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The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., carried by a joint services military honor guard, arrives to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) DCMC103 DCMC103

July 28, 2020 at 10:15 pm

Civil rights icon Lewis lauded as hero at Georgia Capitol VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was lauded as a warrior and a hero during a ceremony Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol, where the civil rights...

July 20, 2020 at 4:33 pm

Officer in Rayshard Brooks’ slaying wants prosecutor removed

ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for the former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks sought to remove the...

July 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm

Arbery slaying defendant facing separate state investigation

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the white men charged with murder in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery while he was running in a neighborhood near...

July 15, 2020 at 8:55 am

Police charge suspect in slaying of 8-year-old Atlanta girl VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — A teen suspect has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting that killed an 8-year-old Atlanta girl near...

June 25, 2020 at 10:07 pm

Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn’t hide his past VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — Rayshard Brooks didn’t hide his history. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy’s parking lot —...

June 13, 2020 at 2:55 pm

Georgia nursing staff back with family after virus lockdown VIEW

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Nadia Williams shrieked with surprise and emotion Saturday as she embraced her mother for the first time since agreeing nearly...

June 12, 2020 at 10:11 am

‘Overwhelming’: Georgia poll worker describes voting chaos

ATLANTA (AP) — First-time poll worker Kirubel Behailu thought he'd become more familiar with Georgia's new voting machines at a quiet election site during Tuesday's...

June 8, 2020 at 10:48 pm

Protesters heartened by swift reform, but vow broader change VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — In the two weeks since George Floyd's killing, police departments have banned chokeholds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested...

June 8, 2020 at 9:19 pm

Heat, rain, long lines: Georgia election plagued by problems VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia, demonstrating a fierce...

Protesters hold signs and walk past a line of police in downtown Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 28, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in police custody Monday in Minneapolis. Columbus police used pepper spray to disperse protesters after some threw plastic bottles of water, smoke bombs and other items at police. Windows at the Statehouse and in bus stations along High Street were shattered, trash cans were tossed and decorative planters wrecked. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) OHCOL333 OHCOL333

May 29, 2020 at 5:43 am

Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of U.S. cities...