Instead of handing his things over, the elderly man pulled out a gun and shot the robber in the head and chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A FOX 5 I-Team investigation has found more stock trades made by U.S. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) involving a regional bank that benefited from legislation he supported and helped write.

The longest-living former U.S. president has entered home hospice, according to The Carter Center.

U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has announced an investigation into Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan J. Wade.

REST IN PEACE: Prominent Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after her fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

GOP GUBERNATORIAL CHALLENGER: Former DeKalb County CEO and state lawmaker Vernon Jones has now set his sights on the governor's office, challenging Republican incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022.

Colin Kaepernick has offered to pay for an independent autopsy for 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson, the inmate whose death in a Fulton County jail cell has sparked national outrage.

REST IN PEACE: Robbie Roper, the quarterback for Roswell High School, has died after complications from surgery, his family has confirmed. He was 18 years old.

Most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 would be banned in Georgia under the measure.

AMAZING: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised Atlanta volunteers at The King Center with free lunches from Black-owned food trucks on MLK Day.

A 20-year-old man drowned on Sunday afternoon at Margaritaville on Lake Lanier.

Former Atlanta Falcon DJ Shockley has joined FOX 5 Atlanta as a member of the FOX 5 Sports Team, where he will anchor all sports coverage for the station's weekday afternoon and late newscasts, as...

Georgia Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock has announced new legislation that aims to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin to just $35 a month.

A 21-year-old mother was gunned down while holding her baby. Her family said it was her baby's father who pulled the trigger while wearing a jail ankle monitor.

Sen. Jon Ossof introduced Wednesday the “Right to Vote Act,” which he said would create the first-ever affirmative Federal voting rights guarantee for all U.S. citizens.

Trump has for weeks argued without evidence that mail voting is prone to fraud, a claim which election officials have repeatedly debunked.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms announced her full transition team at a news conference Thursday morning, and it includes some well-known names. 

The South Carolina Senate passed a "fetal heartbeat" bill that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state. The governor says he will sign the bill into law.

Parents of transgender youth tell FOX 5 some pharmacies are already refusing to fill hormone therapy prescriptions after Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 140 into law.

High school senior Noble Rasmussen intends to serve his country well — and all five U.S. military academies seem to agree.

Stacey Abrams encouraged hundreds of Class of 2020 graduates from Clark Atlanta University to let their imaginations be their compass as they embark on professional journeys.

“It doesn't take a rocket scientist or an attorney to tell you that breaking windows or setting fires is not protesting. That is terrorism," Atlanta Police Chief Schierbaum said in a press conference...

Election workers have counted thousands of absentee ballots in Gwinnett County, but are not releasing them to the Georgia's Secretary of State until they can adjudicate all the ballots that were...

Atlanta police have released the names, mugshots and charges for the six suspects arrested during a riot in downtown Atlanta Saturday evening. Only one of the suspects was a Georgia resident.

Just hours after President Joe Biden announced he will seek a second term in 2024, Georgia’s governor said he is ready for another option.

Kiari Kendrell Cephus, better known to the world as Offset, part of the Atlanta-area rap group Migos was arrested Friday afternoon in Clayton County, Georgia.

The Georgia prosecutor accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery case was just voted out of office.

She's been missing since Valentine's Day and police need your help to find her.

The Georgia Secretary of State's Office announced Monday afternoon that it has recertified the results of the November presidential election. This comes after the Trump campaign requested a recount....