New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer says the Federal Aviation Administration needs more resources to prevent problems like the computer glitch that’s causing cancellations and flight delays nationwide.

A new study shows nearly 65 percent of students who graduated from a Georgia high school in 2008 enrolled in college.

The head of the State Ethics Commission is stepping down.

Joe Johnson scored 31 points and Josh Smith had
22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks end Utah’s
12-game winning streak with a 100-93 victory over the Jazz on
Wednesday night.

Three former Atlanta police officers who each pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in connection with the death of an elderly woman during a botched drug raid have been sentenced to federal prison.

Arguments have ended in a sentencing hearing for three former Atlanta police officers who each pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in the death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid. A judge plans to sentence Jason R. Smith, Gregg Junnier and Arthur Tesler at noon Tuesday.

Beneath the glowing red Coca-Cola headquarters sign, case worker Hylda Jackson bargains with one of Atlanta’s homeless. Jackson wants to know if Harry Byrd would like his own apartment. If he says no, he’ll remain among the 750,000 homeless sprinkled across the nation’s streets and shelters each night.

Presidential electors are gathering in Atlanta and other state capitals across the country to cast the votes that will formally elect Barack Obama as president.

A judge has halted a criminal case against a woman accused of screaming at a woman passenger on an Atlanta commuter train, an event seen more than 600,000 times on YouTube.

Jurors will return Wednesday to continue deliberating whether to condemn gunman Brian Nichols to death or sentence him to life behind bars for murdering a judge and three other people in violence that began at a downtown Atlanta courthouse.

A 28-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with felony drug trafficking after U.S. Customs agents at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport found cocaine stashed in wooden coat hangers.

The only giant panda cub born at a U.S. zoo this year will soon have a name.

The only giant panda cub born at a U.S. zoo this year will soon have a name.

Testimony has ended in the trial of an Atlanta man who escaped during his rape trial and went on a courthouse shooting spree that left four people dead.

Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced Thursday that he has ordered Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc. to make additional claims payments of $12 million for certain ambulance services rendered to its policyholders that were improperly reimbursed.