Emil Moffatt

The Atlanta Braves are again World Series champions. It's been a long wait for the team that last won it all back in 1995.They defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 to take the series, 4-2.

The 90-foot carving on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia is the largest Confederate monument in the world. As the U.S. undergoes racial reckoning, the monument's future remains in doubt.

After Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving the All Star Game out of Atlanta, reaction has been swift. MLB said it opposes the new Georgia law that restricts some voting rights.

The suspected gunman in last week's shootings at Atlanta-area spas belonged to a church, which has ended his membership. Members prayed for both his family and families of the victims.

President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Atlanta to meet with members of the Asian American community following this week's killings of eight people, including six women of Asian descent.

The former home run leader died last week at age 86, and was remembered as a caring — the kind person who cared as much for his community as he did for his sport. The funeral is Wednesday.

Hank Aaron, one of the best hitters in baseball history, has died at age 86. Aaron became the home run leader after passing Babe Ruth in 1974 — a record that would stand for 33 years.

"We don't want to be in a hurry and a rush because we want a very methodical process," said one election official as some Republicans continue leveling unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the election.

Across the country, states are ramping up options for voting by mail as voters seek to avoid crowded polling places due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Several dozen malls across the United States are set to reopen on Friday. North Georgia Premium Outlet is one of them.

The Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta is where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was baptized and later led the congregation. On Monday, the church marked the holiday with a service.

Jimmy Carter undergoes surgery Tuesday morning at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta to relieve swelling in his brain. The 95-year-old suffered two recent falls.

A gas station in Somerset, Ky., was opened recently by city officials as a way to try to lower gas prices. Critics call it a socialist move and say government competition isn't fair to local firms.