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Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, a state in the south of the USA. With a population of around 500,000 people, it is easily the biggest city in the state by number of residents. Ludacris, Chris Tucker, and Julia Roberts are just a few of the famous faces who have called Atlanta home.

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Buildings and neon signs along Bourbon street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

6 surprisingly liberal cities to visit in Trump's America in 2025

Channel: Travel Travel January 22, 2025 By Kristina Beanland
Bulldozer kills man in tent while clearing homeless camp for Martin Luther King celebration Eric Mock @EricMockTV While city officials and APD investigators won?t confirm exactly what happened. Activists and witnesses say the man was run over by a truck that was being used to clear out the tents. You can still see some smashed tents on Old Wheat Street. @FOX5Atlanta

Man killed by bulldozers clearing homeless camp ahead of Martin Luther King Day

Channel: US US January 19, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Hundreds evacuate plane using inflatable slides after flight aborts takeoff

Channel: US US January 11, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Mom 'cooked her two toddler sons to death in oven' A sick Atlanta mother who slowly cooked her two toddler sons alive in an oven ? and then sent their father harrowing footage of their bodies ? has been sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars. Lamora Williams ?knowingly and intentionally? stuffed her two young boys, Ke?Younte Penn, 2, and Ja?Karter Williams,1, inside of an oven and turned it on in their home in October 2017, killing them both, according to police who found the dead boys severely burned. The then-24-year-old single mom lied to a dispatcher, claiming to have come home to find her kids dead and their caregiver missing.

Mom cooked her two toddler sons to death in oven on Friday the 13th

Channel: US US November 19, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Masked gunman 'fires shots from Four Seasons Hotel balcony and injures cop'

Channel: US US October 30, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video A local resident helps free a car that became stranded in a stretch of flooding road as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, U.S. September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Before and after photos show unfathomable destruction caused by Hurricane Helene

Channel: US US September 30, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Delta Airbus rips the tail off smaller jet when aircraft collide at Atlanta airport

Plane's tail ripped off when another crashes into it on runway

Channel: US US September 11, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

School shooting suspect, 14, interviewed by police last year over threat to attack school

Channel: US US September 5, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Two killed by plane tire explosion identified as Air Force veteran and dad-of-two

Channel: US US August 29, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
FILE - A Delta Airlines aircraft taxi's, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Delta Airlines has just boosted the cost of your first checked bag by 17%. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Two killed after plane tire explodes at Atlanta airport

Channel: US US August 27, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
ATLANTA, GA - JULY 27: The scene of the devastation at the Centennial Olympic Park following the bomb blast, as investigators search the area for clues. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The hero security guard who was wrongly accused of planting a bomb at the Olympics

Channel: US US July 27, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Bizarre moment Amazon delivery driver speeds down sidewalk

Channel: US US July 25, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Presidential debate 2024: When is it and is Trump or Biden favored to win?

Channel: US US June 27, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Why Trump gets final word over Biden in first presidential debate and what it means

Channel: US US June 21, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Six family members including three children killed in massive house fire

Channel: US US June 17, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
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'River' of liquid spills from plane toilet mid-flight and flows down aisle

Channel: World World April 24, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Map shows the most rat-infested places in the world

Channel: World World April 24, 2024 By Josh Milton
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets customers at a Chick-fil-A eatery, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen)

Donald Trump orders 30 milkshakes at Chick-fil-A and goes viral with hug

Channel: US US April 10, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Man 'killed girlfriend and stuffed her body in suitcase he hid in closet'

Channel: US US October 24, 2023 By Zachary Folk
In this photo provided by Susan Hodgson, her mistakenly demolished family home sits in a pile of lumber and debris in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 15, 2023. (Susan Hodgson via AP)

Woman returns from holiday to find her house has been demolished

Channel: US US October 23, 2023 By Liam Coleman