The Latest Breaking News from Atlanta

New polls trigger new GOP battle in Georgia governor race

ATLANTA — Two of the first public polls since former U.S. Sen. David Perdue launched a primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp have triggered a new round of attacks between the rival Republican campaigns.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

Biden's sagging approval could haunt Georgia Democrats

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden's honeymoon in Georgia is over, and that could have disastrous implications for Democrats scrambling to hang on to a U.S. Senate seat and win the governor's race for the first time in almost a quarter century.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing

Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Georgia lawmakers try to identify 'critical race theory' in schools

ATLANTA — Republicans in Georgia’s legislative chambers have vowed to rid the state’s schools of “critical race theory,” but first they say they have to legally define it.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

Jury awards Cardi B $1.25 million in defamation lawsuit

A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger who she says posted videos saying the Grammy-winning rapper used cocaine, had contracted herpes and engaged in prostitution

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Hawks, Kings interested in Jerami Grant

As the Sixers continue to hold firm in their lofty asking price, with that Harden-sized elephant always in the room, both Atlanta and Sacramento have emerged as strong suitors for Jerami Grant, sources told B/R. The Hawks and Kings join a long list ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 25, 2022

Woman hurls 'cheating' boyfriend's PlayStation 5 out of third-storey window

When expensive items began to fly from an apartment block in Atlanta, US, Nora Fitzgerald was on hand to film it all - and she thinks she knows why the PlayStation and TV perished on the pavement

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2022

Six-month-old baby shot and killed by crossfire in street shootout horror

A six-month-old baby was killed in crossfire from a shootout in Atlanta in the US. Police said the child was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where they were pronounced dead

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2022

Mark Bradley: Memo to Falcons: The Rams blew a lead vs. Brady - and won!

Apologies in advance. The most-lamented loss in Atlanta annals if not the history of humankind is about to be invoked. Maybe, probably, it says something about me that, after an astonishing weekend of playoff football – every game decided at 0:00 or later – I flashed back to the night…

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022

Judges in Fulton County, Georgia, clear way for special grand jury in Trump probe

ATLANTA — A panel of Fulton County judges on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2022