City of Atlanta news

Find your perfect shoe at 4 of Atlanta’s favorite running stores
Finding the right running shoe is a crucial part of getting fit. Fortunately, plenty of Atlanta-area boutiques offer...

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Atlanta Public Schools drops redistricting plans after student protest
Just days after students at Midtown High School protested an Atlanta Public Schools plan to rezone more than 200 kids...

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Sonny Perdue: $66 million university cut ‘incredibly disappointing’
University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue blasted a $66 million state funding decrease approved by lawmakers...

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Nelson Street Bridge renamed after Atlanta Black orphanage founder
The group behind Atlanta’s $5 billion Gulch redevelopment is renaming the Nelson Street Bridge after a formerly...

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Atlanta Public Schools drops redistricting plans after student protest
Just days after students at Midtown High School protested an Atlanta Public Schools plan to rezone more than 200 kids...

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Sonny Perdue: $66 million university cut ‘incredibly disappointing’
University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue blasted a $66 million state funding decrease approved by lawmakers...

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Georgia lawmakers pass expansion of college need-based financial aid
A bill to provide more need-based financial aid to Georgia college students won approval Wednesday from the Georgia...

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Campus safety efforts ramp up after deadly gunfire near Clark Atlanta
A coordinated campus alert system, a unified police force. Speed bumps, more streetlights.
Crime

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Former Atlanta postal worker sentenced to 3 years in drug scheme
A former Atlanta mail carrier was sentenced to prison for recruiting coworkers to partake in a scheme to deliver...

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UPDATED: What Trump’s indictment in New York means for Fulton inquiry
Mass protests. Hordes of media. The specter of one of the most remarkable “perp walks” in memory.

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DeKalb police searching for man suspected in domestic violence killing
DeKalb County police are searching for a man suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend during a domestic...

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Trump indicted: The New York and Georgia cases compared
For years, criminal investigations have been underway in New York and Georgia into former President Donald Trump. On...

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2 children shot after suspect opens fire into Gresham Park residence, cops say
Two children, ages 6 and 7, were hospitalized early Thursday after being shot inside a residence in Gresham Park...

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2 men sentenced to life in prison for west Georgia house party shooting in 2020
Two men were sentenced to life in prison Thursday morning in the shooting death of a 19-year-old at a west Georgia...

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Women’s History Month: Highest-ranking female in APD tests herself every day
The highest-ranking female officer in the Atlanta Police Department says she has made it a point during her career to...

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Park near police training center site cleared but remains closed
The park near the site of a planned police training center has been cleared but will remain closed until further notice...