atlanta, according to authorities. Deputies tried to make a traffic stop on a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado around...

Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, from Jamaica and Cuba to Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of food, shelter and clean water. Atlanta-based CARE is putting boots on the ground to help.

Several elementary schools could close as part of a plan to consolidate buildings amid a drop in enrollment across Atlanta Public Schools. Why it matters: APS has 70,000 seats, but around 50,000 students. Fewer students means less state funding and higher costs, so APS officials say the system must run...

A suspect is dead after the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle hit him on the interstate following a brief chase. The investigation shut down all northbound lanes on Interstate 75/85 for hours on Monday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen...