Topic: Keisha Lance Bottoms

Authorities in Georgia said Friday that they are closing a park near the site of a planned police training center after finding dangerous items throughout the park.

Authorities in Georgia said 23 people arrested over the weekend for attacking the construction site of a planned Atlanta police training facility have been charged with domestic terrorism.

President Joe Biden said America needs to heed the words of the late Dr. Martin Luther King to "redeem the soul of America" in a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Sunday.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, once under consideration as President Joe Biden's running mate, was named White House senior adviser for public engagement on Wednesday.

Cities can't prevent cyberattacks, but they can take steps to mitigate and recover from breaches, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Thursday.

President Joe Biden called for a change in Senate rules on the filibuster to allow Democrats to pass a voting rights bill during his visit Tuesday to Atlanta.

Atlanta authorities have turned over evidence to a forensic lab in Utah, hoping that it will produce some definitive proof in the deaths of numerous children who were killed in the city four decades ago.

The family of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, who was fatally shot last summer during protests in Atlanta, has filed a lawsuit against the city and its leaders for failing to fulfill their duties to protect the public.

The Atlanta police officer charged with murder over the shooting death of a Black man last summer has been reinstated to the force though he will remain on administrative leave.

Two people in Georgia died after severe weather and tornadoes battered Georgia on Monday and millions of people throughout the Southeast are forecast to face severe weather through Monday night.