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With the hottest June on record behind us, and a quadrupling of extreme heat events predicted by the end of this century, humans are facing a heat-adaptation challenge.

Hundreds of protesters on either side of the war in Gaza faced off on a busy downtown Atlanta street Friday, chanting and waving signs or flags.

They've Got The Feelin'! Octavia Spencer and Chadwick Boseman giggle at Atlanta premiere of James Brown biopic Get On Up The movie touches on the lesser known tragic side of James Brown's life, and the difficult childhood he had.

The new College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta is slated to open Aug. 23, timed to coincide with two games at the Georgia Dome to begin the college football season: Mississippi vs. Boise State on Aug. 28, followed two days later by Alabama vs. West Virginia.

The state of Georgia should go ahead and annex it and save everyone the trouble.

Hundreds of protesters on either side of the war in Gaza faced off on a busy downtown Atlanta street Friday, chanting and waving signs or flags.

Due to technical issues that screwed up our mobile Best of Atlanta voting this week, we're extending the deadline for Poets, Artists & Madmen to midnight Monday, July 28. Here's the original campaign call-out in case you still need motivation to hit the digital polls.

An Atlanta woman who said she was duped into renting a house from a fake homeowner has been evicted along with her children.

Mercury Advisors is still working on the Martin at Meridian, planned for this site between East Twiggs and Madison streets along Meridian Avenue in Channelside.

The Ashby MARTA station is one to watch. Located in a historic part of Atlanta, the station is in walking distance to restaurants, apartments, Washington Park, Lionel Hampton Trail and the BeltLine Westside Trail.

That means lane closures! That means: Mon.-Wed., July 28-30, 6 a.m.-11:59 p.m., and 3-11:59 p.m. Full details .

Shutterbugs can share their photographs of Atlanta's rivers, lakes and streams through Aug. 8 for a chance to win up to $500.

Nancy Reed Morris holds her cell phone while touring the Battle of Atlanta mobile app on Friday, July 18, 2014, in Atlanta.

A young woman recently decided to show off her boobies on the dance floor at a local gay bar.

In one incident a man was shot in the head and left to die after getting into a fight at a party in Atlanta.

Sandy Springs police are investigating the murder of a man who was shot mulitple times in the parking lot of a student housing facilty.

The craze over the weekend was the posts that people were posting on Facebook titled, "I'm So Atlanta That."

"When you're on top of the quarry, you can see virtually all of Atlanta from north to south," Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond says.

The viral photo of a pit bull standing guard over his female companion in Atlanta, Georgia continues to arouse tons of sympathy and compassion for Herman, however the dog still remains at the Fulton County Animal Shelter and is in need of a home.

Schools and universities in Atlanta, which has one of the highest water costs in the country, will soon be making the grade in water efficiency and conservation thanks to WaterSignal.