1+ week, 2+ day ago   (545+ words) September 3, 2026 / 10:36 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta Fulton County leaders have accepted Atlanta's $68 million asking price for the Atlanta City Detention Center, moving the two governments closer to a deal while leaving several key conditions unresolved. "On price, we have a deal,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (373+ words) June 14, 2026 / 11:37 AM EDT / CBS News Washington — President Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in the upcoming Republican Senate runoff in Georgia on Sunday, wading into the race days ahead of the contest that will decide who takes on Democratic Sen. Jon…...

3+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (285+ words) June 12, 2026 / 2:25 PM EDT / CBS Atlanta Georgia's ban on people giving food and water to voters waiting in line at their polling place remains in effect after a federal judge denied a request to block the law. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (40+ words) Tomorrow is the last day for early voting in Georgia’s primary runoff. See how Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties are turning out at the polls. Georgia early voting nears end: Over 325,000 ballots cast ahead of runoff...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (639+ words) June 10, 2026 / 2:52 PM EDT / CBS News U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week extended training for new officers and mandated additional instruction for those onboarded under a shortened Trump administration academy process that has now been scrapped, according to an internal agency…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) June 10, 2026 / 12:20 PM EDT / CBS Atlanta Two Republican congressmen from Georgia want a federal judge in Atlanta removed from the bench after an investigation found she had sex with a police officer in her courthouse chambers, attended a partisan political event…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (42+ words) Get the latest on MARTA train shooting charges, Chrisleys’ $25M lawsuit, Georgia governor’s race, and WWE’s return to Atlanta. Download the CBS News app for more. CBS News App Trending: Chrisleys sue Atlanta law firm, Governor’s race heats up...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1743+ words) Updated on: June 9, 2026 / 4:18 PM EDT / AP Just a mile from Atlanta's stadium, which will welcome tens of thousands of fans to World Cup games this month, dozens of people were camped out on a downtown sidewalk waiting for a homeless…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (243+ words) June 8, 2026 / 8:58 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is throwing his support behind Mo Ivory in the runoff race for chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. The endorsement comes after neither Ivory nor incumbent Chairman Robb Pitts…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (257+ words) June 6, 2026 / 8:00 AM EDT / AP A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition…...