Atlanta

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered for his running mate.

Lindiwe Tsope has become the first graduate of Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa to be awarded a PhD.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on social media that she does not plan to seek a second term

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it caught a Georgia woman trying to smuggle cocaine in multiple pairs of shoes through the Atlanta airport.

A local television news crew says it spotted an Arizona murder suspect and flagged police, resulting in the man being taken back into custody after a daylong search.

Local troops had to get creative this year and switch to virtual sales and drive-through pop-up shops.

According to travel website Scott’s Cheap Flights’ best and worst U.S. airports list, hubs like Vegas and Orlando have had the most deals.

Biden’s executive actions include directing the DOJ to craft a rule addressing the spread of “ghost guns” and publish model red-flag legislation for states.

Shaquille O’Neal paid off the remaining balance of an engagement ring inside an Atlanta Zales jewelry store where he happened to be shopping

U.S. corporations are facing pressure to oppose Republican election laws in Georgia and Texas that critics say disproportionately harm voters of color.

MLB’s decision follows an election bill signed on Wednesday by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, which opponents say disproportionately disenfranchises people of color.

Major League Baseball announced it will move the events after the city passed a controversial voting bill.

Several major corporations in Georgia have criticized the state’s controversial new voting restrictions, signed into law last week by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. 

MLB is gathering feedback from teams and executives about the status of its 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Authorities say police have arrested a man who walked into an Atlanta grocery store with five guns and body armor, just days after the mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket.

Nearly half of the company’s full-time workforce is comprised of people of Asian representation.

Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-WA, says rhetoric from the Trump administration and “enablers” during the pandemic contributed to violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders this past year, and at Atlanta spas last week. She also tells LX News about hate crime legislation moving through Congress.

A man who survived the shooting that killed his wife at an Atlanta-area massage parlor last week said police detained him outside the spa for four hours after the attack before finally telling him his wife was dead while he sat handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. Mario González, a Mexican National, made the revelation in an...

A diverse crowd gathered Saturday near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of recent shootings at spas and to denounce racism, xenophobia and misogyny.