Some good news could be coming to your mailbox or via direct deposit this week. The Georgia Department of Revenue announced this week that it will begin issuing $500 rebate checks to all eligible ...

In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat. Up until 2007, Atlanta’s ...

Iman Phelmon El-Amin (center) accepts an honorary posthumous bachelor's degree from Morehouse College on behalf of his late relative, Dennis T. Hubert, during Morehouse College's commencement ceremony ...

Two men who had been incarcerated in Fulton County Jail for over a year died in custody last week for unrelated reasons. Devin Franklin, movement policy coordinator for the Southern Center for Human ...

One of three remaining YSL trial defendants was sentenced to five years in prison by a Fulton County Superior Court judge Wednesday afternoon. Damekion Garlington was originally facing life in prison ...

The news of Larry Hoover’s pardon by President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast a shadow over Atlanta’s own history with the Gangster Disciples. For the past few years, Atlanta’s top elected officials ...

As infectious diseases like measles, salmonella, and hepatitis quietly spread across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone largely silent. Of particular concern for Atlanta ...

Atlanta voters concerned about rising electric bills began casting ballots on Tuesday in a special election for the Georgia Public Service Commission, the administrative entity that regulates the ...

As summer returns and customers crank up their air conditioners to cope with the punishing heat, a little-known elected body that regulates energy prices in the state of Georgia is gearing up for a ...

Target has acknowledged that an ongoing boycott prompted by the retailer's retreat from its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts has affected its earnings. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty ...

A grieving Georgia family still has questions after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ruled the deaths of 19-year-old identical twins Qaadir and Naazir Lewis a double suicide on Wednesday after ...

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