Atlanta News

The private Galloway School in Atlanta has appointed Beth Farokhi as interim head of school for the 2010-2011 school year.

Researchers at Georgia Tech hope to create an inexpensive, computerized early warning system for young children who have autism.

Street food: Yumbii, which sells Korean barbecue tacos and burritos, is the first food truck to get a permit from the Atlanta Police Department.

Cobb Community Transit riders could face higher fares and service cuts as the county looks for ways to help the financially struggling transit system.

Darius Jordan was convicted of murder more than 2 ½ years after James Yarbrough was shot in the stomach because the 26-year-old and another man wanted $1,500 in Yarbrough'sA pocket.

Searchers from several jurisdictions were combing a Roswell park early Friday, looking for a Gwinnett County firefighter reported missing earlier this week.

In a meeting with AJC editors and reporters, Atlanta Superintendent Beverly Hall pledged cooperation with a new state probe.

Atlanta police say an 11-year-old girl was raped in her bedroom early Thursday morning, and the suspect in the case was staying at the home where it happened.

Fantasia's boyfriend, Antwaun Cook, is speaking out against his estranged wife's claims that the singer was responsible their marriage ending.

Proposed transportation projects along the Atlanta Beltline, Jimmy Carter Blvd. and eastern I-20 are receiving more than $2 million in federal funding, according to a statement Thursday from the office of U.S. Rep.

The man accused of shooting a Capitol Police Officer was transferred to the Fulton County Jail Thursday.

Authorities say a man died Thursday after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the porch of a McDonough home.

Georgia's unemployment rate dipped in July to 9.9 percent from 10 percent the month before, due largely to frustrated job seekers who simply quit looking for work, state Labor Department officials reported Thursday.

An Atlanta con man was fined $100,000 and banished from Rockdale County after being convicted in an old-fashion pigeon drop scam.

The Atlanta Braves are expected to activate left-handed reliever Eric O'Flaherty off the 15-day disabled list on Friday.

Georgia State University has expanded its student housing with the purchase of two downtown Atlanta hotels.

The head of the Atlanta Police Department's internal investigation unit has been removed in the wake of a misconduct investigation.

AirTran Airways, which has its main hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, is raising checked baggage fees by $5. Starting Sept.

The Hilton Garden Inn http://www.ATLANTA-AIRPORT-HOTEL.COM " target="_blank">Atlanta Airport Hotel North offers convenient lodging to guests attending the International Woodworking Fair 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

The family of a man who collapsed on an Atlanta street and died at a hospital says his body went unidentified for more than a week although he was carrying ID.