Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology.
Atlanta would become one of the (...)
The trainer of Paul Williams has said the boxer has been paralyzed from the waist down after being involved in a motorcycle crash. George Peterson told the Associated Press that Williams is expected to have surgery Wednesday and has been listed in (...)
Four former players have filed the latest lawsuit claiming the NFL didn't properly protect its players from concussions, citing the bounties paid to New Orleans Saints players for hard hits as just the most recent evidence of the league's violent (...)
Playwright Margaret Edson talks proudly about her Pulitzer Prize and her work appearing on Broadway, but she's the most animated when she discusses “Wit” being read in another place — the classroom.
The middle school social studies teacher happily (...)
Europe gained a measure of revenge by swimming the world's fastest short course time in history for the 400-meter freestyle relay during the final day of the Duel in the Pool swim meet.
Europe may have stormed to victory over the Americans in (...)
Tyrann Mathieu returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown and set up two other scores with a fumble recovery and another dazzling return as No. 1 LSU trounced No. 12 Georgia 42-10 to win the Southeastern Conference title Saturday.
With the win, the (...)
The Minnesota Lynx took out the WNBA championship Friday, winning 73-67 to complete a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Dream.
Seimone Augustus had 16 points and Maya Moore, returning to her Atlanta home, had 15 to lead a balanced scoring attack as (...)
The biggest shot of his career gave Jim Furyk the biggest payoff in golf.
Clinging to a one-shot lead, with a $10 million bonus riding on the outcome, Furyk nearly holed a bunker shot and knocked in the 2½-foot par putt he had left to win the Tour (...)
The Seattle Storm beat the Atlanta Dream 87-84 Thursday to complete a three-game sweep in the WNBA Finals and an undefeated march through the postseason.
It was Seattle's second championships and Sue Bird admitted that, after losing in the first (...)
winning homer with help from video replay, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 7-6 victory over the Florida Marlins Sunday.
It was the first time a game ended using a video review.
Pinch-hitter Matt Diaz tied it with a two-run homer off Leo Nunez (...)
run single off Octavio Dotel with the bases loaded in the ninth inning capped a three-run rally that lifted Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over Los Angeles Monday night.
Dotel took over for Hong-Chih Kuo (3-2), who failed to protect a 3-1 lead. (...)
Tim Hudson threw eight dominant inning and Troy Glaus hit a two-run single in Atlanta's three-run fourth as the Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Saturday.
Billy Wagner, who blew a save opportunity in Atlanta's 3-2, 11-inning loss to the (...)
Mardy Fish won his second straight tournament and 10th straight match, beating John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships Sunday.
Fish, who won in Newport earlier this month, took the first four points of the (...)
Atlanta reliever Billy Wagner blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning, before Nick Hundley's two-run double in the 12th lifted San Diego to a 6-4 victory in Wednesday's matchup of National League division leaders.
Chris Denorfia led off the 12th (...)
Matt Diaz homered for the third straight game as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 in Tuesday's clash of National League divisional leaders.
Diaz drove in three runs with a two-run homer in the fourth and a run-scoring single in the (...)
Grammy-winning country singer Carrie Underwood has married NHL player Mike Fisher at a resort in Georgia. “Yes, Mike and Carrie are married,” Underwood's publicist Jessie Schmidt said in an e-mail to The Associated Press early Sunday.
The wedding (...)
Star guard Joe Johnson has agreed to a maximum contract to stay with the Atlanta Hawks, his agent said Sunday.
Arn Tellem confirmed an entry he wrote for the Huffington Post website, in which he said Johnson “announced his intention to re-sign with (...)
The Atlanta Braves broke through for four runs in the seventh against the Washington Nationals' star rookie Stephen Strasburg's on their way to a 5-0 victory Monday.
Strasburg (2-2) had no help from his offense as he gave up six hits and four runs, (...)
Troy Glaus stayed hit a three-run homer and Tim Hudson pitched six strong innings around a rain delay as the Atlanta Braves extended their lead in the National League East with a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday.
The Braves moved (...)
Jason Heyward hit a tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning and Nate McLouth hit another home run leading off the tenth to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 comeback win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Tuesday's National League action.
Kyle (...)
When the subject turned to Tiger Woods, the eyelids narrowed into a defiant squint. The jaw muscles tightened up to form something between a smile and a scowl.
The head shook back and forth.
With that, Kobe Bryant walked away.
No way he was going (...)
CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth, who survived a near-fatal gunshot wound to the face while filming in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the wars there in the early 1990s, has died. She was 59.
CNN spokesman Nigel Pritchard confirmed that Moth died Sunday (...)
Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.
Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks were treated at their North (...)
Cola Co.'s fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold 5 percent more beverages worldwide.
The company said Tuesday that its unit case volume rose sharply in emerging markets like China and India, and also saw solid growth (...)
Joe Johnson scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to guide the Atlanta Hawks to a 100-91 win over Boston Friday, completing their first season sweep of the Celtics in 11 years.
Johnson finished with 27 points while Jamal Crawford had 28 as the (...)