The Latest Breaking News from Atlanta

Wasted time: College football expansion could have come months ago

ATLANTA — The road to Atlanta might become more crowded.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

Warnock seeks to reenergize multiracial coalition ahead of election

ATLANTA — As he wrapped up a weeklong bus tour, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock made back-to-back stops highlighting a critical goal of his campaign: reenergize the diverse coalition of voters who helped lift him to a narrow win in 2021.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

Braves hit Sandy Alcantara hard as Marlins drop series opener

ATLANTA — For the first time this season and just the fourth time in his MLB career, Sandy Alcantara gave up three home runs in a game on Friday as the Miami Marlins lost, 8-1, to the Atlanta Braves to begin a three-game series at Truist Park.

Miami Herald · Sep 3, 2022

Prosecutors formally seek death penalty in Georgia golf course triple slaying

ATLANTA — Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing three people last year at a Kennesaw-area golf course.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

At joint rally, Abrams and Warnock project unity and attack GOP health policy

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams traded warm praise for each other — and slammed Republican health care policy — at a campaign rally Wednesday designed to quell concerns about party unity at the top of the Democratic ticket.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Why Georgia Democrats are searching for votes in deep-red areas

CAMILLA, Ga. — As campaign events go, a recent gathering in this southwest Georgia town seemed a world apart from the glitzier events of bigger cities. A few dozen curious voters filled rows of folding chairs on the lawn outside a church to await Stacey Abrams’ arrival.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Trump lawyer John Eastman cites attorney-client privilege during Georgia grand jury testimony

ATLANTA — A lawyer who helped design the plan to appoint a slate of “alternate” Republican presidential electors in Georgia and other swing states won by Joe Biden in 2020 cited attorney-client privilege and pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his testimony Wednesday before a Fulton County special grand jury.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Trump lawyer John Eastman cites attorney-client privilege during Georgia grand jury testimony

ATLANTA — A lawyer who helped mastermind the plan to appoint a slate of “alternate” Republican presidential electors in Georgia and other swing states won by Joe Biden in 2020 cited attorney-client privilege and pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his testimony Wednesday before a Fulton County special grand jury.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Sterling K. Brown, Regina Hall 'Honk for Jesus' in comedy about sin and redemption

ATLANTA — Sterling K. Brown is best known for his dramatic turn for six seasons as earnest Randall Pearson on "This is Us."

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Whistleblower lawsuit against Fulton County DA claims misuse of funds

ATLANTA — A former employee of the Fulton County district attorney’s office has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, saying she was wrongfully terminated for uncovering misused funds.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022