ATLANTA, July 26 (UPI) -- An Atlanta city councilman was carjacked at gunpoint this weekend, the second city official this year to become the victim of a crime, authorities say.
ATLANTA, May 24 (UPI) -- The head of the Atlanta police union has been suspended after he allegedly said he wanted to hit Mayor Shirley Franklin in the head with a bat, officials say.
ATLANTA, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Thursday marked the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which galvanized the civil rights movement.
ATLANTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Several trees in the Atlanta area were downed as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay passed through Georgia this week, the National Weather Service says.
ATLANTA, July 12 (UPI) -- Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin told the public she plans to close the city's budget gap partially by leaving 53 police officer positions vacant.
ATLANTA, May 22 (UPI) -- A 25-year-old man died after falling over a railing at Atlanta's Turner Field during a game between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves.
ATLANTA, May 3 (UPI) -- Traffic in Atlanta has made the city's average daily commute the worst in the United States, a recent study has found.
ATLANTA, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The youngest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King attended Black Entertainment Television’s award ceremony Saturday in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A jury in Atlanta found a man guilty for what human rights activists call the genital mutilation of his daughter.
ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) -- A rocket launcher, in unusable condition, was found by transit workers near train tracks in southwest Atlanta.
