News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

The aircraft was lining up and waiting for takeoff when the 'nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill' (File image)

Boeing 757 loses nose wheel before Atlanta takeoff

The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 passenger jet operated by Delta Air Lines popped off and rolled away as the plane was lining up for takeoff over the weekend from Atlanta's international airport, according to the FAA.

US • 24 Jan 24

A handout photo from Crisp County Sherriff's Office of Robert Aaron Long

Suspect charged with eight murders in Atlanta shootings

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murdering eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, in triple attacks that have deeply shaken the Asian-American community.

US • 18 Mar 21

People visit the Wendy's restaurant outside which Rayshard Brooks was shot dead

US officer charged with murder of Rayshard Brooks

A fired Atlanta police officer has been charged with felony murder and another officer faces lesser charges in the shooting dead last week of Rayshard Brooks in the car park of a fast-food restaurant, a Georgia county prosecutor said today.

US • 17 Jun 20

A makeshift memorial has been set up near to where Rayshard Brooks was shot

US police shooting of black man 'was homicide'

The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said.

US • 15 Jun 20

Protesters gathered in Atlanta, Georgia after 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed on Friday night

US police chief quits after officer shoots black man

The police chief of the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man while trying to arrest him, amid ongoing protests in the country against racism and police brutality.

World • 14 Jun 20

Coca-Cola has struggled to adapt to an increasingly health-conscious market

Coca-Cola to cut up to 1,800 jobs worldwide

US soda giant Coca-Cola plans to cut up to 1,800 jobs in a cost-saving move, the company has said.

Business • 09 Jan 15

Emory hospital treated the first two Americans who contracted Ebola while working in west Africa

Healthcare worker monitored for Ebola in US

A US healthcare worker, who had been in west Africa and may have been exposed to the Ebola virus, is being transferred to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

News • 03 Dec 14

Archbishop Wilton Gregory said he took his "eye off the ball"

Catholic Archbishop apologises for €1.6m mansion

The Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta has apologised for building a $2.2m (€1.6m) mansion to use as his home, a move that made him the object of derision and complaint, and said he may sell it.

News • 01 Apr 14