Atlanta News

It has been a few years since Paul McCartney last visited Atlanta, but the singer-songwriter announced this week that he's returning to the Peach State this summer.

A Northeast Atlanta family was the latest victim in this scam. It all started when Atlanta resident Bruce Bryant received a phone call Tuesday morning from a man with a Hispanic accent using a New York number.

Robbie Land has been selected for 2014 Artadia Atlanta Award prize of $20,000, the New York-based foundation Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue announced Thursday.

Dunwoody Police have arrested an Atlanta man for allegedly stealing a woman's car at gunpoint Sunday, and authorities believe he is also responsible for a carjacking in Sandy Springs.

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The day when metro Atlantans can come together on one accord may not be as far off as it seems.

Director of the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Camille Russell says aside from honoring the department's 40th anniversary, the May 4 festival at Oakland Cemetery will also honor former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson - who founded the Office of Cultural Affairs and the Atlanta Jazz Festival.

Italian cinema is hot right now with Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and grossing a cool $2.8 million in the United States, good for No.

Police say no one was injured from broken glass falling from a skyscraper in downtown Atlanta on a day when winds gusted to 40 mph.

Scientists have successfully tested in animals a new drug that might one day protect people infected with measles from getting sick, according to a new report.

Multiple local streets will close temporarily this year during the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition's "Atlanta Streets Alive" events.

Federal authorities filed kidnapping charges against Jakym Tibbs and a man listed as John Doe, known by the street name "Kirkwood Quan."

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., Music Director Robert Spano, and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles today announced the ASO's 2014-15 season - the Orchestra's 70th season and Mr. Spano's and Mr. Runnicles's 14th as artistic partners.

Blank has long coveted a top-level soccer team for the city, and negotiations with the MLS intensified after he reached a deal on building a new $1 billion retractable roof stadium next to the Georgia Dome.

I have a friend who lives in Alpharetta with her father. He owns his home, a well-appointed three-story condo in an upscale, gated community.

The inaugural Wizard World Atlanta Comic Con just got a lot "bigger" as The World's Largest Athlete, WWE Superstar Big Show, will attend Wizard World Atlanta Comic Con on Saturday, May 31, at the Georgia World Congress Center.

University of Georgia students will pay about $280 more per semester under a budget plan approved Tuesday by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre will host its 6th annual A Tony Evening at the W Hotel - Midtown on May 10, 2014.

Ever since Atlanta Beltline officials announced that the Eastside Trail's expansion would be postponed until one of the city's most dilapidated bridges was rebuilt, residents of Cabbagetown and Reynoldstown residents have patiently waited for construction crews to start work on the segment.

Police in Cobb County accused Timothy Rasheed Walker of trafficking a 16-year-old runaway, a problem that could be growing in the region.