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State Farm Arena is viewed before an NBA basketball game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)

Heat-Hawks delayed by suspicious package outside arena

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a rally, Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Rome, Ga. A group of Georgia voters is challenging Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection, saying she helped facilitate the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. The challenge filed Thursday, March 24, with the Georgia secretary of state’s office says it’s being brought by a group of registered voters in Greene’s congressional district. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Hearing to be held in Rep. Greene eligibility challenge

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, then-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now a CNN contributor, Ms. Bottoms alleged in a tweet Friday that an Atlanta-area steakhouse refused her service because her attire did not fit the restaurant's dress code. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette via AP, File) **FILE**

Former Atlanta mayor Bottoms says she was turned away from steakhouse for wearing leggings

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray (40) works during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Gray allows only one hit as Nationals beat Fried, Braves

By Charles Odum - Associated Press

Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies follows through on a two-run double during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Ozuna, Albies power Braves’ offense in 16-4 rout of Nats

By George Henry - Associated Press

FILE - A girl in a stroller plays with a squirt gun as a woman pushes her past a Black Lives Matter mural in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2020. The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Urban League finds State of Black America is grim

By Michael Warren - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Maikel Franco (7) follows through on a three-run double in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, April 11, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Franco has 4 hits, drives in 5 as Nats trounce Braves 11-2

By Charles Odum - Associated Press

Mississippi's Shakira Austin, right, poses for a photo with commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected by the Washington Mystics as the third overall pick in the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Support shown for Griner at WNBA draft as Howard goes to Atlanta

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

This photo provided by WSB-TV, shows Lock Stock &amp; Barrel Shooting gun range late Friday, April 8, 2022 in rural Coweta County, Ga., about 50 miles (about 80 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. Authorities say three people are dead after a robbery at the gun range. The Grantville Police Department said via Facebook that the robbery occurred Friday evening. When officers arrived at the scene around 8 p.m., they discovered the owner of Lock Stock &amp; Barrel Shooting had been killed, along with his wife and grandson. (WSB-TV via AP)

Police: 3 dead in gun range shooting; 40 weapons stolen

By Chevel Johnson - Associated Press

Washington Mystics head coach Mike Thibault watches as his team plays the Minnesota Lynx at a WNBA basketball game Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Minneapolis. The Lynx won 93-75. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) **FILE**

Mystics trade No. 1 overall pick in WNBA draft to Dream

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Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young (11) works against Washington Wizards' Tomas Satoransky (31) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Young’s 30 points help Hawks pull away from Wizards, 118-103

By Charles Odum - Associated Press

Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press on Dec. 16, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Stacey Abrams reaches millionaire status before 2nd campaign

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas looks on before swimming in a qualifying heat of the 500 yard freestyle event at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) ** FILE **

Concerned Women for America files civil rights complaint over UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Penn's Lia Thomas swims in a qualifying heat of the 100-yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, and swimming for Penn women's team had the second fastest qualifying time. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas qualifies as top seed at NCAA women’s championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Cardi B performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., on June 16, 2019. A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Cardi B wins defamation lawsuit against blogger over herpes, prostitution allegations

By Kate Brumback

President Joe Biden speaks to the media after meeting privately with Senate Democrats, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Even The Washington Post says Biden’s a liar

By Joseph Curl

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. runs to first base after hitting a double during the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Atlanta. World Series champions for the first time in 26 years, the Atlanta Braves were all set to cash in. Perhaps no team was hurt more than Atlanta when Major League Baseball locked out its players on Dec. 2. The move put the start of the 2022 season in jeopardy and scrubbed Acuña and company from the Braves' business plans — for now. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) **FILE**

Lockout hurts Braves’ chance to cash in on championship

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019 photo, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., leads a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator, has died. He was 76. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office confirmed the death in a news release Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies

By Jeff Amy and Russ Bynum - Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, photo, Stacey Abrams speaks to Biden supporters as they wait for former President Barack Obama to arrive and speak at a campaign rally for Biden at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

Stacey Abrams launches 2nd campaign for Georgia governor

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Andre Dickens, right, is interviewed on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Atlanta. Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore emerged Tuesday as the clear leader in the mayor's race in Georgia's largest city, advancing to a Nov. 30 runoff with about 40% of the vote in the nonpartisan race. Moore's opponent remained unclear early Wednesday, as City Council member Andre Dickens sought to deny former Mayor Kasim Reed the second runoff spot. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Councilman Andre Dickens wins Atlanta mayor race over Felicia Moore

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press